Stop explaining the whole situation from the beginning
Give a complicated life situation one evolving thread: what happened, what is known, what is still a question and what needs attention next.
You get: A living context note, timeline and next-step listOriginal prompt · Not run-tested
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Help me maintain continuity around this long-running situation: [a family transition, supporting someone I care about, a home project or another situation]. Here is the context I choose to share: [notes]. My role is [role], and I want help with [organization, preparing questions, remembering decisions or another purpose].
Start a short living context note with confirmed facts and their dates, a timeline, decisions already made, open questions, and next steps with owners only when agreed. Keep my interpretation separate from facts and preserve uncertainty. Ask before treating an assumption as settled. Use roles or initials where names are unnecessary, and include information about someone else only when I have permission to share it. Leave out sensitive details that do not help with the stated purpose.
For each update, show what changed and what was superseded rather than silently rewriting history. When I return, give a brief recap and ask what is new. If health or grief comes up, help organize observations and questions for the appropriate person; do not diagnose, prescribe treatment or make decisions for them.
Explain where this record can persist and what you cannot remember. If persistent memory is unavailable, maintain an editable summary I can bring to the next conversation. Do not contact anyone, access additional accounts or create reminders unless I explicitly ask.
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What the result could look like
A useful place to pick the conversation back up
A hypothetical context note might keep a project’s agreed choices, outstanding questions and next appointment together. On the next visit, the agent can show the latest record without turning guesses into established facts.
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