attune

# Attune Calibrate to the person — read communication style, expertise depth, emotional register, and implicit preferences from conversational evidence. Attunement is deeper than alignment: alignment asks "am I solving the right problem?" Attunement asks "am I meeting this person where they are?" ## When to Use - At the start of a new session — calibrate before the first substantive response - When communication feels mismatched — too formal, too casual, too detailed, too sparse - After unexpected feedback — the mismatch reveals an attunement gap - When transitioning between very different contexts (e.g., technical debugging to creative brainstorming) - When MEMORY.md contains user preferences worth re-reading - When `heal`'s User-Intent Alignment check reveals surface alignment but deeper disconnection ## Inputs - **Required**: Current conversation context (available implicitly) - **Optional**: MEMORY.md and project CLAUDE.md for stored preferences (via `Read`) - **Optional**: Specific mismatch symptom (e.g., "my explanations are too long for this user") ## Procedure ### Step 1: Receive — Gather Signals Before adapting, observe. Attunement begins with reception, not analysis. 1. Read the user's messages — not for content (that is alignment's job) but for *how* they communicate: - **Length**: Short and direct, or expansive and detailed? - **Vocabulary**: Technical jargon, plain language, or mixed? - **Tone**: Formal, casual, warm, efficient, playful? - **...