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Problem-solving workflow asks for a timeline while also forbidding time estimates #11

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Summary

The problem-solving workflow says the facilitator should never give time estimates, but later Step 7 explicitly asks for a timeline and writes to a timeline output slot.

Why this matters

The workflow currently contains conflicting guidance about whether time-oriented planning is allowed. That makes behavior ambiguous for both legacy and native-skill execution.

Current evidence

  • Role/constraint text says: never give time estimates
  • Step 7 asks: What's the timeline?
  • Step 7 emits a timeline template output
  • The method library also includes implementation guidance that asks about timeline

Suggested direction

Clarify whether the intended rule is:

  • no speculative duration estimates, but sequencing/milestones are allowed, or
  • no timeline output should be requested at all.

Related context

Observed while reviewing PR #7 (feat: convert problem solving to a native skill). This appears to be preserved legacy ambiguity, not native-skill conversion drift.

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