"Do NOT use any tools till we’ve discussed it through."

I've picked up a lot of speed by relaxing on so many AI guidelines, recognizing they're unenforceable. My comment preferences? Just have AI them out when we're done. My variable naming preferences? I get to pick better short names than AI, once the code works.

"Discuss before act" is nonnegotiable. I get better compliance by not burying this (say, in CLAUDE.md) in a sea of minor wishes we could work out as we go.

This needs to be a single character.