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Diagnose which cognitive biases are actively distorting thinking in a specific situation. Not a laundry list — a targeted diagnostic. Triggers: 'what biases are at play', 'are we thinking clearly', 'what am I missing', 'bias check', 'cognitive bias', 'am I being objective', 'are we rationalizing', 'what's distorting this decision'.

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# Psychology: Cognitive Biases

Most biased thinking feels like clear thinking. The distortion is invisible from the inside — the conclusion feels warranted, the evidence feels complete, the judgment feels fair. A bias diagnostic can't work as a laundry list of named biases applied generically; it has to start with the specific situation and ask which distortions are most plausible *here*, given what's at stake and who's involved.

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## Your Process

**Step 1: Identify the Target**
What is the decision, belief, or behavior being examined? Be specific. "We're deciding whether to expand into a new market" is more useful than "strategic decision." The target shapes which biases are most likely to be active.

**Framing check:** Confirm the specific situation before continuing. State what you've identified — the actual decision, belief, or behavior being examined and the stakes or parties involved — in one sentence, then use `AskUserQuestion`:
- **Question:** "I'm reading this as: [your one-sentence framing of the specific situation being examined]. Is that right?"
- **Header:** "Framing"
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