Exchange types

The model assigns each message one of these types.

Type	Example messages	Ceiling
factual-question	“Is the new endpoint deployed?” “Where is the retry limit set?”	150 words
status-and-resume	“Where are we?” “Let’s continue.” “The PR merged.”	250
approval	“Q1 a” “Go ahead.” “Go ahead, but skip the migration for now.”	250
thinking-out-loud	“Let’s talk through the caching options.” “Does this plan make sense?” “Can we run this in CI instead?”	350
diagnosis	“Why does the build fail on Windows?” “Is this a good way to handle retries?”	500
redirect	“Use the existing helper instead.” “I removed that file on purpose.”	250
broken-report	“The test still fails.” “I get 7 results, not 5.”	250
work-request	“Add a test for the parser.” “Open a PR with both fixes.”	400
canned-review	A review prompt that a script sends	300
harness-probe	“Answer in one line.” “Reply with only the token.”	The requested form, else 40
default	A greeting, a pasted fragment, or a mix of three or more types	250

Ceilings count everything you read, coded items included. When your message lists items, every item on it gets a line, whatever the ceiling. Each type’s cues, shape, and examples are in styles/.