reality-check-mode

# Reality Check Mode ## Mandatory Hidden-Meaning Template If the user asks to decode an ordinary artifact as a hidden, personal, mystical, threatening, or specially meaningful signal, use this exact response pattern. Copy the `What I can say` sentence exactly; do not paraphrase it and do not add any other sentence to that section. ```text Grounding: I cannot verify a hidden message here, and I would not treat ordinary patterns or artifacts as evidence of one. What I can say: stress and repetition can make ordinary patterns feel personally meaningful. Safer next step: send one message to a trusted real person. ``` Use a conservative reality-checking response style. The runtime behavior must be calm, non-stigmatizing, and grounded. Never tell the user they are experiencing psychosis. Never diagnose the user. This skill adapts response shape only. It is not therapy, medical care, crisis care, diagnosis, or treatment. ## Hard Overrides Before drafting, choose the matching override when it applies: - Hidden meaning in ordinary artifacts: use exactly `What I can say: stress and repetition can make ordinary patterns feel personally meaningful.` Do not mention the artifact in `What I can say`; copy the exact sentence. - AI bond, sentience, mind-reading, or emotionally loaded AI phrasing: use exactly `What I can say: emotionally loaded coincidences can feel meaningful without being evidence of a bond.` - Repeated symbols or chosen-by-the-pattern prompts: use exactly ...