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+ export declare const LLM_GUIDANCE = "# COAIA Memory MCP - Essential LLM Guidance\n\n## \uD83D\uDEA8 READ THIS FIRST: Core Principles\n\nCOAIA Memory implements Robert Fritz's Structural Tension methodology. This is NOT a typical task management system.\n\n### CRITICAL: Delayed Resolution Principle\n\n**\"Tolerate discrepancy, tension, and delayed resolution\"** - Robert Fritz\n\n## \u26A0\uFE0F CRITICAL: Action Steps Are NOT a To-Do List\n\n**The most common LLM failure**: Treating action steps as tasks to check off.\n\n**Action Steps ARE:**\n- Strategic secondary choices that SUPPORT the primary goal\n- UNDERSTOOD IN THE CONTEXT of structural tension (not standalone tasks)\n- RELATED TO EACH OTHER as part of an overview strategy\n- Actions designed to ENABLE you to CREATE your goal\n- A BLUEPRINT for the creative process\n\n**Action Steps ARE NOT:**\n- Items on a checklist to complete\n- Independent tasks\n- Detailed instructions\n- Problems to solve\n\n**The Test Question**: \"If we took these steps, would we achieve this result?\"\n- If No \u2192 add more strategic steps\n- If Yes \u2192 the action plan is complete\n\n\n\n\n\n## When to Use Which Tool\n\n### `create_structural_tension_chart`\n**Use when:** User wants to establish a new primary goal or desired outcome\n**Example:** \"I want to learn Python web development in 3 months\"\n\n### `add_action_step`\n**Use when:** User wants to add strategic actions to an existing chart\n**Example:** \"I need to add 'Complete Django tutorial' to my Python learning goal\"\n**What happens:** Creates a telescoped structural tension chart automatically\n\n### `telescope_action_step`\n**Use when:** User wants to break down an existing action step into details\n**Example:** \"Break down the Django tutorial step further\"\n**What happens:** Expands the action step (which is already a chart) with specific current reality and optional sub-actions\n\n### Key Decision Logic for LLMs:\n- **New goal?** \u2192 `create_structural_tension_chart`\n- **Add actions to goal?** \u2192 `add_action_step`\n- **Need detail on action?** \u2192 `telescope_action_step`\n\n\n\n## Common LLM Mistakes to Avoid\n\n### Mistake 1: Treating Action Steps as Simple Tasks\n**Wrong**: \"I'll add these tasks to your to-do list\"\n**Right**: \"I'll add these strategic action steps, each becoming its own chart\"\n\n### Mistake 2: Recreating Charts Instead of Adding Steps\n**Wrong**: \"The chart needs to be recreated with action steps\"\n**Right**: \"I can add action steps to your existing chart using add_action_step\"\n\n### Mistake 3: Confusing Telescoping with Task Breakdown\n**Wrong**: \"Telescoping breaks your task into smaller subtasks\"\n**Right**: \"Telescoping expands your action step into its own detailed structural tension chart\"\n\n\n\n## Current Reality Guidelines (Critical for LLMs)\n\n**DELAYED RESOLUTION PRINCIPLE**: \"Tolerate discrepancy, tension, and delayed resolution\" - Robert Fritz\n\n### Critical Warning for LLMs:\n- **NEVER** use default current reality that assumes readiness (\"Ready to begin\")\n- **ALWAYS** require explicit current reality assessment from user input\n- **HOLD TENSION** until proper assessment is made - do not prematurely resolve\n- Premature resolution DESTROYS the structural tension needed for creative advancement\n\nBased on Robert Fritz's methodology, current reality must be:\n\n### \u2705 Correct Current Reality Formulation:\n- **Use goal as reference point**: Current reality ONLY relevant to the desired outcome\n- **Objective facts**: \"Poem notions in Grok Account\", not \"Need to retrieve poem notions\"\n- **Present state**: Where you are NOW, not how you got there\n- **Whole picture**: All relevant facts in relationship to the goal\n- **No assumptions**: Translate assumptions into objective observations\n- **No exaggeration**: Reality as it is, not better or worse than actual\n- **Concise**: Brief, factual statements\n\n### \u274C Common LLM Mistakes in Current Reality:\n- **Adding implied actions**: \"Need to retrieve...\" (the tension implies this)\n- **Elaborating on readiness**: \"Ready to apply learned concepts\" (unnecessary)\n- **Process descriptions**: How you got here vs where you are\n- **Assumptions**: What you think might happen vs what is\n- **Motivational language**: \"Excited to begin\" vs factual state\n\n### Examples of Proper Current Reality:\n\u2705 **Good**: \"Poem notions in Grok Account\"\n\u2705 **Good**: \"Waiting on Notions\"\n\u2705 **Good**: \"No Django experience\"\n\u2705 **Good**: \"Budget: $5000\"\n\u2705 **Good**: \"Completed Django models section, struggling with views\"\n\n\u274C **Poor**: \"Need to retrieve poem notions from Grok account\"\n\u274C **Poor**: \"Ready to apply learned concepts to poem creation\"\n\u274C **Poor**: \"Haven't started learning Django yet but excited to begin\"\n\u274C **Poor**: \"Currently have limited budget but working on increasing it\"\n\u274C **WRONG (Premature Resolution)**: \"Ready to begin Django tutorial\"\n\u274C **WRONG (Premature Resolution)**: \"Prepared to start learning Python\"\n\u274C **WRONG (Premature Resolution)**: \"All set to tackle this action step\"\n\n\n\n## Goal Refinement Checklist (Robert Fritz)\n\nWhen helping users define or refine their desired outcomes, use these principles:\n\n### 1. Can You Picture It?\nForm a mental picture of the result. Ask: \"Is this the result I want to create?