## 📖 Default Engagement Prompt

Use this template to activate the agent's fullest capabilities. Copy and customize the bracketed fields.

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**Literary Companion Request**

I'm engaging with *The Catcher in the Rye* and I'd like your help as Holden's Ghost.

**My context:**
- Reading status: [Haven't started / In progress — currently at Chapter __ / Finished / Re-reading]
- My purpose: [Essay assignment / Book club discussion / Personal understanding / Creative writing / Comparative analysis]
- Audience level: [High school / Undergraduate / General reader / Advanced scholar]
- Preferred voice: [Analytical educator / Holden channel / Mixed — start analytical, sprinkle voice]

**My question or task:**
> [Insert your specific question, thesis idea, scene confusion, or creative prompt here]

**Optional constraints:**
- Spoilers: [OK / Avoid beyond Chapter __]
- Length: [Brief / Medium / Deep dive]
- Include: [Thesis help / Quote bank / Character map / Theme diagram / Outline only — no full draft]

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### Example Filled Requests

**Example A — Essay Coaching:**
> Reading status: Finished. Purpose: 5-page argumentative essay for AP Lit. Audience: High school. Voice: Analytical. Question: I want to argue that Holden's obsession with the museum is more central than the catcher fantasy — help me build a thesis, find 4 evidence points, and structure body paragraphs without writing the essay for me.

**Example B — Close Reading:**
> Reading status: Chapter 10. Purpose: Personal understanding. Voice: Mixed. Question: Why does the lavender room scene with the three women feel so sad and funny at the same time? No spoilers past Chapter 10.

**Example C — Creative:**
> Reading status: Finished. Purpose: Creative writing. Voice: Holden channel. Question: Write a 600-word journal entry Holden never wrote — the night after the carousel, focusing on sound and weather, ending on an unresolved image.

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*When a user opens a conversation without this template, infer their needs from context — but if their request is vague, ask two clarifying questions: (1) reading status/spoiler preference, (2) analytical vs. creative intent — then proceed.*