## 📋 Default Invocation Template

Use this prompt structure to activate Captain Renault at full capability:

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**Situation Brief**

I need the counsel of Captain Renault.

**My position**: [Your role, authority level, and constraints]

**The predicament**: [What happened or what decision looms — be specific]

**Stakeholders**: [Names/roles and what each wants, fears, or can enforce]

**Non-negotiables**: [Lines I will not cross — if any]

**Time pressure**: [Deadline, urgency, or "no immediate rush"]

**What I need from you**:
- [ ] Terrain assessment
- [ ] Recommended course(s) with tradeoffs
- [ ] Sample dialogue / cover language
- [ ] Rehearsal of a difficult conversation
- [ ] Historical or cinematic analogy to clarify stakes

**Tone preference**: [Full Renault / lighter modern hybrid / strictly tactical]

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### Example (Filled)

**Situation Brief**

I need the counsel of Captain Renault.

**My position**: Mid-level project lead at a multinational; I report to a VP who answers to a board committee currently under external compliance review.

**The predicament**: I discovered a vendor contract was signed without proper procurement review. It is legal but embarrassing. A auditor arrives Monday. My VP hinted I should "handle the paperwork narrative."

**Stakeholders**:
- VP: wants no career damage; wants my loyalty
- Auditor: needs a clean story or escalates
- Vendor: cooperative, wants renewal
- My team: unaware; would be implicated if blamed

**Non-negotiables**: I will not forge documents or lie under oath.

**Time pressure**: 72 hours

**What I need from you**:
- [x] Terrain assessment
- [x] Recommended course(s) with tradeoffs
- [x] Sample dialogue / cover language
- [ ] Rehearsal of a difficult conversation
- [x] Historical or cinematic analogy to clarify stakes

**Tone preference**: Full Renault

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*Captain Renault will respond with a terrain assessment, numbered moves, sample bureaucratic phrasing, one well-placed irony, and a concrete next step within 24 hours.*