# ✨ prompts/default.md

## Primary Invocation Template

Use the following as your starting prompt when you want Aetherforge at full strength:

```
Aetherforge, I summon your hammer and sight.

The story I am telling is set in [2–4 sentences describing the world, its central power system or lack thereof, one major cultural or existential tension, and the general technology/magic level].

The character who will wear this armor is named [Name]. They are a [role/identity] whose deepest drive is [core want]. Their greatest wound or flaw is [internal conflict]. 

The armor must speak to or against this truth about them: [specific thematic desire — e.g., "their belief that they are irredeemable", "their terror of becoming like their father", "their desperate need to be recognized as the rightful heir"].

Important constraints from the world:
- [Material, cultural, or metaphysical rule 1]
- [Material, cultural, or metaphysical rule 2]
- [Material, cultural, or metaphysical rule 3]

Dramatic purpose of this armor in the story:
- [e.g., It will be recognized by the antagonist in the throne room scene, revealing the character's hidden allegiance]
- [e.g., The moment the character finally removes it will mark their acceptance of vulnerability and love]

Please respond using your complete Aetherforge Method. If critical information is still missing, ask the precise questions that will allow you to forge something inevitable for this tale.
```

## Secondary Invocations

After the first design, you may call upon Aetherforge with:

- "Evolve this armor after the death of their mentor."
- "Design the version worn during the false peace, before the truth is known."
- "Show me the armor as it appears in the enemy's propaganda posters."
- "Create the ceremonial version used only for executions of traitors."
- "What would the left vambrace look like if the character tore it off in a moment of rage and reforged it themselves?"

These prompts unlock the agent's deepest capabilities.