> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.comet.rpamis.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Decision points

> Learn where Comet must stop and ask you instead of choosing a default or continuing automatically.

Comet automates safe transitions, but product and risk decisions still belong to you. A decision point is a hard pause where the agent must get an explicit answer before continuing.

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  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/comet-bb5f5294/piE9AoWsM20071ec/assets/decision-points-illustrations/01-decision-signposts.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=piE9AoWsM20071ec&q=85&s=67ba3848bb5b65e564375a6f8e7982f2" alt="Xiaoyu waits at decision signposts along the five-phase Comet path" width="800" data-path="assets/decision-points-illustrations/01-decision-signposts.png" />
</p>

## Rules

* The agent cannot replace your answer with a default.
* A recommendation is not a decision.
* A past preference is not a decision.
* Text output alone is not enough when the platform has a structured question UI.

## Common decision points

| Area    | Examples                                                            |
| ------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Open    | Confirm clarified requirements, change name, proposal/design/tasks. |
| Design  | Confirm approach, decide whether to patch specs.                    |
| Build   | Choose isolation, execution mode, TDD mode, review mode.            |
| Verify  | Fix failure, accept divergence, handle branch state.                |
| Archive | Final confirmation before archive.                                  |
| Presets | Continue hotfix/tweak or upgrade to full.                           |

## Why this matters

Comet is designed to be recoverable and auditable. Silent defaults at risk points make later recovery misleading.

## Next steps

* [Workflow concepts](/en/concepts/workflow)
* [Auto-transition](/en/concepts/auto-transition)