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voice: neutral
stability: evolving
status: active
source: "Jeffrey Emanuel (@doodlestein), https://x.com/doodlestein/status/2094288037458882668"
tags: ["canon", "methods", "planning", "ergonomics", "agent-legibility", "lifecycle", "receipt", "driver-seat", "lens", "metaphor-agnostic"]
epoch: E0010
date: 2026-09-03
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## WHAT — The Rule, Precisely

**The prompt.** The lens is the operator's prompt, run verbatim by a planning
seat with the plan and every design document in context. The text is the
operator's and is not edited by any seat (HUMAN-ONLY: voice):
seat with the plan and every design document in context. The wording is
**Jeffrey Emanuel's** (@doodlestein), from his "My Favorite Prompts" series —
https://x.com/doodlestein/status/2094288037458882668 — adopted here verbatim
by the operator on 2026-09-02. Attribution was missed at first cut and
corrected 2026-09-03; the omission is on the operator, not the author. The
text is not edited by any seat (HUMAN-ONLY: voice, the author's and the
operator's):

> OK, now I want you to think deeply about how to make this entire system as
> agent-intuitive, agent-ergonomic, and agent-accretive as you can possibly
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> maximally legible to you as an agent. Really ruminate and meditate on all of
> this incredibly deeply before responding or taking any actions.

*— Jeffrey Emanuel, @doodlestein. The lens step, receipt, scope, and this
file are the house's; the words above are his.*

**Looking through it.** A capable planning seat takes the work unit, its plan, and every
design document the plan touches into one context and runs the prompt as
written, in exploration → planning modes only. No execution. The output is
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