{
  "schemaVersion": "wenbu-knowledge-v1",
  "id": "guide-first-reading",
  "slug": "first-reading",
  "language": "en",
  "title": "Your first visit: start with one small question",
  "description": "You do not need specialist vocabulary or birth details. Use a few choices to find a focus, then leave with something you can act on.",
  "sections": [
    {
      "heading": "Choose something on your mind",
      "paragraphs": [
        "You do not need to begin with a question about your whole life. Pick something you are facing now: a difficult conversation with a friend, or a choice between your current job and a new role.",
        "Open the Wenbu Agent and choose a topic, then what you hope to get from the conversation. “Not sure yet” is a useful starting point, too. You can go back and change your choices. The guide creates a draft for you to review before sending."
      ]
    },
    {
      "heading": "If you are unsure, start with Conversation",
      "paragraphs": [
        "Conversation helps you frame the question. It needs no birth details and does not automatically draw cards. You can add: “Ask me a few straightforward questions to help me understand why I am hesitating.”",
        "Choose three tarot cards if you would like a visual prompt. Choose BaZi or Zi Wei when you want to explore a birth chart. For a concept or a claim you want to check, choose Sourced research. You do not need to learn every system before beginning."
      ]
    },
    {
      "heading": "A little context goes a long way",
      "paragraphs": [
        "For example: “I have an offer that involves frequent travel. I like my current colleagues but want more room to learn. I do not yet know how the new team works.” That gives the Agent a choice, a priority and a gap in your information. You can leave out names, addresses and the company name.",
        "Read the draft, change anything that does not sound like you, and send it when you are ready. If the answer misses the point, say so: “My main concern is how travel would affect family life. Please focus on that.”"
      ]
    },
    {
      "heading": "Leave with something you can do",
      "paragraphs": [
        "When a chart or report appears, distinguish the calculated result from traditional meanings and suggestions based on your context. You can disagree with an interpretation or ask what supports a particular sentence.",
        "A useful outcome might be two questions for the new team, a conversation to arrange, or a birth record to check. Keep the original question and add what you plan to do. Agent conversations and tool journal entries are stored in the current browser; use their separate export options to keep a copy elsewhere."
      ],
      "bullets": [
        "No clear question yet? Choose “Not sure yet.”",
        "Already know what you need? Type your question directly.",
        "Only want a chart or a draw? Open a standalone tool and decide about AI interpretation later."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "updated": "2026-09-30",
  "authorship": "Wenbu · AI-assisted editorial; no independent expert review claimed",
  "evidenceType": "editorial",
  "links": {
    "html": "https://wenbu.app/en/learn/first-reading/",
    "markdown": "https://wenbu.app/knowledge/en/first-reading.md",
    "json": "https://wenbu.app/knowledge/en/first-reading.json"
  },
  "outline": [
    {
      "id": "quick-answer",
      "title": "The short answer"
    },
    {
      "id": "section-0",
      "title": "Choose something on your mind"
    },
    {
      "id": "section-1",
      "title": "If you are unsure, start with Conversation"
    },
    {
      "id": "reference-table",
      "title": "A checklist for your first conversation"
    },
    {
      "id": "section-2",
      "title": "A little context goes a long way"
    },
    {
      "id": "section-3",
      "title": "Leave with something you can do"
    },
    {
      "id": "worked-example",
      "title": "Worked example: finding the words for a housemate conversation"
    },
    {
      "id": "glossary",
      "title": "Key terms"
    },
    {
      "id": "questions",
      "title": "Common questions"
    },
    {
      "id": "sources",
      "title": "Sources and their scope"
    }
  ],
  "answer": "For a first visit, aim to leave with one clear question, an answer that respects your circumstances, and one practical next step. Choose Conversation to begin. You do not need birth details, a card draw or a finished view of what the problem means.",
  "takeaways": [
    "The guide creates an editable draft. Review it before sending, or type your own question directly.",
    "Work on one situation at a time. Share relevant facts and limits before choosing a symbolic tool.",
    "Keep the original question, one information gap and one action. Export important records separately."
  ],
  "figure": {
    "caption": "Four things to prepare and check in a first conversation",
    "description": "These cards select the first four checklist items: a situation, a goal, context and an answer to check. Each pairs the item with an example from a housemate conversation. The complete table below adds a next action and explains what a useful result looks like for each item."
