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Setup guide

Start with one real question.

Use these steps with the package you purchased. The instructions are available to your LLM only when you actually supply them.

  1. Download and extract. Open 00-START-HERE.md in the extracted folder.
  2. Load the instructions. Supply system/AGENTS.md, system/session-protocol.md, system/context-and-questions.md and system/thinking-principles.md. Provide access to the movement definitions, templates, index and selected tool cards. If ZIP extraction is supported, you can attach the ZIP and ask the LLM to open these files; otherwise provide them manually.
  3. Confirm access. Ask which required files it can actually read. Address missing files before using their procedures. Uploading a ZIP does not guarantee that every file is loaded.
  4. Activate. Say “Strategic thinking on” and describe the situation. Answer its questions, correct misunderstandings and explicitly approve each stage when ready.
  5. Preserve your work. Keep a copy of the context brief and checkpoint. In a new conversation, supply them again. The assistant must not assume memory that it does not have.

A starting message

Read the Strategic Thinking System operating instructions and their required supporting files. Tell me which files you can actually access, and ask for any missing content. Leave strategic thinking off until I turn it on. When on, ask all the questions needed to understand my situation, follow up on my answers, and wait for my review between movements. Do not fill important gaps with silent assumptions.

Say “Strategic thinking off” to pause. At the end of Evaluation, the assistant should explicitly offer another whole cycle beginning with Knowledge. Turning it on or approving Evaluation alone does not authorize that restart.

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