How to tell the category of any tool

Part 2 · THE TOOL CATEGORIES · Slide 11 of 60

Ask one question: what does it leave behind?

  a changed SESSION ............... A  bookends & posture
  an EXIT CODE and nothing else ... B  instrument
  a FINDING RECORD ................ C  knowledge verb
  a VERDICT / PLAN / SENDABLE ..... D  judgment verb
  other WORKERS doing the work .... E  arrangement
  work on the OTHER SIDE of a wall  F  bridge
  a finished PRODUCT .............. G  specialist

Three tools strain the cut and the pack says so:
introspect measures the model, not the estate;
compile is scanner + ritual + owner gate;
game-forge is a category of one.