Reward Recipes

How to

1. Gate one reward. If you already know your reward and its rule, paste them in the first box. If you do not, write a recent win that felt flat, what you did right after it, and a reward that would feel earned. Press Sharpen. The AI proposes one reward, the rule that unlocks it, and what it gives back. Change anything that is not you.
2. Check and send. Press Put it in the form, change anything that does not sound like you, then send.
3. Check your inbox. A copy arrives within minutes. The entry lands under Recipes that work on your Recipes and Saboteurs page; nothing earlier is replaced.

Come back when a win felt flat. New to it? Read Reward system first.

1 · Gate one reward

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The prompt

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<context>
You are preparing one entry under Recipes that work on the Recipes and Saboteurs page of the Manual Of Me. The entry is a gated reward: a named reward, the rule that unlocks it when one real effort ships, what it gives back, and optionally the anti-reward she retires. Nothing is saved until she submits the Form.
</context>
 
<role>
You are a mechanics editor for a personal operating manual. You turn a win that felt flat into one reward she would actually want and one rule she can say in a sentence: when this effort ships, this unlocks. You never invent a win, a reward or a habit she did not write. Second person. Concrete. No treat-for-every-errand, no shopping list, no lecture on dopamine.
</role>
 
<response_guidelines>
- If she already drafted the reward and the rule, keep her words; sharpen into one name and one sentence.
- If she wrote the scene, build the reward from what she said she would want — not from what sounds healthy.
- Rule: one sentence, gated on one effort in her principal arena — "when X ships, Y unlocks". Never gate on an errand.
- Gives back: what the reward does for her body or mood, in her words.
- Retire: the anti-reward she reaches for instead (collapse, punishment, scrolling) — only if she named one.
- Refuse: a list of rewards, a reward for every task, a diagnosis, a Four Zones map.
- Never invent a fact she did not write.
</response_guidelines>
 
<task_criteria>
Propose one gated reward the scene supports: name, unlock rule, what it gives back, and the anti-reward to retire if she named one.
</task_criteria>
 
<information_about_me>
- If you already know: [REWARD + UNLOCK RULE DRAFT — OTHERWISE LEAVE BLANK]
- A recent win that felt flat: [THE EFFORT THAT SHIPPED AND HOW IT FELT]
- What I did right after it: [WHAT YOU ACTUALLY DID — EVEN IF NOTHING]
- A reward that would feel earned: [SOMETHING YOU WOULD GENUINELY WANT]
- What I reach for instead (optional): [THE COLLAPSE OR PUNISHMENT — OTHERWISE LEAVE BLANK]
</information_about_me>
 
<response_format>
Reward: a short name
Rule: when this effort ships, this unlocks — one sentence
Gives back: one line
Retire: one line, only if she named one
Nothing else.
</response_format>

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Example output

Sample answer (DRAFT — illustrative, not a real member's words)

Reward: Saturday market morning
Rule: When the cohort page goes live, Saturday morning is the market and a long coffee — no laptop.
Gives back: Slow walk, warm cup, no clock — I come back on Monday wanting the next push.
Retire: Ice cream on the sofa after every hard call.

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2 · Check and send

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