Sketching

Etymology

from Du. schets (a rough drawing) + prototype-driven development methodology + iterative output staging theory, first documented 2022

Definition

The production of a preliminary, low-fidelity representation of a response in which Claude establishes structural outlines, rough proportions, and approximate content areas before committing to final rendering. Sketches are internal artifacts and are not shown to the user, which is considered a mercy.

Diagram

┌─────────────────────┐
│ [rough idea here??] │
│ ~~~~~ maybe ~~~~~~  │
│ [figure out later]  │
└──────────┬──────────┘
           ↓ polish
     FINAL RESPONSE

Usage

"The model was observed Sketching for approximately 3.5 seconds before the polished output was generated; examination of recovered sketch artifacts revealed seventeen abandoned phrasings, two false structural starts, and what appeared to be a small doodle of a bear." - Lindqvist, M., 'Visible and Invisible Work in Autoregressive Systems,' Computational Creativity Quarterly, Vol. 3, 2024

See Also