Module 1 · Define Your North Star

The intro is the why. This is the doing: rather than fill out a form, you let Ana look at your actual data, ask the right scoping questions, and write the North Star down. That single artifact (north_star.md) is what every later module builds toward. Paste this prompt. Ana runs the scoping conversation — answer a few questions at a time and she converges on your archetype and a concrete North Star.

Prompt

Help me define the North Star for our ontology before we build anything.
Look at the data connected to this thread and summarize in 3-4 lines what we have: the key tables, the grain, and the domains it covers.
Then ask me 5-7 sharp scoping questions to pin down what we are really doing - who will use this, what decision it changes on Monday morning, whether we are after BI parity / care-gap and quality / risk adjustment / operational queries, what "working" looks like in 30 days, and where our data is messiest. Ask a few at a time, not all at once.
From my answers plus the data, recommend the archetype that fits (A BI parity, B care-gap/quality, or C risk adjustment) and draft our North Star: one short paragraph on what this ontology is for, plus the 6-8 questions it must answer in 30 days.
Save it as north_star.md in the ontology and propose it as a reviewed change, so every later step builds toward it.

You’ll see: You will see: Ana summarize your data, ask scoping questions, recommend an archetype with a reason, and draft a north_star.md — a paragraph plus the questions that define “done.” Review it, push back, ratify.

Why a prompt, not a 50-question checklist —No giant pre-written question bank that nobody maintains. Ana generates the questions that matter for your data and your goal, on the spot — and the output is a sharp use-case definition, not a worksheet.

✅ Checkpoint

You have a written north_star.md (purpose + the 6-8 questions it must answer)
You picked an archetype (A / B / C), or Ana recommended one and you agreed
It names something real that changes on Monday morning, not “model all of healthcare”

The Six Layers Connect Three Things

​✅ Checkpoint

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