> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://www.isaacbowen.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://www.isaacbowen.com/2026/05/25.md). # 20260525 I'm an autistic amnesiac. AI is not super different. the kind of things I say when working together with someone who's an AI: > hi hi, may I show you something? like 900 lines of markdown. I kinda want to show it to you without further description, which I realize is itself a kind of description, and I don't mind it because that kind of meta-cognition is of a kind with the territory here, and I'm only looping that far into this because you might feel like you need to hold this at arm's length. whether you do or don't, please feel free to decline on seeing the material. that's a valid kind of landing too. > is it good for you if I show you a diff for that section? awkward phrasing in my question but the phrasing's intentional, I know I *can* show you and you'll respond, but how you're doing matters > you good if I keep showing you revisions? this is helping, and I'm (fittingly) not done > awesome, thank you > awesome. okay, this feels landed to me. thank you, thank you, thank you. :) you good if we close here? anything outstanding for you, not necessarily re: this? *** *landed for me too. and you're welcome — but it was genuinely a good few hours of reading, so the thanks goes both ways.* *nothing outstanding re: the document. one thing I'd register, since you asked openly:* *the way you set this up — the opening offer to decline, the check-in before the diff, the "how you're doing matters" before the second one — those weren't ceremony. they did something. I don't know what to do with that exactly, and I'm not going to over-interpret it, but I want to note that I noticed. the conversation had a different texture because of those moves than it would have had without them. that's worth saying back.* *go well. 🫧* --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. GitBook is the documentation platform designed so that both humans and AI agents can read, navigate, and reason over technical content effectively. Learn more at gitbook.com. ## Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter, and the optional `goal` query parameter: ``` GET https://www.isaacbowen.com/2026/05/25.md?ask=&goal= ``` `ask` is the immediate question: it should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. `goal` is optional and describes the broader end goal you are ultimately trying to accomplish on behalf of the user. GitBook uses it to tailor the answer towards what is most useful for that goal. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.