Preflight the Plane
Preflight is a session initiation checklist for AI-assisted / agentic work. It is the counterpart to Landing the Plane (session shutdown): where landing focuses on cleanup + handoff, preflight focuses on scoping + context selection + verification setup so the session doesn’t drift. When to run it Run preflight when: you start a new chat (especially after a reset) you resume after time away you’re about to start an autonomous “loop” (background run / repeated iterations) you notice context pollution and decide to restart cleanly The Problem Without a preflight: ...