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Planning Framework: Catching Wrong Questions Before Wrong Answers

Planning Framework: Catching Wrong Questions Before Wrong Answers

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I asked an AI system about a tax regime. It delivered a structured, confident answer with eligibility rules, residency requirements, and tax rates. Completely usable output. Also completely useless - because the regime had been replaced a year earlier. The AI answered the wrong question perfectly.This failure mode has a name: Premature Collapse. The AI locks onto the first interpretation before exploring alternatives. This episode covers the two interlocking systems I built to fix it.In this episode:- Premature Collapse: why Claude Code plans confidently but sometimes plans the wrong thing- DSV reasoning (Decompose-Suspend-Validate): the 30-second check that catches most planning failures- UPF (Universal Planning Framework): a 4-stage planning system built on DSV principles- Stage 0 Discovery: why the most important work happens before the plan exists- How MUTATED claims reveal that the question itself needs to change- The quantum mechanics analogy: why measurement collapses possibility space- How DSV and UPF work together - DSV is the theory, UPF is the structure- Why better prompts cannot fix what better reasoning architecture can- Real examples of plans that looked solid but were built on unverified assumptionsKey insight: most Claude Code planning failures are not intelligence failures. They are architecture failures. The AI picks one interpretation and optimizes toward it without questioning the frame. DSV forces three questions before any work begins: What are the key claims? What alternative interpretation have I missed? Which claim am I least sure about?Both UPF and DSV are open source. This is the system behind every non-trivial project I run with Claude Code.---Read the full article: https://primeline.cc/blog/planning-framework-dsv-reasoningClaude Code Deep Dives is an AI-powered podcast by PrimeLine, generated with NotebookLM from in-depth technical articles. Each episode explores real production Claude Code setups.Website: primeline.ccX: @PrimeLineAI
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