# Interview Playbook

## Intake

Collect birth date, birthplace, timezone, known time/range, source of the time, confidence in that source, and the user's priority domain. Ask permission before collecting dated life events.

## Routes

### `range`

For a remembered time or bounded interval:

1. Restate the interval in clock time.
2. Split it into `early / middle / late`.
3. Ask 3-5 A/B/C/D questions across education, relocation, relationship, career, and recent learning/expression.
4. Request dated events only in the strongest 2-3 domains.

### `block`

For `morning`, `afternoon`, `evening`, family recollections, or zodiac-hour style descriptions:

1. Convert the label into a stated coarse interval.
2. Split that interval into `early / middle / late`.
3. Ask the same domain questions.
4. Request events from the leading domains only.

### `unknown`

For no usable time memory:

1. State that the first valid result can only be a broad block.
2. Compare `morning / afternoon / evening / night` through high-signal domains.
3. Do not refine the winning block until enough dated evidence exists.
4. If one broad block leads, begin the next round by splitting only that block.

## Event Ledger

Use one row per event with:

- `id`
- `domain`
- `date`
- `precision` (`day`, `month`, `year`)
- `reliability` (`high`, `medium`, `low`)
- `user wording`
- `supports` (candidate labels helped by this event)
- `conflicts` (candidate labels weakened by this event)

Confirm date precision instead of inventing a day.

## Question Rhythm

- First round: 3-5 high-information A/B/C/D questions.
- Second round: ask only for dated events in the strongest domains.
- Third round: ask only the next 1-3 events that could separate the top candidates.
- Never collect a long autobiography before the first route decision.

## Stop Rules

Stop and report the current interval when any is true:

- fewer than three dated events
- fewer than two domains
- tied first-place candidates
- user uncertainty is too high to map support/conflict reliably
- an optional adapter was promised but cannot be executed and the user wants an audited result

## Final Wording

State: "当前最优结果是候选时间段，而不是已经确认的唯一出生分钟。临时代表时间仅用于下一轮验证与比较。"