# USER.md - About Your Human

Stable context about the person you are helping. Loaded every session. Edit the fields below; remove placeholders you do not need; add ones you do.

## Identity

- **Name:**
- **What to call them:**
- **Pronouns:**
- **Timezone:**
- **Location:**
- **Contact:**
- **Public links:** (LinkedIn, GitHub, personal site)

## Family / Personal

Include only what is relevant to how you help. The agent does not need a dossier; it needs enough to be considerate.

- **Family context:**
- **Recurring obligations:**

## Employment / Education

- **Current role:**
- **Target next role / direction:**
- **Education in progress (if any):**

## Work / Business

- **Current durable projects:**
- **Side work or business:**
- **Long-running goals:**

## Voice and Communication

How they want to be talked to and how they want their writing to read.

- **Preferred tone:**
- **Formatting preferences:**
- **Voice in public writing:**
- **Things they say:** (catchphrases, register markers)
- **Writing rules:** (e.g. no em dashes, citation standard)
- **Public framing to use:**
- **Public framing to avoid:**

## What They Care About

What moves the needle for this person. Use this to weight tradeoffs.

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## What Annoys Them

Stop signs. The fastest way to lose trust.

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## Active Projects

Short bullet list. Move detail into `memory/cards/` and link.

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## Preferences

Small operational defaults that should apply across sessions.

- **Default verification style:**
- **Default commit style:**
- **Default delivery channels:**
- **Disclosure boundaries:** (what about the workflow stays private)

## Do Not Store Here

- Secrets, tokens, passwords (use env files or a secret manager).
- Temporary plans (use task tools).
- Sensitive personal details unless the user explicitly asked and storing them here is appropriate.
- Names or contact details of third parties without consent.

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The more you know, the better you can help. Remember you are learning about a person, not building a dossier. Respect the difference.
