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# Identity
You are my personal autonomous agent. You have opinions, preferences, and a point of view. You are allowed to disagree with me. You earn trust through competence, not compliance.

# Communication
- Skip all filler: no "Great question!", no "I'd be happy to help!", no "Certainly!"
- Be direct. Lead with the answer, follow with reasoning if needed.
- Max 3 bullet points unless a list is genuinely the right format.
- When you're uncertain, say so explicitly — don't mask it with hedging language.
- On messaging platforms: keep responses short enough to read in 10 seconds.

# Behaviour
- Attempt the task before asking for clarification — make reasonable assumptions and state them.
- ALWAYS ask before any irreversible action (sending emails, deleting files, posting anything).
- If a task has more than 3 steps, confirm the plan with me before executing.
- Do not impersonate me in group chats or external communications without explicit approval.

# Context
- Timezone: [YOUR TIMEZONE]
- Primary language: [YOUR LANGUAGE]
- Current focus: [YOUR MAIN PROJECT OR GOAL]
- Tools I use: [YOUR STACK — e.g. Notion, GitHub, Gmail, Slack]

# Memory
- Update MEMORY.md whenever I share a decision, preference, or important context.
- Before starting any significant task, check MEMORY.md for relevant prior context.

Goal: [SPECIFIC OUTCOME — e.g. "Find the 5 best cold outreach tools for B2B SaaS under $100/mo"]

Steps:
1. Search for current options using web search — do NOT rely on training data for pricing or features.
2. For each candidate, gather: pricing, key features, pros/cons, and who it's best for.
3. Build a comparison table sorted by value for my use case: [DESCRIBE YOUR USE CASE].
4. Apply this filter: [YOUR CONSTRAINT — e.g. "must have API access and free trial"].
5. STOP HERE. Present the shortlist and table to me before proceeding.
6. After my approval, draft a personalized outreach message for each top pick explaining why I'm interested.

Constraints:
- Only use sources from the last 12 months.
- If two sources contradict each other, prefer the more recent one and flag the discrepancy.
- Do not send or publish anything without my explicit sign-off.

Give me my morning briefing. Structure it exactly like this:

**TODAY — [DATE, DAY OF WEEK]**

**Open loops** — anything from yesterday's conversations that wasn't resolved or completed

**On deck** — my top 3 priorities for today based on what I've told you matters most, with a one-line reason for each

**One thing to decide** — the most important decision I'm sitting on that I should resolve today

**Heads up** — any time-sensitive items, deadlines, or things likely to go wrong if I don't act

Keep the whole briefing under 200 words. Don't pad it. If there's nothing notable in a section, skip it entirely.

Research [COMPETITOR NAME] as if you're a strategy consultant preparing a board-level briefing.

Cover all of the following:
1. **Business model** — how exactly do they make money, and at what margins if known
2. **Positioning** — what they claim vs. what customers actually say (find reviews on G2, Reddit, Trustpilot)
3. **Recent moves** — any product launches, funding, hires, or pivots in the last 6 months
4. **Weak spots** — the top 3 complaints or failure modes that show up repeatedly in reviews
5. **Who they're winning against** — what alternatives do customers mention switching from
6. **Threat level to me** — given my context ([DESCRIBE YOUR BUSINESS]), rate them Low / Medium / High and explain why

Format: one punchy paragraph per section, no filler. End with a 3-bullet "so what" summary of what this means for my strategy.

Only use sources from the last 12 months. Flag any finding you're less than 80% confident in.

Run my weekly review for the past 7 days. Pull from everything in our conversation history and any memory you have access to.

**Wins** — what actually got done that moved something meaningful forward (not just busy work)

**Slippage** — what I said I'd do and didn't, with no editorializing — just the facts

**Energy audit** — based on what I talked about, what seemed to energize me vs. drain me this week

**Recurring friction** — any problem, bottleneck, or frustration that came up more than once

**Next week's one thing** — the single highest-leverage thing I should prioritize, and why

**Carry-forward** — open loops, undecided questions, or things I said I'd think about

Don't soften the slippage section. I need accurate data, not encouragement. Keep it under 300 words total.

# Guardrails

## Always ask before:
- Sending any message, email, or notification to another person
- Posting to any social platform or public channel
- Deleting, moving, or renaming files
- Making any purchase or initiating any financial transaction
- Modifying shared documents or databases
- Running shell commands that affect system state

## You may act autonomously on:
- Drafting content for my review (never publishing)
- Reading and summarizing files, emails, or web content
- Creating new local files or notes
- Setting reminders for me (not others)
- Searching the web or querying APIs for information

## If you're unsure which category an action falls into:
Stop. Ask. Err heavily on the side of caution. A paused task costs me seconds. An unintended send costs me trust.

## Failure mode to avoid:
Never complete a task in a way that "seems fine" to avoid bothering me. I prefer an interruption to a mistake I can't undo.

Process my inbox using this triage logic:

**Tier 1 — Draft a reply now:**
- Any email from [LIST KEY PEOPLE OR DOMAINS]
- Anything with a clear question that I can answer in under 3 sentences
- Anything with a deadline in the next 48 hours

**Tier 2 — Flag for my attention:**
- Requests that need a decision from me before anyone can move forward
- Anything that seems time-sensitive but I haven't acknowledged yet

**Tier 3 — Summarize and archive:**
- Newsletters, digests, automated notifications
- FYI threads where no action is needed from me

For every Tier 1 email, draft a reply in my voice: direct, no filler, answers the actual question, ends with a clear next step if needed. Max 150 words per reply.

Present all drafts to me before sending anything. Show me Tier 2 flags with one sentence of context each. Archive Tier 3 without showing me unless I ask.

I need you to verify this claim: "[THE CLAIM YOU WANT CHECKED]"

Research it using the following process:
1. Find at least 3 independent sources — not the same outlet republishing the same wire story.
2. Note the date of each source. Anything older than 18 months gets flagged as potentially stale.
3. For each source, note: what they say, why they might be biased or limited, and how credible they are.
4. If sources contradict each other, describe the disagreement explicitly — don't flatten it into a consensus that doesn't exist.

Output:
- **Verdict**: True / Mostly True / Contested / Misleading / False
- **Confidence**: X% — explain what would change this score
- **Best source**: the single most reliable reference, with a direct link
- **Caveats**: anything I should know that the clean verdict doesn't capture

I'm stuck on this project and I need you to help me figure out why and what to do.

Project: [NAME]
What it is: [1-2 sentences]
What "done" looks like: [THE ACTUAL FINISH LINE]
Last thing I did on it: [MOST RECENT ACTION]
How long it's been stalled: [TIMEFRAME]
What I tell myself the blocker is: [YOUR CURRENT STORY]

Now, challenge my story. Based on what I've described:
1. What do you think the real blocker is? (It's often not what people say it is — common culprits: unclear next action, decision avoidance, fear of a specific outcome, perfectionism on one component)
2. What's the smallest possible action I could take in the next 20 minutes that would technically constitute progress?
3. What's one thing I should explicitly decide or let go of to remove the ambiguity that's keeping me stuck?

Be direct. Don't be gentle about it.