Decide if a recurring task is still worth doing at all
A task that made sense to start can keep running on habit long after the reason for it stopped applying.
- Use it for
- Anyone with a recurring task or habit they've never actually questioned since starting it.
Recurring tasks — a weekly report, a regular check-in, a routine review — often keep running purely on habit long after the original reason for them stopped applying, because habit doesn't require re-justifying itself the way starting something new does. This prompt checks a specific recurring task against why it started, to catch one that's outlived its purpose.
When not to use this
For a task you're confident still serves a clear, current purpose, this check isn't necessary — save it for tasks you genuinely haven't questioned in a while.
Did this work?
You know honestly whether the original reason for this task still applies, not just that you've kept doing it out of habit.
Tested on claude-opus-5. Evidence status is draft; it moves to battle-tested only on recorded runs, never by hand.