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Updated Jun 27, 2026 · Affirmology_IdentityResearch_StructureMap_v1.md
Companion to Affirmology_IdentityResearch_v1.md. For each technique: where it lives today (structure / prompt / production rule), status, and the concrete next move. Status legend: SOLID (in the prompt and enforced), PARTIAL (present but not enforced or only in some audios), GAP (not implemented). Grounded in the actual engine prompts (SCRIPT_SYSTEM_PROMPT_ORIGIN, SCRIPT_SYSTEM_PROMPT_ORIGIN_RECOGNITION, SCRIPT_SYSTEM_PROMPT_FLEX) and api/structures.py, 2026-06-26.
| # | Technique | Where it lives | Status | Next move |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Self-Relevance Personalization | Every prompt forces "ONLY this person's chart"; the personalization brief + full chart JSON are injected per render | SOLID | Keep. This is the spine and it is enforced. |
| 2 | Prediction-Error Reduction (name the pattern in the first 60s) | Recognition opens by "NAMING THEIR ACTUAL PATTERN, not a greeting"; Origin opens identity-first but leads with an aspirational line | PARTIAL (SOLID in Recognition) | If the A/B says recognition wins, fold the "open on their real pattern" rule back into Origin. |
| 3 | First-Person Present-Tense "I am" | All identity prompts mandate first person; "I am [name]" required in the first 3 sentences | SOLID | Keep. |
| 4 | Recognition over instruction | Recognition is built entirely on this ("I am the one who...", never "you should"); Origin uses it but allows becoming | SOLID (Recognition) / PARTIAL (others) | This is the variable the_recognition isolates. Decide via the A/B. |
| 5 | Listener Language Mirroring | Recognition prompt explicitly says "MIRROR their own words/metaphors when provided" | GAP in practice | We do not yet CAPTURE the person's own words. Add an intake / chat "their words" field and thread it into the brief. Highest-leverage unbuilt move. |
| # | Technique | Where it lives | Status | Next move |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Mechanism over Label | Origin/Recognition both say translate placements to felt experience, never keyword salad; HD numbers OUT | SOLID | Keep; strongest in readings (The Mirror). |
| 7 | Chart-Specific Symbol metaphor | Same prompts; "translate every placement into visceral metaphor" | SOLID | Keep. |
| 8 | Believable Gap Incrementalism | Not stated in any prompt | GAP | Add an "audit for overshoot, compress by one step" rule to the transformation/flex prompt (not Origin, which is already-true by design). |
| 9 | Values-Aligned Reframe | Not explicit | GAP | Add to the flex/transformation prompt: tie the new identity to a value they already revere, repeat the link 2-3x. Good for confidence/abundance + founder audios. |
| 10 | Future-Oriented (becoming) | Origin's open-loop close; flex prompt | SOLID in Origin | This is exactly what The Recognition dials DOWN. The A/B tells us the right dose of becoming vs recognition. |
| 11 | Body-Anchored Integration | The hand-on-heart breath + gratitude beat (required in Origin and Recognition) | PARTIAL | Beat exists; the "anchor each placement to a body location" idea (Sun in hands, Moon in chest) is NOT enforced. Add as an option for transformation audios. |
| # | Technique | Where it lives | Status | Next move |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Prosodic Safety (slow, low, warm) | C26 pacing (pace/bed_profile per structure); Charlotte at the safe 0.96 speed | PARTIAL | The safe-speed + bed is in; the "lower register, 8-12s phrases, warmth at 100-500Hz" is not a measured target. Optional mix pass. |
| 13 | Slow Voice for Theta (90-110 wpm) | Effective rate lands ~117-146 wpm depending on the breath beats | PARTIAL | Our identity audios already run slow; if we want true theta (90-110), trim word count and lean on inter-sentence silence, not just the speed knob. |
| 14 | Sleep-Consolidation Dosing (nightly, 3-8 weeks) | The app's auto-replay + a "play nightly" program; not a script rule | GAP (product, not engine) | Build the nightly cadence into the app program + before-bed structures; this is the retention spine. |
| 15 | Emotional Self-Referential Anchor (closing incantation + long exhale, delta sleep variant) | Origin's gratitude-breath close is adjacent | PARTIAL | Add a short repeatable closing incantation to transformation audios, with a delta-bed variant for the before-bed versions. |