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Decomposition
Breaking a broad judgment into one question per factor, then combining the answers with weights and rules you control in code.
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- 2026-09-24
Definition
Instead of "rate this startup pitch", ask separately about market size, technical feasibility, and differentiation, then combine the answers with your own formula. When priorities shift, change a coefficient in code rather than rewriting a prompt.
Decomposition does not require more round trips: questions over the same state run in parallel within one request, so the split costs only the tokens for the extra questions.
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Atomic questionA question that asks one specific, well-scoped thing, the kind of judgment a knowledgeable person makes in a few seconds.Core ConceptsComposite scoringBreak a judgment into atomic Score questions, normalize each, and combine them with weights you control in code.PatternsParallel questionsBatching many questions into one request instead of many calls, which is dramatically cheaper and faster with identical answers.PatternsSystem Two taskWork that needs extended, multi-step reasoning; the docs treat it as a signal to decompose rather than a job for Jev.Core Concepts
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Design AI-powered software by keeping code in control and giving System One narrow, structured decisions to make.
Jev Practices & PatternsDocs#official#patterns#architecture
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Break a judgment into atomic Score questions, normalize each by its top level, and combine them with weights you control in code, as in the resume example's four scored dimensions.
Jev Practices & PatternsDocs#official#patterns#score
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