Intent

Most AI collaboration fails at the purpose level, not the task level. AI assistants execute tasks with precision and generate goal-oriented content on demand, but they operate without access to why a task matters — the values, directions, and constraints that determine whether doing a task well actually serves the person asking. David Lockie’s Intent Stack (2026) proposes a remedy: a five-layer hierarchy that structures human intention as persistent, machine-readable context, making purpose as available to AI systems as task descriptions already are.

Research: The Why-erarchy — Values, Purpose, Intent, Vision, and Strategy in GenAI Collaboration Date: 2026-03-10 Search queries used: “why-erarchy” OR “why hierarchy” purpose values intent strategy leadership philosophy Simon Sinek Golden Circle why how what purpose vision strategy hierarchy purpose hierarchy values vision mission strategy alignment organizational theory cascade intent stack GenAI human AI collaboration prompt level task level goal level values level AI alignment human values intent stack LLM user purpose goals hierarchy context engineering intent decomposition AI agentic task hierarchy user goals sub-goals intent hierarchy GenAI AI collaboration values purpose strategy alignment OKR objectives key results purpose vision values cascade strategy execution alignment Executive Summary The “why-erarchy” is a layered vocabulary for organizing human motivation and direction, distinguishing values and purpose (permanent, identity-forming) …

Research: Intent Specification — How Practitioners Translate Fuzzy Direction into Productive GenAI Collaboration Date: 2026-03-10 Search queries used: intent specification GenAI collaboration practitioners translate direction prompt engineering intent alignment design practice LLM collaboration translating fuzzy requirements AI specification UX design strategy intent specification human AI collaboration design thinking sensemaking vague direction GenAI prompt clarification techniques practitioners UX product design 2024 2025 intent alignment specification LLM prompting system design 2024 2025 research HCI “intent specification” OR “intent clarification” GenAI design strategy practitioner strategies making intent legible AI prompting context specification design product 2025 context engineering intent specification human AI collaboration practitioners 2025 UX professionals perceptions AI-assisted design vibe coding intent expression natural language 2025 …