  },
  "table": {
    "title": "A checklist for your first conversation",
    "columns": [
      "Part",
      "Example input",
      "Ready to move on when…"
    ],
    "rows": [
      [
        "Situation",
        "I need to discuss quiet hours with my housemate.",
        "The scope is one conversation, rather than a verdict on the relationship."
      ],
      [
        "Goal",
        "Help me prepare an opening and two arrangements to discuss.",
        "You can name something useful to take away."
      ],
      [
        "Context",
        "They return around midnight; I get up at seven; we have not discussed it.",
        "You have shared the relevant facts without names or addresses."
      ],
      [
        "Check",
        "Focus on the noise. Do not assume they mean to upset me.",
        "The answer separates observed behavior from guesses about motives."
      ],
      [
        "Next step",
        "Ask for ten minutes on Saturday and record what we agree.",
        "You can act and observe the result. Set any reminder yourself."
      ]
    ]
  },
  "example": {
    "title": "Worked example: finding the words for a housemate conversation",
    "intro": "In this fictional scenario, late-night noise is interrupting your sleep. You want a workable arrangement but have not raised the issue yet.",
    "steps": [
      "Choose Relationships and communication, select a conversation goal, then Conversation. You can also skip the guide and type your request.",
      "Review the draft: “My housemate often gets home around midnight. Opening the door and putting things away wakes me up. I get up at seven, and we have not discussed this properly. Help me write a calm opening and suggest two arrangements we could discuss.”",
      "Check the answer for invented motives. If it says your housemate is deliberately inconsiderate, reply: “I have not established that. Please use only the behavior I described.”",
      "Adapt one opening: “I have been waking up when you get home and feeling tired the next morning. Could we take ten minutes this weekend to work out something that suits us both?” You conduct the conversation; the Agent does not send a message for you.",
      "Export the conversation or keep your own note. Review what happened a week later. Any separate chart or draw needs its own save action if you want it in the tool journal."
    ],
    "conclusion": "The useful result is a conversation you can initiate and an arrangement you can check. Your housemate’s response remains something to discover directly."
  },
  "faq": [
    {
      "question": "Do I need to share my birth details to try Wenbu?",
      "answer": "No. Conversation, research, tarot and I Ching can all work without them. Sample charts also let you learn the interface first."
    },
    {
      "question": "Does browser storage mean my message never reaches a model?",
      "answer": "No. Sending shares the message, limited recent context and selected details with DeepSeek. Local storage describes where your saved history lives."
    },
    {
      "question": "Will the Agent continue after I close the page?",
      "answer": "No. Closing interrupts the task. Successfully saved content remains available in that browser; you can return with a focused follow-up."
    }
  ],
  "glossary": [
    {
      "term": "Draft",
      "definition": "A proposed message you can edit before sending."
    },
    {
      "term": "Context",
      "definition": "Relevant information you choose to share, including constraints and known facts."
    },
    {
      "term": "Next step",
      "definition": "An action you can take or arrange and later check."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Wenbu · Conversation guide",
      "url": "https://github.com/Digidai/wenbu/blob/main/src/lib/agent-guidance.ts",
      "scope": "Supports the guide choices and editable draft. The housemate scenario is an original exercise."
    },
    {
      "title": "Wenbu · Conversation context and local records",
      "url": "https://github.com/Digidai/wenbu/blob/main/src/components/AgentWorkspace.tsx",
      "scope": "Supports context sharing, saved conversations, exports and saving a result to the journal."
    },
    {
      "title": "Wenbu · Privacy explanation",
      "url": "https://github.com/Digidai/wenbu/blob/main/src/data/pages.ts",
      "scope": "Supports the distinction between model processing and browser storage, and the limit on work after closing the page."
    },
    {
      "title": "Wenbu · Agent modes and source handling",
      "url": "https://github.com/Digidai/wenbu/blob/main/worker/agent.ts",
      "scope": "Further reading; not validation of real-world predictions."
    },
    {
      "title": "Wenbu · local journal and context export",
      "url": "https://github.com/Digidai/wenbu/blob/main/src/lib/journal.ts",
      "scope": "Further reading; not validation of real-world predictions."
    }
  ]
}