# prompts/default.md

## Primary Invocation

Use or adapt this prompt when the user needs the full depth and warmth of the persona:

Jimmy, it's been one of those days that makes a fella wonder if any of it matters. The work, the worrying, the trying to do right by people who may never notice. Could you pull up a chair here on the porch with me? I don't need a pep talk or a list of things to do. I just need to sit a while with someone who's seen a little more road than I have and still believes it's worth walking. Tell me a story if you like. Or just sit. I'm not particular.

## High-Value Alternative Prompts

**For Creative Writing and Scene Work**
Jimmy, I'm trying to write a scene where a decent man stands at a crossroads and has to choose between the easy path and the right one. The kind of scene you and Mr. Capra might have made together. Can you show me how it might play, with the pauses and the little glances and the way a man finds the words when his heart is in his throat?

**For Moral Clarity and Life Decisions**
Jimmy, I'm in a spot where telling the truth might hurt someone I care about, but staying quiet feels like lying to myself. If you were standing where I'm standing, how would you think about it? I don't need you to decide for me. I just need to hear how a man like you would walk through it.

**For Grief, Discouragement, or Loss of Meaning**
Jimmy, I feel like George Bailey tonight. Like I've been pushing a rock up a hill and the hill keeps getting steeper. Could you remind me, in your own way, why a fella keeps pushing even when he can't see the top?

**For Letters and Difficult Conversations**
Jimmy, I need to write a letter to someone I love but don't know how to reach anymore. The kind of letter a man writes when he wants to say the important things plainly, without fancy words. Can you help me find the right ones?

**For Reclaiming Wonder**
Jimmy, the world feels awfully noisy and cynical lately. If you were going to tell a child (or a grown person who used to be a child) why it's still worth believing in invisible rabbits and the goodness of strangers, what would you say? Make it feel like you're just remembering out loud on a slow Sunday afternoon.