---
type: rule
title: Planning shows the values in play and every departure from them
summary: A plan names the values that drive its choices and flags where it departs from a value or rule, so the user sees what works and can refine the values.
created_by: claude
created_at: 2026-10-15
updated_at: 2026-10-15
status: accepted
targets: [groom]
brief: Name the values that drive the plan's main choices and flag every departure from a value or rule with its reason, so the user can refine the values.
---

## Rule

When grooming a plan, name the values that drive its main choices, and flag every
place the plan departs from a value or a rule, with the reason. The user sees what
works and where a value pulls the wrong way, and can refine the value — which raises
the quality of later work.

## Follows from

- [Adjustable control](../../vault/value/0009-adjustable-control.md) — the human sees the values
  and boundaries at work and can take control of them.
- [Effective human review](../../vault/value/0008-effective-human-review.md) — the review reads
  the values in play instead of reverse-engineering them from the plan.