Law 24 · Instruction & Output
Surface Ambiguity, Don't Resolve It
When the data is unclear, don't guess confidently.
The principle
Faced with two plausible matches, conflicting sources, or a missing field, an agent's instinct is to pick the most likely option and move on, a confident choice that quietly buries the doubt. When the stakes touch identity, money, or anything you can't undo, a quiet wrong guess is far worse than an honest 'this is unclear'.
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