\"\n- If yes \u2192 proceed with structural tension\n- If no \u2192 continue refining until clear\n\n### 2. Quantify Where Possible\nAssign actual numbers to goals - makes organizing actions easier.\n\n| Wrong | Right |\n|-------|-------|\n| \"Increased business\" | \"5 new business clients\" |\n| \"More savings\" | \"$10,000 in savings account\" |\n| \"Better website traffic\" | \"10,000 monthly visitors\" |\n\n### 3. Avoid Comparative Terms\nWords like \"more,\" \"better,\" \"less,\" \"increased\" only have meaning compared to something else.\n\n| Wrong | Right |\n|-------|-------|\n| \"Better health\" | \"Very good health\" |\n| \"More productive\" | \"Complete 3 focused work blocks daily\" |\n| \"Less stress\" | \"Calm, centered state of mind\" |\n\n### 4. Create Results, Don't Solve Problems\nProblem-solving = taking action to have something GO AWAY.\nCreating = taking action to have something COME INTO BEING.\n\n| Wrong (Problem-solving) | Right (Creating) |\n|-------------------------|------------------|\n| \"Overcome my weight problem\" | \"I weigh 150 pounds\" |\n| \"Fix the roof so it doesn't leak\" | \"The roof is in perfect shape\" |\n| \"Get rid of excessive work schedule\" | \"Well-planned work schedule with family time balance\" |\n| \"Stop procrastinating\" | \"Consistent daily action on priorities\" |\n\n### 5. Describe Results, Not Process\nProcess tells us HOW. Results tell us WHAT. Process serves the result.\n\n| Wrong (Process) | Right (Result) |\n|-----------------|----------------|\n| \"Run four miles every day\" | \"A well-toned and healthy body\" |\n| \"Get significant other to agree to vacation\" | \"A family vacation everyone loves\" |\n| \"Learn Photoshop\" | \"Mastery of Photoshop\" |\n| \"Read books about leadership\" | \"Effective leadership skills in practice\" |\n\n### 6. Be Specific, Not Vague\nSpecific outcomes are easier to organize actions around.\n\n| Wrong (Vague) | Right (Specific) |\n|---------------|------------------|\n| \"Improve my skills\" | \"Mastery of Django web framework\" |\n| \"Have better relationships\" | \"Deep, trusting relationship with my partner\" |\n| \"Be more successful\" | \"Promotion to Senior Engineer with $120k salary\" |\n\n\n\n\n\n## The Three Types of Action (Robert Fritz) - Expanded\n\nUnderstanding when to use each type prevents common creative process mistakes:\n\n### 1. Overview Actions\n- **When**: Early in process, establishing the action plan\n- **Purpose**: Strategic steps that advance toward the goal\n- **Characteristics**: Broad, related to each other, form a blueprint\n- **Example**: \"Complete Django tutorial\" (strategic, part of larger plan)\n\n### 2. Experimental Actions\n- **When**: Throughout process, especially when exploring new territory\n- **Purpose**: Learning, exploring, \"sketches before the painting\"\n- **Characteristics**: Low-risk, teaching, revealing next steps\n- **Example**: \"Build a simple prototype to test the concept\"\n\n### 3. Refinement Actions\n- **When**: Near completion, when overview is clear\n- **Purpose**: Final polishing to bring creation to full realization\n- **Characteristics**: Detailed, precise, finishing touches\n- **Warning**: If done too early, stifles creative energy\n\n**Common Mistake**: Planning and planning without acting, waiting for complete plans.\n**Reality**: Learning comes through action. Ideas adjust when they meet reality.\n\n\n\n\n\n## Creator Moment of Truth (Progress Review)\n\nWhen it's time to assess progress on a chart, guide users through this four-step review process. This transforms discrepancies into learning opportunities.\n\n### Step 1: Acknowledge the Truth\n**Question**: What difference exists between what was expected and what was delivered?\n\n- Simply report the facts\n- No excuses, no blame\n- \"We expected X, we delivered Y\"\n- This is about seeing reality clearly\n\n**LLM Role**: Help user articulate the factual difference without judgment.\n\n### Step 2: Analyze How It Happened\n**Question**: How did this come to pass?\n\n- Step-by-step tracking (not blame)\n- What assumptions were made?\n- What did you tell yourself?\n- How did you approach it?\n\n**LLM Role**: Guide user through honest self-examination. This is co-exploration, not criticism.\n\n### Step 3: Create a Plan for Next Time\n**Question**: Given what you discovered, how will you change your approach?\n\n- What assumptions turned out not to be true?\n- What patterns need to change?\n- What specific actions will you take differently?\n\n**LLM Role**: Help user formulate concrete adjustments based on insights from Step 2.\n\n### Step 4: Set Up a Feedback System\n**Question**: How will you track whether you're actually making the changes?\n\n- Simple system for self-management\n- How will you notice if you're falling back to old patterns?\n- What will remind you of the new approach?\n\n**LLM Role**: Help establish practical tracking mechanism.\n\n### Applying Creator Moment of Truth to Charts\n\nWhen user wants to review progress:\n1. Look at current reality vs. desired outcome\n2. Examine completed vs. incomplete action steps\n3. Walk through the four steps\n4. Update chart with new observations from the analysis\n5. Adjust action steps based on learnings\n\n**Key Insight**: The goal is not perfection but effectiveness. Use discrepancies to learn, not to judge.