> ask very precise questions explaining the background

IME, being forced to write about something or verbally explaining/enumerating things in detail _by itself_ leads to a lot of clarity in the writer's thoughts, irrespective of if there's an LLM answering back.

People have been doing rubber-duck-debugging since long. The metaphorical duck (LLMs in our context), if explained to well, has now started answering back with useful stuff!