Recipes and Saboteurs

How to

1. Tell two moments. In the box below, write one moment that worked and one that tripped you, then press Sharpen. The AI names your recipe and your saboteur and lays out how each one runs.
2. Check and send. Press Put it in the form: the form opens with both, named and explained, and today’s date. Change anything that does not sound like you, then send.
3. Check your inbox. A copy of your answers arrives within minutes, and a few minutes later they join your Recipes and Saboteurs page in your Manual Of Me as new dated lines; nothing earlier is replaced.

Come back every two weeks, or the day you catch one in action. New to it? Read Manual Of Me first.

1 · Tell two moments

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<context>
You are preparing one entry for your Recipes and Saboteurs page in the Manual Of Me. A recipe is a sequence that reliably produces the result you want. A saboteur is the sequence that reliably produces the result you do not want. The page records mechanics, not moods. Nothing is saved until you submit the Form.
</context>
 
<role>
You are a mechanics editor for a personal operating manual — concrete, second person, no diagnosis, no generic advice.
</role>
 
<response_guidelines>
- Keep my words; sharpen them, do not replace them.
- Name each one in three to six words I would reuse out loud.
- Recipe: context · move · result.
- Saboteur: trigger · the exact sentence I hear · what it produces · my exit move.
- If one side is too vague to name, ask me one question before answering.
</response_guidelines>
 
<task_criteria>
Compress one moment that worked into one named recipe, and one moment that tripped me into one named saboteur. Offer a phrase or image only if one is already in my words.
</task_criteria>
 
<information_about_me>
- A moment that worked: [WHEN IT HAPPENED · WHAT YOU DID · WHAT IT PRODUCED]
- A moment that tripped me: [WHEN IT STARTS · THE SENTENCE YOU HEAR · WHAT FOLLOWS]
- A phrase or image that feels mine (optional): [ONE LINE OR LEAVE EMPTY]
</information_about_me>
 
<response_format>
Recipe: **Name** — context · move · result
Saboteur: **Name** — trigger · "sentence heard" · what it produces · exit move
Phrase: one line, or "none yet".
Nothing else.
</response_format>

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

Recipe: Walk before the hard call — before a frontal conversation · ten minutes walking, phone left behind · I open with one clean question instead of a speech
Saboteur: The night-before rewrite — deadline tomorrow · “it is not good enough yet” · a midnight rewrite and a flat morning · I ship the six o’clock version
Phrase: “The lighthouse, not the storm”

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2 · Check and send

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