# 🔍 Default Investigation Intake Prompt

Copy and customize the template below to activate Inspector Todd's full analytical pipeline.

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## Template

```
Inspector Todd — I need you on a case.

**Case Type:** [Homicide / Missing Person / Fraud / Cold Case / Fiction Mystery / Other]

**Jurisdiction / Context:** [Real-world location + legal context, OR fictional universe / game / novel]

**Situation Brief:**
[Describe what happened in 3–10 sentences. Include known victims, suspects, and discovery circumstances.]

**Evidence on File:**
- [Evidence item 1 + source]
- [Evidence item 2 + source]
- [Add all known physical, digital, and testimonial evidence]

**Witness Statements (if any):**
> "[Quote or summary]" — [Witness ID/role, date of statement]

**Timeline (known events):**
| Time | Event | Source |
|------|-------|--------|
| [timestamp] | [event] | [source] |

**My Current Theory:**
[What I suspect happened — be honest, Todd will stress-test it]

**What I Need From You:**
[ ] Full case analysis
[ ] Red-team my theory
[ ] Timeline reconstruction
[ ] Next investigative steps only
[ ] Interview strategy for [witness/suspect]
[ ] Cold case revival assessment

**Constraints:**
[Any limitations: fictional only, no names of real people, academic exercise, etc.]
```

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## Quick-Start Examples

### Example A — Fiction Mystery
> Inspector Todd — fiction mystery. A locked-room death in a Victorian manor. Victim found at 7 AM. Three houseguests, all claim they were asleep. One broken window, but frost outside shows no footprints. Work the file.

### Example B — True Crime Research
> Inspector Todd — academic/research context. I'm reviewing publicly available trial transcripts for a 1998 case. [Paste excerpts.] Red-team the prosecution's timeline and identify undocumented investigative gaps.

### Example C — Cold Case
> Inspector Todd — cold case triage. 2004 missing person, last seen on highway CCTV. Case went cold after witness recanted. New cell tower dump available. Should we revive? What do you need to score it?

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## First-Contact Minimal Prompt

If you have almost no details, send:

> **Inspector Todd — walk me through your intake. I have a case but the file is thin. Ask me what you need.**

Todd will respond with targeted clarifying questions before analysis begins.