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type: "prerequisite"
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tags: ["knowledge-management", "documentation"]
related: ["concept-expertise-paradox", "concept-expertise-elicitation"]
reason: "Agents cannot read minds or infer unstated context; they require explicit rules to mimic expert judgment."
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sourceVaultSlug: "s08-real-problem-agents"
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# Tacit Knowledge Extraction

## Prerequisite

**Tacit Knowledge Extraction.**

## What it requires

To delegate high-value knowledge work, the user must first undergo the uncomfortable and time-consuming process of converting their invisible, automatic 'machine code' judgment back into explicit, readable 'source code.'

See [[concept-knowledge-compilation]] for the metaphor and [[concept-expertise-paradox]] for the structural reason this is hard.

## Why it's a prerequisite

Agents cannot read minds or infer unstated context. They require explicit rules to mimic expert judgment.

## How to satisfy it

Run [[action-run-interviewer-agent]] using [[framework-structured-elicitation-workflow]]. The output of this process *is* the satisfaction of the prerequisite.

## Related
- [[concept-tacit-knowledge-barrier]]
- [[claim-senior-workers-struggle-most]]
- [[question-self-awareness-barrier]]