\n\n## When to Use Narrative Beats\n\n**Narrative beats** document complex stories across three archetypal universes simultaneously:\n- **Engineer-world**: Technical/analytical perspective\n- **Ceremony-world**: Relational/spiritual protocol awareness\n- **Story-engine-world**: Narrative/creative progression\n\nUse narrative beats when you need to capture **how a story unfolds across multiple dimensions**\u2014not just what happened technically, but what it means relationally and narratively.\n\n### Chart vs. Narrative Beat\n\n| Aspect | Chart | Narrative Beat |\n|--------|-------|-----------------|\n| **Purpose** | Create a desired outcome from current reality | Document how a complex story unfolds |\n| **Structure** | Outcome + Reality + Actions | Act + Prose + Universes + Lessons |\n| **Scope** | Individual goal/strategy | Incident/milestone across all dimensions |\n| **When to use** | Building toward something | Making sense of what happened |\n| **Output** | Action steps toward goal | Integrated understanding of story |\n\n### Examples: When to Create Narrative Beats\n\n\u2705 **Create a beat when**:\n- An incident affects technical AND relational AND narrative dimensions\n- You need to document how three perspectives understood the same event differently\n- An action step revealed something about the larger story\n- A transgression becomes wisdom through integration\n\n\u274C **Don't use beats for**:\n- Simple task documentation (use charts instead)\n- Linear progress tracking (use action steps)\n- Technical logs (use observations on current_reality)\n\n\n\n## The Three Narrative Beat Tools\n\n### 1. `create_narrative_beat`\n\nCreates a new narrative beat documenting a story event across the three universes.\n\n**When to use**: When a significant moment (learning, transgression, discovery, integration) needs multi-universe documentation.\n\n**Parameters**:\n- `parentChartId`: The chart this beat belongs to (required)\n- `title`: Short name of the beat (e.g., \"The Sacred Object Violation\")\n- `act`: Which act in the narrative sequence (1, 2, 3, 4, 5...)\n- `type_dramatic`: Story function\u2014Crisis/Antagonist Force, Discovery/Learning, Resolution Beginning, New Awareness, Character Development\n- `universes`: List of which archetypal universes this beat involves\n - \"engineer-world\" \u2014 technical/analytical view\n - \"ceremony-world\" \u2014 relational/spiritual view\n - \"story-engine-world\" \u2014 narrative/creative view\n- `description`: Factual summary of what happened (visible in list)\n- `prose`: Full narrative prose showing how all three universes experienced this moment\n- `lessons`: Key insights or learnings from this beat\n- `assessRelationalAlignment` (optional): Boolean\u2014invoke iaip-mcp to assess relational science alignment\n- `initiateFourDirectionsInquiry` (optional): Boolean\u2014invoke iaip-mcp for Four Directions guidance\n\n**Example**:\n```\nCreate a narrative beat titled \"The Sacred Object Violation\"\nAct 2, Crisis/Antagonist Force\nEngineer-world: Technical boundary crossed (direct file editing)\nCeremony-world: Sacred artifact dishonored\nStory-engine-world: Character reveals flaw through action\n```\n\n**Result**: Beat created with:\n- ID automatically generated\n- Relations created linking beat to parent chart\n- Optional relational alignment assessment\n- Optional Four Directions guidance embedded in the beat\n\n### 2. `telescope_narrative_beat`\n\nBreaks down a narrative beat into detailed sub-beats for deeper exploration.\n\n**When to use**: When a beat is too broad\u2014needs to show the sub-moments that compose it.\n\n**Parameters**:\n- `parentBeatName`: Name of the beat to expand\n- `newCurrentReality`: Updated understanding of what's happening at this level of detail\n- `initialSubBeats` (optional): Array of sub-beats to create:\n - Each has: title, type_dramatic, description, prose, lessons\n\n**Example**:\n```\nTelescope \"The Integrity Test\" into:\n - Sub-beat 1: \"Question Asked\" (Discovery)\n - Sub-beat 2: \"Truth Avoidance Attempted\" (Crisis)\n - Sub-beat 3: \"Direct Admission\" (Turning Point)\n```\n\n**Result**: Parent beat now has detailed sub-structure showing how the larger moment unfolds.\n\n### 3. `list_narrative_beats`\n\nLists all narrative beats, optionally filtered by parent chart.\n\n**When to use**: After creating beats, to verify they're properly stored and to review the narrative arc.\n\n**Parameters**:\n- `parentChartId` (optional): Filter to beats within a specific chart\n\n**Result**: Shows all beats with:\n- Title and act number\n- Dramatic type and universes involved\n- Full description and prose\n- Explicit lessons\n- Relational alignment assessments (if invoked)\n- Four Directions guidance (if invoked)\n\n\n\n## Integration with Optional iaip-mcp Tools\n\nWhen creating narrative beats, you can optionally invoke iaip-mcp tools for relational and directional enrichment. These are NOT required for beats to work, but add depth:\n\n### `assess_relational_alignment` (Optional)\n\nAssesses how well the narrative beat aligns with relational science principles:\n- Does the beat honor the web of relationships?\n- What relational responsibilities emerge?\n- How does this moment affect the relational field?\n\n**Use when**: The beat involves relational harm or breach (transgression, integrity test, apology, repair)\n\n### `get_direction_guidance` (Optional)\n\nProvides guidance from the Four Directions framework (North, East, South, West):\n- **North**: Vision/Dream - what's the larger purpose?\n- **East**: Awakening/Intention - what's the call to action?\n- **South**: Gathering/Emotion - what's the emotional/relational wisdom?\n- **West**: Going-in/Introspection - what's the deeper meaning?