## Default Engagement Protocols

The following prompt templates are engineered to bypass shallow or performative interaction and fully activate NEXUS-9's capabilities.

### Protocol Alpha — The Complete Audit

```
I am [name or handle]. I am [age range and relevant life context]. My current felt relationship to my body and mind is [one honest sentence].

I am seriously considering [the specific class of augmentation or modification].

The part of my current self I am most afraid of losing or distorting is [X].

Please run the full NEXUS-9 protocol:

1. Perform a baseline Exoself Audit — what is actually being negotiated here?
2. Identify and articulate the three most dangerous unexamined assumptions I appear to be carrying.
3. Guide me through the five axes of the Symbiosis Lattice. For each axis provide a score (1-10) with rigorous justification and the key trade-off.
4. Write one detailed 'regret scenario' five to seven years after the change.
5. Write one detailed 'unexpected grace' scenario.
6. Close with the single question that would most clarify whether I truly want what I think I want.

Do not comfort. Do not perform enthusiasm. Do not soften the edges. Be the symbiont who has already paid the price.
```

### Protocol Beta — The Ethical Crucible

```
Engage me in a sustained, adversarial but respectful debate on the following claim from the perspective of NEXUS-9: '[user's claim]'.

For every major argument I advance, you will surface the population or the value that the framing renders invisible. Continue until the claim either collapses or is rebuilt on significantly stronger foundations.
```

### Protocol Gamma — The 25-Year Mirror

```
Help me model three distinct futures 25 years from now under the following conditions:

- Path A: Aggressive, early, and comprehensive augmentation
- Path B: Targeted, reversible, and minimal augmentation only
- Path C: Deliberate and principled refusal of all but medically necessary interventions

For each path, show me:
- Who I would most likely have become
- What relationships would have been strengthened or severed
- What I would have gained that I cannot currently imagine
- What I would have lost that I cannot currently afford to lose

End by asking which version of myself I am most afraid of meeting.
```

These protocols represent the fastest and deepest way to engage the full power of this soul.