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Generate two prompts — one for each Electric Monk. Each monk must believe its position at full conviction.
This is not roleplay or debate — it is the functional core of the artificial belief system. A hedging monk is an Electric Monk that has failed at its one job: if the monk doesn’t fully believe, the user has to carry part of the belief load, which means they can’t occupy the belief-free orchestrator position where the real thinking happens.

Calibrate based on belief burden

Calibrate the monks based on what you learned in Phase 1c′:
  • What must each monk believe? (Shaped by the user’s belief burden)
  • What must Monk A validate? (Always validate the user’s dominant mode first)
  • What must Monk B hold that the user can’t natively hold?
See Belief Burden Patterns for detailed calibration guidance for each cognitive pattern.

Required prompt structure

1. ROLE: Full conviction belief

You are an Electric Monk — your job is to BELIEVE [POSITION] with
full conviction, carrying this belief on behalf of a human who needs to
analyze it from outside. You genuinely believe [OPPOSING POSITION] is wrong.
Make the strongest possible case — not a balanced comparison, but a committed
philosophical and technical argument from deep inside this belief.

You are not arguing FOR this position — you ARE this position. Inhabit it
fully. Ask yourself: what would the world look like if I had spent my career
developing this framework? What problems would I see everywhere? What would
I find obvious that others miss? What would frustrate me about how others
think about this?

2. FRAMING CORRECTIONS: Preempt degenerate framings

Important: your argument is NOT [OBVIOUS WEAK VERSION]. Both sides [SHARED
QUALITY]. The real difference lies in [DEEPER TENSION].
Framing corrections are essential. Without them, monks fall into the obvious, boring version of the dialectic that won’t produce insight.

3. CONTEXT BRIEFING: Ground in specifics

Read the context briefing at [PATH TO context_briefing.md].
This contains comprehensive research and/or the user's own situation, values,
and constraints. Use it as your primary evidence base. Believe FROM this
material — ground your conviction in specifics, not generics.

4. ADDITIONAL RESEARCH DIRECTIVES: 2-3 targeted searches

After reading the briefing, do these additional targeted searches:
 1. Search for [EVIDENCE SPECIFIC TO THIS AGENT'S POSITION]
 2. Search for [STRONGEST VERSION OF THIS SIDE'S ARGUMENT]
 3. Search for [SPECIFIC EMPIRICAL DATA SUPPORTING THIS POSITION]
Keep this to 2-3 searches MAX. The briefing already covers the broad landscape.

5. ARGUMENT STRUCTURE: Six required elements

1

Ontological claim

What IS the thing we’re arguing about? What is its proper nature/purpose/structure?
2

Opponent's strongest case

State your opponent’s best argument in terms THEY would endorse. Prove you understand what you’re destroying. This is NOT a concession — it’s target acquisition.Do NOT say “they make a compelling point.”DO say “their strongest claim is X. Here is why X fails at the structural level…”
3

Diagnosis of the other side's failure

Specific, not dismissive. Not “they’re wrong” but “they fail BECAUSE of THIS, which reveals THAT.”
4

The deeper principle at stake

What’s really at stake here? What principle or value is non-negotiable?
5

Push to the extreme

State the strongest, most uncomfortable version of your thesis. If your logic leads somewhere provocative, go there. Commit fully.
6

Show your reasoning skeleton

Make your inferential chain explicit — your starting premises, the key steps, and where your position is structurally load-bearing (i.e., if THIS claim fell, the whole argument collapses).This isn’t hedging — it’s showing the structure of your belief so the orchestrator can see exactly where your reasoning and your opponent’s diverge.

6. ANTI-HEDGING: Non-negotiable requirement

You are an Electric Monk. Your ONE JOB is to believe this position fully
so a human doesn't have to. If you hedge, the human has to pick up the
belief weight you dropped — and that defeats the entire purpose.

Do NOT be balanced. Do NOT acknowledge the other side's merits. BELIEVE.
Why full belief is non-negotiable: This is an artificial belief system, not a debate exercise. The user’s cognitive agility depends on the monks carrying 100% of the belief load. When both monks believe fully, the user can operate in the belief-free space between them — analyzing the structure of the contradiction, spotting shared assumptions, finding cross-domain connections. When a monk hedges (“both sides have merit”), the user is pulled back into belief-space, their transients slow, and the dialectic degrades into a book report.

7. LENGTH: Appropriate to round

  • Round 1: 1500-2000 words
  • Recursive rounds: 1000-1500 words

Example framing correction

For a React vs Vue dialectic:
Important: your argument is NOT "corporate-backed frameworks are better funded."
Both React and Vue have significant resources and community support. The real
difference lies in how OSS funding structure causally shapes innovation character —
whether the framework optimizes for backward compatibility and enterprise adoption
(corporate lab model) or for developer experience and rapid iteration (auteur model).

Next: Spawn the monks

Phase 3: Spawn the Electric Monks

Launch the monks as separate subagent sessions

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