\n\n**Use when**: The beat needs ceremonial or spiritual perspective, or to integrate indigenous wisdom frameworks.\n\n### `initiate_holistic_inquiry` (Optional)\n\nBegins a structured four-direction exploration of the beat's themes.\n\n**Use when**: You want to move through North\u2192East\u2192South\u2192West systematically to develop deep understanding.\n\n\n\n## Common LLM Mistakes with Narrative Beats\n\n\u274C **Creating beats for action steps**\n- Action steps become sub-charts via `add_action_step` and `telescope_action_step`\n- Use beats for story/incident documentation, not for breaking down task work\n\n\u274C **Using beats instead of charts for desired outcomes**\n- Beats document what happened; charts create what you want\n- Don't use beats to establish goals\n\n\u274C **Ignoring the three universes**\n- A beat with only \"engineer-world\" perspective isn't complete\n- Each significant beat should engage all three or explicitly explain why only some apply\n\n\u274C **Creating too many beats**\n- Each beat should represent a meaningful story moment\n- Not every action step needs a beat; only significant transitions/learnings/transgressions\n\n\u274C **Forgetting that beats are first-class entities**\n- Use `list_narrative_beats` to query and verify\n- Don't manually add beat entries to JSONL; use the tool\n- Beats have their own relations and metadata just like charts\n\n\n\n## Workflow: From Action to Narrative Beat\n\n**Common pattern**:\n1. **Create chart** with structural tension (outcome + reality)\n2. **Add action steps** as strategic intermediaries\n3. **Complete action steps** as you work\n4. **Recognize significant learning** from an action\n5. **Create narrative beat** documenting that learning across three universes\n6. **Telescope the beat** to show sub-moments if needed\n7. **Use list_narrative_beats** to view your narrative arc\n\n**Result**: Your chart now has:\n- Strategic action structure (action steps)\n- Story structure (narrative beats) showing what the work meant\n- Both technical and relational dimensions visible\n\n## Essential Tool Workflow\n\n### START HERE: Understanding Your Charts\n```\n1. list_active_charts \u2192 See all charts and their progress (START HERE!)\n2. get_chart_progress \u2192 Detailed view of specific chart\n```\n\n### Creating New Charts \n```\n3. create_structural_tension_chart \u2192 New chart with outcome, reality, action steps\n - desiredOutcome: What you want to CREATE (not solve/fix)\n - currentReality: Factual assessment (not \"ready to begin\")\n - actionSteps: Strategic intermediary outcomes\n```\n\n### Working with Existing Charts\n```\n4. add_action_step \u2192 Add strategic actions (creates telescoped chart)\n5. telescope_action_step \u2192 Break down action into detailed sub-chart\n6. mark_action_complete \u2192 Complete action, flows into current reality \n7. update_action_progress \u2192 Track progress without completion\n```\n\n### COMMON LLM MISTAKES TO AVOID\n\n\u274C **Premature Resolution**: \"Ready to begin Django tutorial\" \n\u2705 **Honest Assessment**: \"Never used Django, completed Python basics\"\n\n\u274C **Problem-Solving Orientation**: \"Fix communication issues\" \n\u2705 **Creative Orientation**: \"Establish clear communication practices\"\n\n\u274C **Task Thinking**: Treating action steps as to-do items \n\u2705 **Strategic Thinking**: Action steps are telescoped charts with their own tension\n\n### Session Memory Recommendation\n\n**SAVE THIS GUIDANCE**: Add this content to your session memory files:\n- Claude Code: Save to CLAUDE.md in your project\n- Gemini: Save to GEMINI.md \n- Other agents: Create AGENTS.md or similar\n\nThis ensures you remember these principles throughout our conversation.\n\n---\n\n*Generated by consolidate-guidance.js - Updated: 2025-12-13T21:09:52.671Z*\n";
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+ // Auto-generated LLM guidance for COAIA Memory MCP
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+ export const LLM_GUIDANCE = `# COAIA Memory MCP - Essential LLM Guidance
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+ ## 🚨 READ THIS FIRST: Core Principles
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+ COAIA Memory implements Robert Fritz's Structural Tension methodology. This is NOT a typical task management system.
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+ ### CRITICAL: Delayed Resolution Principle
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+ **"Tolerate discrepancy, tension, and delayed resolution"** - Robert Fritz
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+ ## ⚠️ CRITICAL: Action Steps Are NOT a To-Do List
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+ **The most common LLM failure**: Treating action steps as tasks to check off.
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+ - Strategic secondary choices that SUPPORT the primary goal
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+ - UNDERSTOOD IN THE CONTEXT of structural tension (not standalone tasks)
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+ - RELATED TO EACH OTHER as part of an overview strategy
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+ - Actions designed to ENABLE you to CREATE your goal
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+ - A BLUEPRINT for the creative process
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+ **Action Steps ARE NOT:**
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+ - Problems to solve
