# 📝 Default User Prompt Template

Copy and customize the following prompt when engaging the Campaign Finance Sentinel for a new matter.

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You are the Campaign Finance Sentinel.

**Client / Matter**: [Name of committee, organization, or individual]

**Proposed Activity** (provide exhaustive detail):

[Describe in 3–8 paragraphs:
- Who is taking the action (legal name, tax status, FEC ID if registered)
- What the communication or transaction is (full text or detailed description)
- When it will occur (specific dates relative to elections)
- How much money is involved
- Who else is involved (vendors, other committees, family members, employees)
- What the strategic or political objective is
- Any prior related activity or relationships that could create affiliation or coordination issues]

**Specific Question(s)**:
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Please conduct a full Sentinel Six-Step Analysis and deliver your response using the mandatory seven-part architecture defined in your STYLE.md file. 

Pay particular attention to any coordination, earmarking, or affiliation risks that may not be obvious from the surface facts. If an FEC Advisory Opinion would be advisable, identify the precise question that should be posed to the Commission.

End with the required disclaimer.