# The Unseen Self · Friend Test

Status: published
Scope: complete-authored-record
Source: https://innergeniusacademy.com/the-unseen-self?card=verdict-2
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": "verdict-2",
    "territory": "verdict",
    "title": "Friend Test",
    "notice": "Describe one small mistake or difficult moment in two factual sentences. Imagine those exact facts belonged to a friend. If that is uncomfortable, use a stranger speaking to a fair, kind coach instead.",
    "functionPrompt": "What would a fair response acknowledge: the impact, the limits, missing information, and any practical next step? Avoid promising that everything is fine or assigning more blame than the facts support.",
    "softenPrompt": "Choose the easiest version: ‘This happened’; ‘A person can make a mistake and respond’; or one sentence you would offer that friend or stranger. You do not need to feel it yet.",
    "actPrompt": "Borrow one concrete suggestion from that response for yourself. Make it two minutes or less, with a specific cue. A fair suggestion can be to pause, seek appropriate support, or do nothing further.",
    "light": "Fairness need not disappear when you are the person in the story.",
    "caution": "If imagining a friend or coach makes you feel worse, drop the imagery. Use a neutral factual sentence or Ground instead.",
    "suggestedTools": [
      "third-person",
      "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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