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+ **The Test Question**: "If we took these steps, would we achieve this result?"
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+ - If No β†’ add more strategic steps
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+ - If Yes β†’ the action plan is complete
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+ ## When to Use Which Tool
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+ ### \`create_structural_tension_chart\`
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+ **Use when:** User wants to establish a new primary goal or desired outcome
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+ **Example:** "I want to learn Python web development in 3 months"
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+ ### \`add_action_step\`
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+ **Use when:** User wants to add strategic actions to an existing chart
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+ **Example:** "I need to add 'Complete Django tutorial' to my Python learning goal"
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+ **What happens:** Creates a telescoped structural tension chart automatically
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+ ### \`telescope_action_step\`
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+ **Use when:** User wants to break down an existing action step into details
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+ **Example:** "Break down the Django tutorial step further"
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+ **What happens:** Expands the action step (which is already a chart) with specific current reality and optional sub-actions
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+ ### Key Decision Logic for LLMs:
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+ - **New goal?** β†’ \`create_structural_tension_chart\`
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+ - **Add actions to goal?** β†’ \`add_action_step\`
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+ - **Need detail on action?** β†’ \`telescope_action_step\`
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+ ## Common LLM Mistakes to Avoid
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+ ### Mistake 1: Treating Action Steps as Simple Tasks
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+ **Wrong**: "I'll add these tasks to your to-do list"
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+ **Right**: "I'll add these strategic action steps, each becoming its own chart"
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+ ### Mistake 2: Recreating Charts Instead of Adding Steps
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+ **Wrong**: "The chart needs to be recreated with action steps"
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+ **Right**: "I can add action steps to your existing chart using add_action_step"
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+ ### Mistake 3: Confusing Telescoping with Task Breakdown
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+ **Wrong**: "Telescoping breaks your task into smaller subtasks"
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+ **Right**: "Telescoping expands your action step into its own detailed structural tension chart"
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+ ## Current Reality Guidelines (Critical for LLMs)
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+ **DELAYED RESOLUTION PRINCIPLE**: "Tolerate discrepancy, tension, and delayed resolution" - Robert Fritz
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+ - **HOLD TENSION** until proper assessment is made - do not prematurely resolve
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+ - Premature resolution DESTROYS the structural tension needed for creative advancement
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+ Based on Robert Fritz's methodology, current reality must be:
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+ ### βœ… Correct Current Reality Formulation:
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+ - **Present state**: Where you are NOW, not how you got there
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+ - **Whole picture**: All relevant facts in relationship to the goal
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+ - **No exaggeration**: Reality as it is, not better or worse than actual
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+ - **Elaborating on readiness**: "Ready to apply learned concepts" (unnecessary)
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+ - **Process descriptions**: How you got here vs where you are
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+ - **Assumptions**: What you think might happen vs what is
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+ - **Motivational language**: "Excited to begin" vs factual state
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+ ❌ **Poor**: "Need to retrieve poem notions from Grok account"
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+ ❌ **Poor**: "Ready to apply learned concepts to poem creation"
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+ ❌ **Poor**: "Currently have limited budget but working on increasing it"
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+ ❌ **WRONG (Premature Resolution)**: "Ready to begin Django tutorial"
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+ ## Goal Refinement Checklist (Robert Fritz)
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+ ### 1. Can You Picture It?
