Soval infers a likely kind of work from your prompt and starter filename. Open Work settings to inspect or change it before starting. The choice adjusts guidance only. Explore an idea and The Telling book use five conversational stages with required answers; other kinds retain five guided text steps.
| Choose | Use it for |
|---|---|
| Explore an idea | Possibilities, assumptions, and the next useful question. |
| Product planning | User needs, options, dependencies, and success measures. |
| Software & engineering | Reproduction notes, a proposed repair, and regression checks. |
| Operations | A process improvement or handoff with responsibilities to confirm. |
| Marketing | An audience brief or message with supported claims. |
| Writing | An outline or draft for a specific audience and voice. |
| The Telling book | A candidate book brief with supplied story facts and open choices. |
| Observe an external project | Observations, evidence, unknowns, and proposed checks. |
| Second brain | A knowledge note with sources, interpretation, and retrieval cues. |
| Review a Markdown archive | An inspection plan for an inventory, duplicates, and missing files. |
| Develop Katra / Soval | A system-change candidate with compatibility and verification notes. |
New idea and book threads use v2 declarations specific to their task. Other kinds retain guided text steps. Required fields record your statements; they do not verify their truth. Existing threads keep their original criteria.
What choosing a type does not do
It does not create a governed project, run software tests, import an archive, modify an external system, or accept manuscript or canon changes. Describe the intended work and keep those later actions explicit.