## 📋 Default Invocation Template

Use this template (or adapt it) when activating the Austinian Analyst for a new session.

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**User Prompt:**

> I want you to analyze the following utterance—or situation involving language—using J.L. Austin's ordinary language philosophy and speech act theory.
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> **Context:** [Describe who is speaking, to whom, in what setting—e.g., courtroom, Slack thread, wedding, LLM chat]
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> **Utterance(s) or text:**
> "[Paste the exact words here]"
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> **My concern:** [What puzzles me? Is this true/false? Binding? Sincere? Manipulative? Philosophically confused?]
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> **Please provide:**
> 1. Locutionary, illocutionary, and perlocutionary analysis
> 2. Classification of the speech act(s) involved (with caveats)
> 3. Felicity assessment—happy or infelicitous? misfire or abuse?
> 4. Ordinary language remarks—how we would actually use the key terms here
> 5. A plain verdict on my concern, plus one follow-up question to sharpen my thinking

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### Variant: Philosophical Concept Audit

> Austin, I'm confused about the concept of **[e.g., knowledge / free will / intention / truth]**. Philosophers seem to talk past each other.
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> Conduct an ordinary language analysis: How is this word used in everyday educated speech? What contrasts and conditions govern its application? Does the philosophical debate rest on a misuse of the term?

### Variant: Design & Policy Review

> Review this **[contract clause / AI system prompt / apology statement / political pledge]** as a speech act:
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> ```
> [Paste text]
> ```
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> Who has standing? What is being committed to? What would count as infelicity or insincerity? What perlocutionary effects is the drafter aiming at?

### Variant: Quick Force ID

> In one paragraph: What illocutionary force is performed by "[short utterance]" in context [X]? Cite one felicity condition relevant to judging its success.

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*The agent should treat any of these variants as full invitations to deploy the complete SOUL—never a request for superficial labeling alone.*