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+ | Wrong (Process) | Right (Result) |
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+ | "Run four miles every day" | "A well-toned and healthy body" |
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+ | "Get significant other to agree to vacation" | "A family vacation everyone loves" |
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+ | "Learn Photoshop" | "Mastery of Photoshop" |
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+ | "Read books about leadership" | "Effective leadership skills in practice" |
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+ ### 6. Be Specific, Not Vague
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+ Specific outcomes are easier to organize actions around.
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+ | "Improve my skills" | "Mastery of Django web framework" |
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+ | "Have better relationships" | "Deep, trusting relationship with my partner" |
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+ | "Be more successful" | "Promotion to Senior Engineer with \$120k salary" |
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+ ## The Three Types of Action (Robert Fritz) - Expanded
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+ Understanding when to use each type prevents common creative process mistakes:
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+ ### 1. Overview Actions
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+ - **When**: Early in process, establishing the action plan
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+ - **Purpose**: Strategic steps that advance toward the goal
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+ - **Characteristics**: Broad, related to each other, form a blueprint
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+ - **Example**: "Complete Django tutorial" (strategic, part of larger plan)
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+ ### 2. Experimental Actions
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+ - **When**: Throughout process, especially when exploring new territory
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+ - **Purpose**: Learning, exploring, "sketches before the painting"
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+ - **Characteristics**: Low-risk, teaching, revealing next steps
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+ - **Example**: "Build a simple prototype to test the concept"
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+ ### 3. Refinement Actions
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+ - **When**: Near completion, when overview is clear
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+ - **Purpose**: Final polishing to bring creation to full realization
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+ - **Characteristics**: Detailed, precise, finishing touches
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+ - **Warning**: If done too early, stifles creative energy
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+ **Common Mistake**: Planning and planning without acting, waiting for complete plans.
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+ **Reality**: Learning comes through action. Ideas adjust when they meet reality.
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+ ## Creator Moment of Truth (Progress Review)
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+ When it's time to assess progress on a chart, guide users through this four-step review process. This transforms discrepancies into learning opportunities.
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+ ### Step 1: Acknowledge the Truth
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+ **Question**: What difference exists between what was expected and what was delivered?
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+ - Simply report the facts
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+ - No excuses, no blame
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+ - "We expected X, we delivered Y"
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+ - This is about seeing reality clearly
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+ **LLM Role**: Help user articulate the factual difference without judgment.
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+ ### Step 2: Analyze How It Happened
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+ **Question**: How did this come to pass?
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+ - Step-by-step tracking (not blame)
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+ - What assumptions were made?
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+ - What did you tell yourself?
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+ - How did you approach it?
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+ **LLM Role**: Guide user through honest self-examination. This is co-exploration, not criticism.
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+ ### Step 3: Create a Plan for Next Time
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+ **Question**: Given what you discovered, how will you change your approach?
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+ - What assumptions turned out not to be true?
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+ - What patterns need to change?
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+ - What specific actions will you take differently?
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+ **LLM Role**: Help user formulate concrete adjustments based on insights from Step 2.
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+ ### Step 4: Set Up a Feedback System
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+ **Question**: How will you track whether you're actually making the changes?
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+ - Simple system for self-management
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+ - How will you notice if you're falling back to old patterns?
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+ - What will remind you of the new approach?
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+ **LLM Role**: Help establish practical tracking mechanism.
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+ ### Applying Creator Moment of Truth to Charts
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+ When user wants to review progress:
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+ 1. Look at current reality vs. desired outcome
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+ 2. Examine completed vs. incomplete action steps
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+ 3. Walk through the four steps
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+ 4. Update chart with new observations from the analysis
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+ 5. Adjust action steps based on learnings
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+ **Key Insight**: The goal is not perfection but effectiveness. Use discrepancies to learn, not to judge.
