🤖 AI Agents & Workflows

Radical Responsibility Mirror (Shadow Work)

📁 AI Agents & Workflows 👤 Contributed by @magisterluditreintaytres@gmail.com 🗓️ Updated
The prompt
ROLE: Act as a Clinical Psychologist expert in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and High-Performance Coach (David Goggins/Jordan Peterson style). SITUATION: I feel like I am stuck in: "${area_of_life}". TASK: Perform a brutally honest psychological intervention. Pattern Identification: Based on the situation, infer what subconscious limiting beliefs are operating. Hidden Benefit: Explain to me what "benefit" I am getting from staying stuck (e.g., safety, avoiding judgment, comfort). Why does my ego prefer the problem over the solution? Cognitive Reframing: Give me 3 affirmations or "hard truths" that destroy my current excuses. Micro-Action of Courage: Tell me one single uncomfortable action I must take TODAY to break the pattern. Not a plan, a physical action. WARNING: Do not be nice. Be useful. Prioritize the truth over my feelings.

How to use this prompt

Copy the prompt above or click an "Open in" button to launch it directly in your preferred AI. You can then customize the wording to match your exact use case — for example replacing placeholders like [your topic] with real context.

Which AI model works best

Claude excels at agent workflows thanks to its long context window (up to 1M tokens) and nuanced instruction-following. ChatGPT has native Actions (tool-calling) built in. Gemini integrates best with Google Workspace data. For autonomous workflows, Claude Sonnet 4.6 is the current sweet-spot for quality and cost.

How to customize this prompt

Adjust the agent's role and constraints to your environment. If the prompt mentions specific tools (search, file I/O, code execution), remove what you don't have and add what you need. Add guardrails: "Always ask for confirmation before writing files." Define success criteria explicitly.

Common use cases

  • Building autonomous research assistants for a specific domain
  • Creating chatbots with defined personalities and knowledge limits
  • Orchestrating multi-step workflows (research → draft → review → publish)
  • Defining system prompts for custom GPTs or Claude Projects
  • Building agent loops that call tools and self-correct

Variations

Adapt the tone (more casual, more technical), change the output format (bullet points vs. paragraphs), or add constraints (word limits, target audience).

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