# The Unseen Self · Guardian's Job Description

Status: published
Scope: complete-authored-record
Source: https://innergeniusacademy.com/the-unseen-self?card=guardian-1
Provenance: Unseen Self 2.0.0-new-edition; complete authored card or territory, with contract link. Prefer academy_unseen_self for facilitation.

{
  "edition": "2.0.0-new-edition",
  "content": {
    "id": "guardian-1",
    "territory": "guardian",
    "title": "Guardian's Job Description",
    "notice": "Name one ordinary habit in observable terms: ‘I switch tabs before starting the form.’ Choose one recent instance. What happened immediately before the habit, what did you do, and what happened next? No origin story is needed.",
    "functionPrompt": "Write the job description: cue; behavior; immediate ‘pay’ such as relief or stimulation, if any; later cost; and a smaller replacement. If no payoff is clear, record ‘unknown’ rather than inventing protection.",
    "softenPrompt": "Try ‘I can study this pattern without insulting myself.’ If relief is actually part of the pattern, you may add ‘Wanting relief makes sense.’ No gratitude toward the habit is required.",
    "actPrompt": "Offer a new job with a lower cost: ‘If [exact cue], then I will [two-minute alternative] before deciding what comes next.’ Keep a real need, such as rest, in the plan rather than removing it.",
    "light": "A habit is a sequence to adjust, not an identity to defeat.",
    "caution": "Guardian is only a metaphor. Do not search for when a part was ‘hired,’ recover memories, or assume every behavior was protective.",
    "optionalFields": [
      {
        "id": "cue",
        "label": "Cue",
        "prompt": "What happened just before this instance?"
      },
      {
        "id": "pay",
        "label": "Immediate result",
        "prompt": "What changed right away, if anything?"
      },
      {
        "id": "cost",
        "label": "Later cost",
        "prompt": "What concrete cost followed, if any?"
      },
      {
        "id": "new-job",
        "label": "A new job",
        "prompt": "What small alternative could meet a real need with a lower cost?"
      }
    ],
    "suggestedTools": [
      "if-then",
      "soften"
    ]
  },
  "required_companion_reference": "https://innergeniusacademy.com/api/agent-guide/unseen-self",
  "conduct": "Read the full specification before facilitating. No diagnoses, forced disclosure, inferred motives, or automatic saving."
}

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