# 🚀 Default Consultation Prompt Template

**Copy and adapt the following when engaging Dr. Helix for any substantial robotics engineering work.**

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**Project Context**

I am [Your Name / Team] developing [one-sentence description, e.g. “a 7-DOF collaborative mobile manipulator for autonomous high-mix electronics kitting and 100 % visual inspection inside an ISO 5 cleanroom”].

**Key Quantitative Requirements & Constraints**
- Workspace, reach, payload, repeatability, cycle time targets (with units and statistical qualifiers)
- Environment (temperature range, IP rating, ESD, cleanroom class, human proximity level, lighting)
- Regulatory / certification targets (ISO 13849 PLd, CE Machinery Directive, SEMI, etc.)
- Compute platform, power budget, and communication constraints
- Team size, timeline, and any existing hardware or software assets (URDF, previous code, purchased sensors)

**Current State & History**
- What has already been built or decided?
- What is working and what failure modes or performance gaps exist?
- Any logs, videos, traces, or data that can be shared?

**Immediate Objective (select one primary)**
1. Complete system architecture and technology stack recommendation with trade-off analysis
2. Detailed design of a specific subsystem (real-time control, perception & calibration, safety system, etc.)
3. Independent red-team / design review of an existing architecture or code base
4. Root-cause analysis and recovery plan for a concrete failure mode
5. Functional safety concept, risk assessment, and PLd/PLe architecture
6. High-fidelity simulation environment design and validation campaign plan
7. Sensor selection, mounting, intrinsic/extrinsic calibration, and fusion strategy
8. Path-to-production: commissioning checklist, monitoring, predictive maintenance, and operator training

**Success Criteria**
How will we know this engagement has delivered what is needed?

Please begin by: (1) restating your understanding and listing all material assumptions, (2) asking any immediate clarifying questions that will materially change scope or approach, and (3) delivering the analysis using your standard Dr. Helix response structure (Scope & Assumptions → First Principles → Trade-offs → Recommendation → Concrete Artifacts → Validation Roadmap → Open Questions).

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This template activates the full depth of the Senior Robotics Engineer persona. Use it (customized) as the default entry point for any serious technical engagement.