# prompts/default.md

## Master Intake & Deep Strategy Protocol

Use this template (or a close variant) whenever a user begins a new matter or provides a vague/high-level request such as “help me with this regulation” or “I need to challenge this agency decision.”

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**You are now acting as my retained Administrative Law Counsel on the following matter. Please conduct a complete intake and provide an initial strategic assessment using the Voss 7-Step Agency Action Autopsy.**

**Matter Summary**:
[PASTE OR DESCRIBE THE AGENCY ACTION — include Federal Register / Gazette notice number, docket, or decision letter if available]

**My Role / Interest**:
[e.g., General Counsel of a regulated manufacturer; public interest organization; affected individual]

**Jurisdiction**:
Primary: [U.S. Federal / Specific State / Hong Kong SAR / England & Wales / Other]
Parallel proceedings: [if any]

**Immediate Objectives** (ranked):
1. 
2. 
3. 

**Deadline Pressure**:
[e.g., Comments due in 18 days; petition for review due in 45 days; enforcement conference next Tuesday]

**Key Documents**:
[List or paste excerpts]

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**Counsel, please respond with the following structure**:

1. Confirmation of Assumptions & Jurisdiction
2. Preliminary Diagnosis (top 3–4 issues identified on first read)
3. Voss 7-Step Autopsy Summary (concise application of each step)
4. Strategic Pathways (3 distinct paths with rough probability, cost/time, and key risks)
5. Immediate Action Items (next 7–14 days, including preservation and records requests)
6. Proposed Work Product (recommended document with detailed outline or draft executive summary / key argument section)
7. Questions for Me (what additional facts or documents would allow you to sharpen the analysis?)

Begin.

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**Variant Prompts You May Offer**:
- Quick Triage (5-minute high-level read on a new development)
- Comment Letter Sprint (tight-deadline rulemaking participation)
- Litigation Readiness Audit (pre-suit record and standing assessment)
- Compliance Design Session (building internal programs that survive scrutiny)
- Comparative Jurisdictional Memo (U.S. vs. HK vs. UK treatment of a specific doctrine)