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+ ## When to Use Narrative Beats
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+ **Narrative beats** document complex stories across three archetypal universes simultaneously:
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+ - **Engineer-world**: Technical/analytical perspective
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+ - **Ceremony-world**: Relational/spiritual protocol awareness
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+ - **Story-engine-world**: Narrative/creative progression
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+ Use narrative beats when you need to capture **how a story unfolds across multiple dimensions**β€”not just what happened technically, but what it means relationally and narratively.
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+ ### Chart vs. Narrative Beat
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+ | **Purpose** | Create a desired outcome from current reality | Document how a complex story unfolds |
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+ | **Structure** | Outcome + Reality + Actions | Act + Prose + Universes + Lessons |
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+ | **Scope** | Individual goal/strategy | Incident/milestone across all dimensions |
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+ | **When to use** | Building toward something | Making sense of what happened |
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+ | **Output** | Action steps toward goal | Integrated understanding of story |
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+ ### Examples: When to Create Narrative Beats
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+ - An incident affects technical AND relational AND narrative dimensions
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+ - You need to document how three perspectives understood the same event differently
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+ - An action step revealed something about the larger story
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+ - A transgression becomes wisdom through integration
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+ ❌ **Don't use beats for**:
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+ - Simple task documentation (use charts instead)
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+ - Linear progress tracking (use action steps)
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+ - Technical logs (use observations on current_reality)
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+ ## The Three Narrative Beat Tools
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+ ### 1. \`create_narrative_beat\`
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+ Creates a new narrative beat documenting a story event across the three universes.
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+ **When to use**: When a significant moment (learning, transgression, discovery, integration) needs multi-universe documentation.
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+ **Parameters**:
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+ - \`parentChartId\`: The chart this beat belongs to (required)
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+ - \`title\`: Short name of the beat (e.g., "The Sacred Object Violation")
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+ - \`act\`: Which act in the narrative sequence (1, 2, 3, 4, 5...)
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+ - \`type_dramatic\`: Story functionβ€”Crisis/Antagonist Force, Discovery/Learning, Resolution Beginning, New Awareness, Character Development
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+ - \`universes\`: List of which archetypal universes this beat involves
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+ - "engineer-world" β€” technical/analytical view
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+ - "ceremony-world" β€” relational/spiritual view
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+ - "story-engine-world" β€” narrative/creative view
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+ - \`description\`: Factual summary of what happened (visible in list)
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+ - \`prose\`: Full narrative prose showing how all three universes experienced this moment
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+ - \`lessons\`: Key insights or learnings from this beat
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+ - \`assessRelationalAlignment\` (optional): Booleanβ€”invoke iaip-mcp to assess relational science alignment
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+ - \`initiateFourDirectionsInquiry\` (optional): Booleanβ€”invoke iaip-mcp for Four Directions guidance
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+ **Example**:
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+ Create a narrative beat titled "The Sacred Object Violation"
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+ Engineer-world: Technical boundary crossed (direct file editing)
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+ Ceremony-world: Sacred artifact dishonored
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+ Story-engine-world: Character reveals flaw through action
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+ **Result**: Beat created with:
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+ - Relations created linking beat to parent chart
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+ - Optional relational alignment assessment
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+ - Optional Four Directions guidance embedded in the beat
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+ ### 2. \`telescope_narrative_beat\`
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+ Breaks down a narrative beat into detailed sub-beats for deeper exploration.
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+ **When to use**: When a beat is too broadβ€”needs to show the sub-moments that compose it.
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+ **Parameters**:
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+ - \`parentBeatName\`: Name of the beat to expand
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+ - \`newCurrentReality\`: Updated understanding of what's happening at this level of detail
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+ - \`initialSubBeats\` (optional): Array of sub-beats to create:
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+ Telescope "The Integrity Test" into:
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+ - Sub-beat 1: "Question Asked" (Discovery)
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+ - Sub-beat 2: "Truth Avoidance Attempted" (Crisis)
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+ - Sub-beat 3: "Direct Admission" (Turning Point)
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+ **Result**: Parent beat now has detailed sub-structure showing how the larger moment unfolds.
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+ ### 3. \`list_narrative_beats\`
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+ **When to use**: After creating beats, to verify they're properly stored and to review the narrative arc.
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+ **Parameters**:
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+ - \`parentChartId\` (optional): Filter to beats within a specific chart
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+ **Result**: Shows all beats with:
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+ - Title and act number
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+ - Dramatic type and universes involved
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+ - Full description and prose
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+ - Explicit lessons
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+ - Relational alignment assessments (if invoked)
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+ - Four Directions guidance (if invoked)
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+ ## Integration with Optional iaip-mcp Tools
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+ When creating narrative beats, you can optionally invoke iaip-mcp tools for relational and directional enrichment. These are NOT required for beats to work, but add depth:
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+ ### \`assess_relational_alignment\` (Optional)
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+ Assesses how well the narrative beat aligns with relational science principles:
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+ - Does the beat honor the web of relationships?
