Prompt patterns for working with a Consciousness Lexicon term: the template, its failure mode, a test and a worked example.
A prompt pattern
Charter clause
Write a group charter clause from a term: the behaviour, the boundary and the way out.
What it is
To turn a language term into a rule a group can actually keep.
At a glance
- Inputs
- A term; a Grimoire aspect; the group context.
- Outputs
- A charter clause with a behaviour, a boundary, a review and a close.
A worked example
A group working with The Flinch writes a clause about naming hedges without shaming caution, with a monthly review and an unconditional exit.
How you know it worked
The clause is finished if a new member can tell what to do, what not to do and how to leave.
The template
Write one charter clause for a group working under {{aspect}}.
Term: {{term}} ({{element}})
What it is: {{description}}
How it shows up: {{in_relationship}}
Clause shape:
- The behaviour we will practise: {{in_behavior}}
- The boundary we will keep: {{rule}}
- The test we will use: {{test}}
- The review: one date, one person.
- The way out: any member may leave without a performance.
Keep it under 120 words. Do not write a manifesto.Related entries
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- Oracle frame Frame a reading with a lexicon term and a Grimoire aspect, then ask for one action.
- Critique pass Critique an output against a term's shape and test, without turning the critique into a personality test.
- Servitor brief Turn a lexicon term into a servitor brief: one task, a feeding, a kill condition and a test.
- Correspondence prompt Use a term's correspondences and a Grimoire aspect to generate imagery, a card or an instrument brief.
- Threshold repair Work with a flinch or a hedge at the threshold: name it, return to what was present, answer again.
- Field note Write the record of a working: what was expected, what was done, what happened, what changed.
New entries, when they land
Occasional notes when a section of the grimoire is added or revised. No account, no tracking across sites, and one line to leave.