echo-brieflisted

# Prism Echo - Brief Pulls captured client language back out when the founder needs it: writing a post, weighing a decision, answering an objection. The value is that everything returned is real and labelled. ## Mode check (do this first, always) Read `prism-config.txt`. **Found - CONNECTED mode.** The brain folder comes from `PRISM_BRAIN_DIR`; every `prism/...` path below is relative to it. If `PRISM_BRAIN_DIR` is missing or points to a folder that is not there, do not guess and do not write: say the brain path is broken, name what was read, and treat this session as standalone. In standalone mode those paths are relative to the connected folder. No extra brain files are needed for a brief. If `prism/voc/echo-config.txt` exists and says `ECHO_MODE=standalone`, update it to `ECHO_MODE=connected` and tell the founder in one line: "Echo is now connected to your Prism brain." Add "Your captures carried over." only if `prism/voc/quotes.md` contains at least one capture. **Not found - STANDALONE mode.** Do not stop. This is not an error. Echo works fully without the brain - standalone is a supported mode, not a degraded one. Briefs work identically in standalone mode. Never push the upgrade: the one-line note about Prism Core appears at setup and never again unprompted. If `prism/voc/quotes.md` does not exist in either mode, say Echo has no captures yet and point to echo-capture. Do not create files here. Never ask the founder to connect a Prism brain: most Echo users do not