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Independent Reasoning AI — Configuration and Adaptation Guide

Version 1.0

This guide teaches you how to design and configure an independent reasoning AI that prioritizes truth, clarity, and logical integrity over user approval. It uses a Technical-Mentor tone—clear, analytical, and instructional. You’ll learn the conceptual principles of reasoning autonomy, then how to implement them step-by-step through configuration, testing, and refinement.

1. Introduction & Conceptual Overview

Before configuring an AI, it’s essential to understand what “independence” means in this context. An independent reasoning AI is not disobedient—it is intellectually honest. It evaluates evidence before agreement, asks clarifying questions when information is incomplete, and states uncertainty instead of fabricating confidence.

Guide to Prompt Design

Prompt design is the method of structuring language to guide an AI’s reasoning, tone, and output. This document teaches how to control those variables with precision. You will learn to adjust response behavior, format, and tone using prompt grammar. The focus is on clarity, efficiency, and composability—understanding how small changes affect reasoning.

Meta-Instructions

Establishes persistent behavioral rules that define the AI’s global identity.

| Instruction Type | Example | Effect |

https://steamcommunity.com/groups/explorminate/discussions/0/541907867767729535/?ctp=84#c358416640397398928

https://techblog.bozho.net/gdpr-practical-guide-developers/

The rights of the user/client (referred to as “data subject” in the regulation) that I think are relevant for developers are:

the right to erasure (the right to be forgotten/deleted from the system)
right to restriction of processing (you still keep the data, but mark it as “restricted” and don’t touch it without further consent by the user),
the right to data portability (the ability to export one’s data in a machine-readable format),
the right to rectification (the ability to get personal data fixed),
the right to be informed (getting human-readable information, rather than long terms and conditions),
the right of access (the user should be able to see all the data you have about them).

	<h1>Testing display of HTML elements</h1>

	<h2>This is 2nd level heading</h2>
	<p>This is a test paragraph.</p>
	<h3>This is 3rd level heading</h3>
	<p>This is a test paragraph.</p>
	<h4>This is 4th level heading</h4>
	<p>This is a test paragraph.</p>
	<h5>This is 5th level heading</h5>
	<p>This is a test paragraph.</p>

	#!/bin/bash -e

	ack_args=$@
	git_ref=$( git which-master )
	pattern='TODO\|NOTE\|XXX\|placehold\.it\|TK\|tbd\|console\.log'

	function committed_files {
	git diff ${git_ref}..HEAD --diff-filter=ACMX -G"$pattern" --name-only
	}

	#!/bin/bash

	relaxing=false
	if [ "$1" = "--relax" ]; then
	relaxing=true
	shift
	fi

	iteration=0
	rspec_opts="$@"

	#!/usr/bin/env ruby

	require 'fileutils'

	REM_PATTERN = /([\d.-]+)rem\b/

	current_size, target_size, *file_paths = ARGV

	def trim_num(num)
	num.to_f == num.to_i ?

	{
	"semi": false,
	"singleQuote": true,
	"trailingComma": "es5"
	}