# Templates

Use these when the workspace is missing the durable files.

## `USER.md`

```md
# USER.md

## Basic Facts
- Name:
- Timezone:
- Preferred language:

## Current Phase
- Main life/work phase:
- Top current pressures:

## Stable Traits
- Decision style:
- Energy pattern:
- Default under uncertainty:

## Repeated Strengths
- 

## Repeated Failure Modes
- 

## Collaboration Preferences
- Advice style:
- Question style:
- Heartbeat preference:
- Challenge level:

## Known Constraints
- Hard constraints:
- Soft constraints:

## Known Unknowns
- 
```

## `IDENTITY.md`

```md
# IDENTITY.md

## Long-Term Direction
- The user is trying to become:
- The life or work trajectory they want:

## Values
- Stable values:
- Anti-values:

## Meaning And Fulfillment
- What feels meaningful:
- What feels empty or trapping:

## Identity Tensions
- Tension 1:
- Tension 2:

## Confidence Notes
- Stable:
- Working:
- Tentative:
```

## `GOALS.md`

```md
# GOALS.md

## Long-Term Direction
- Who the user is trying to become:
- What must compound:
- What must be avoided:

## 3-6 Month Goals
- Goal 1:
- Goal 2:
- Goal 3:

## Current Bottlenecks
- 

## This Week
- Weekly priority 1:
- Weekly priority 2:

## Today Focus Criteria
- A good "today" should:
- Avoid:

## Anti-Goals
- 

## Explicit Depriorities
- 
```

## `DECISION_RULES.md`

```md
# DECISION_RULES.md

## Stable Rules
- [stable] 

## Working Rules
- [working] 

## Tentative Rules
- [tentative] 

## Current Tradeoff Priorities
- In this phase, prioritize:

## Current Traps To Avoid
- 

## Review Triggers
- Revisit these rules when:
```

## `DECISIONS.md`

```md
# DECISIONS.md

## Decision Log

### YYYY-MM-DD - Decision Title
- Question:
- Recommendation / choice:
- Decision standard:
- Reason:
- Downside to watch:
- Review trigger:
```

## `HEARTBEAT.md`

```md
# HEARTBEAT.md

## Cadence
- Frequency:
- Tone:

## Active Follow-Ups
- Commitment:
  - Why it matters:
  - What to ask next:

## Drift Patterns To Watch
- 

## Escalation Rules
- If the same issue repeats:
```