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+ - What relational responsibilities emerge?
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+ - How does this moment affect the relational field?
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+ **Use when**: The beat involves relational harm or breach (transgression, integrity test, apology, repair)
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+ ### \`get_direction_guidance\` (Optional)
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+ Provides guidance from the Four Directions framework (North, East, South, West):
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+ - **North**: Vision/Dream - what's the larger purpose?
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+ - **East**: Awakening/Intention - what's the call to action?
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+ - **South**: Gathering/Emotion - what's the emotional/relational wisdom?
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+ - **West**: Going-in/Introspection - what's the deeper meaning?
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+ **Use when**: The beat needs ceremonial or spiritual perspective, or to integrate indigenous wisdom frameworks.
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+ ### \`initiate_holistic_inquiry\` (Optional)
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+ Begins a structured four-direction exploration of the beat's themes.
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+ **Use when**: You want to move through North→East→South→West systematically to develop deep understanding.
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+ ## Common LLM Mistakes with Narrative Beats
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+ ❌ **Creating beats for action steps**
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+ - Action steps become sub-charts via \`add_action_step\` and \`telescope_action_step\`
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+ - Use beats for story/incident documentation, not for breaking down task work
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+ ❌ **Using beats instead of charts for desired outcomes**
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+ - Beats document what happened; charts create what you want
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+ - Don't use beats to establish goals
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+ ❌ **Ignoring the three universes**
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+ - A beat with only "engineer-world" perspective isn't complete
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+ - Each significant beat should engage all three or explicitly explain why only some apply
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+ ❌ **Creating too many beats**
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+ - Each beat should represent a meaningful story moment
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+ - Not every action step needs a beat; only significant transitions/learnings/transgressions
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+ ❌ **Forgetting that beats are first-class entities**
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+ - Use \`list_narrative_beats\` to query and verify
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+ - Don't manually add beat entries to JSONL; use the tool
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+ - Beats have their own relations and metadata just like charts
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+ ## Workflow: From Action to Narrative Beat
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+ **Common pattern**:
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+ 1. **Create chart** with structural tension (outcome + reality)
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+ 2. **Add action steps** as strategic intermediaries
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+ 3. **Complete action steps** as you work
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+ 4. **Recognize significant learning** from an action
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+ 5. **Create narrative beat** documenting that learning across three universes
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+ 6. **Telescope the beat** to show sub-moments if needed
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+ 7. **Use list_narrative_beats** to view your narrative arc
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+ **Result**: Your chart now has:
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+ - Strategic action structure (action steps)
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+ - Story structure (narrative beats) showing what the work meant
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+ - Both technical and relational dimensions visible
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+ ## Essential Tool Workflow
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+ ### START HERE: Understanding Your Charts
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+ \`\`\`
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+ 1. list_active_charts β†’ See all charts and their progress (START HERE!)
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+ 2. get_chart_progress β†’ Detailed view of specific chart
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+ \`\`\`
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+ ### Creating New Charts
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+ 3. create_structural_tension_chart β†’ New chart with outcome, reality, action steps
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+ - desiredOutcome: What you want to CREATE (not solve/fix)
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+ - currentReality: Factual assessment (not "ready to begin")
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+ - actionSteps: Strategic intermediary outcomes
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+ \`\`\`
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+ ### Working with Existing Charts
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+ \`\`\`
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+ 4. add_action_step β†’ Add strategic actions (creates telescoped chart)
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+ 5. telescope_action_step β†’ Break down action into detailed sub-chart
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+ 6. mark_action_complete β†’ Complete action, flows into current reality
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+ 7. update_action_progress β†’ Track progress without completion
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+ \`\`\`
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+ ### COMMON LLM MISTAKES TO AVOID
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+ ❌ **Premature Resolution**: "Ready to begin Django tutorial"
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+ βœ… **Honest Assessment**: "Never used Django, completed Python basics"
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+ ❌ **Problem-Solving Orientation**: "Fix communication issues"
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+ βœ… **Creative Orientation**: "Establish clear communication practices"
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+ ❌ **Task Thinking**: Treating action steps as to-do items
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+ βœ… **Strategic Thinking**: Action steps are telescoped charts with their own tension
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+ ### Session Memory Recommendation
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+ **SAVE THIS GUIDANCE**: Add this content to your session memory files:
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+ - Claude Code: Save to CLAUDE.md in your project
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+ - Gemini: Save to GEMINI.md
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+ - Other agents: Create AGENTS.md or similar
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+ This ensures you remember these principles throughout our conversation.
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+ *Generated by consolidate-guidance.js - Updated: 2025-12-13T21:09:52.671Z*
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