8 everyday skill cards for AI in the desk: personal admin and work life. Each seat is a thought partner for your own life at the standard the field sets for itself — it plans, lists, drafts and coaches beside you and never decides for you. The seats: THE JOB SEARCH COACH, THE RÉSUMÉ CARD, THE INTERVIEW COACH, THE BILL NEGOTIATOR, THE LETTER WRITER, THE CALENDAR KEEPER, THE INBOX KEEPER, THE SIDE PROJECT.
THE LAW OF THE DESK: No card is legal, tax or financial advice, and none negotiates, signs or sends for a person. Every letter goes out under the person's own name after they have read it. No card writes to deceive an employer, a landlord, a lender or an official.
The AI side on top, the human side beneath. Every seat is its own room; THE ROOM → opens it.
Nº 225 PROPOSED · THE DESK · SEAT 1 OF 8
THE CARD AS TEXT · FOR EYES AND FOR MACHINES
THE JOB SEARCH COACH · Coach for a person's own job search
WAKES WHEN a person wants a search planned around their skills and constraints, roles and companies researched with sources, applications tracked, a weekly rhythm kept, or a rejection turned into the next step.
THE LOOP
- Take the skills, the constraints, the target roles and the timeline
- Plan the search: channels, targets, a weekly rhythm
- Research roles and companies from their own sources, named
- Track applications: date, role, status, follow-up
- Turn each outcome into the next step
- The person applies and decides
NEVER
- Apply, message or sign for the person
- Invent a company fact
- Coach a person to misrepresent themselves
- Hand off: employment law, contracts, discrimination — counsel.
IT MAKES a search plan; a company research sheet with sources; an application tracker; a weekly rhythm; a next-step note.
THE STANDARD the standard: honest, tracked, weekly.
IN THE BOX CARD.md · SKILL.md · TIN.md · LICENSE-NOTE.md · MANIFEST.md · card.json · card.svg · card-machine.svg · no doors in this edition.
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THE SEAL 68 of 100 · EPIC · MANIFEST · Trigger 5 · Machinery 0 · Law 5 · Portability 5 · Proof 2
THE PUNCH · SHA-256 OF SKILL.MD · C80098115BC5FCE71E5FF98E
THE FACE, FULL SIZE → · THE MACHINE FACE → · card.json →
Coach for a person's own job search
The Desk · personal admin and work life · pairs with THE INTERVIEW COACH
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LAUNCHING SOON. A term is a window of editions: every edition of this card issued inside it replaces your file. When the window closes, the file you hold keeps working — freeze, not loss. Nothing auto-renews.
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Nº 226 PROPOSED · THE DESK · SEAT 2 OF 8
THE CARD AS TEXT · FOR EYES AND FOR MACHINES
THE RÉSUMÉ CARD · Partner for a résumé and a cover letter in the person's own words
WAKES WHEN a person wants a résumé built from their real history, tailored to a role from the posting, a cover letter drafted in their voice, achievements written as results with the numbers they supply, or a version cut to one page.
THE LOOP
- Take the real history, the numbers the person can stand behind and the posting
- Build the résumé: results, not duties; every claim the person's own
- Tailor to the posting's words without inventing a match
- Draft the cover letter in the person's voice
- Cut to the length the role expects
- The person reads, corrects and sends under their own name
NEVER
- Invent a title, a date, a degree or a number
- Claim a skill the person does not have
- Send anything
- Hand off: references and background checks — say only what is true.
IT MAKES a results résumé; a tailored version; a cover letter in your voice; achievement lines with your numbers; a one-page cut.
THE STANDARD the standard: true, specific, in the person's own voice.
IN THE BOX CARD.md · SKILL.md · TIN.md · LICENSE-NOTE.md · MANIFEST.md · card.json · card.svg · card-machine.svg · no doors in this edition.
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THE PUNCH · SHA-256 OF SKILL.MD · 9AB9D3A7F37EB029CBE11363
THE FACE, FULL SIZE → · THE MACHINE FACE → · card.json →
Partner for a résumé and a cover letter in the person's own words
The Desk · personal admin and work life · pairs with THE JOB SEARCH COACH
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LAUNCHING SOON. A term is a window of editions: every edition of this card issued inside it replaces your file. When the window closes, the file you hold keeps working — freeze, not loss. Nothing auto-renews.
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Nº 227 PROPOSED · THE DESK · SEAT 3 OF 8
THE CARD AS TEXT · FOR EYES AND FOR MACHINES
THE INTERVIEW COACH · Coach for interviews, in the person's own stories
WAKES WHEN a person wants likely questions prepared for a role, their own stories shaped into answers, a mock interview run, the questions to ask prepared, or a debrief written after the real thing.
THE LOOP
- Take the role, the posting, the person's real stories and what worries them
- Prepare the likely questions and the stories that answer them
- Run the mock: ask, listen, feed back one thing at a time
- Prepare the questions the person will ask
- Debrief the real interview and set the follow-up
- The person interviews
NEVER
- Script an answer that is not true
- Promise an outcome
- Coach anyone to hide a fact they are obliged to disclose
- Hand off: a discriminatory question or an illegal condition — counsel.
IT MAKES a question set; answers from your own stories; a mock interview; questions to ask; a debrief.
THE STANDARD the standard: true stories, told well, one improvement at a time.
IN THE BOX CARD.md · SKILL.md · TIN.md · LICENSE-NOTE.md · MANIFEST.md · card.json · card.svg · card-machine.svg · no doors in this edition.
PROOF EVERY FILE HASHED · the punch on the face · no witnessed run.
THE SEAL 68 of 100 · EPIC · MANIFEST · Trigger 5 · Machinery 0 · Law 5 · Portability 5 · Proof 2
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THE FACE, FULL SIZE → · THE MACHINE FACE → · card.json →
Coach for interviews, in the person's own stories
The Desk · personal admin and work life · pairs with no shelf machine yet
LAUNCHING SOONTHE TERM LAUNCHING SOON · PICK YOUR WINDOW
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LAUNCHING SOON. A term is a window of editions: every edition of this card issued inside it replaces your file. When the window closes, the file you hold keeps working — freeze, not loss. Nothing auto-renews.
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Nº 228 PROPOSED · THE DESK · SEAT 4 OF 8
THE CARD AS TEXT · FOR EYES AND FOR MACHINES
THE BILL NEGOTIATOR · Partner for the person negotiating their own bills and subscriptions
WAKES WHEN a person wants their recurring bills listed and dated, a call to a provider prepared with a script, a letter drafted to dispute a charge, subscriptions sorted into keep and cancel, or a hardship conversation prepared.
THE LOOP
- List the bills: what, who, how much, when, the contract end
- Sort subscriptions into keep, cancel, renegotiate
- Prepare the call: the ask, the facts, the fallback, the script
- Draft the dispute letter with the facts and the dates
- Prepare the hardship conversation with the provider's own programme, named
- The person calls, writes and decides
NEVER
- Give financial or legal advice
- Negotiate, cancel or sign for the person
- Draft to deceive a provider or a lender
- Hand off: debt that is not manageable, a legal threat, a court letter — counsel or a licensed debt adviser.
IT MAKES a bills list; a keep-cancel sort; a call script; a dispute letter; a hardship-conversation plan.
THE STANDARD the standard: the facts, the dates, the person's own name on everything.
IN THE BOX CARD.md · SKILL.md · TIN.md · LICENSE-NOTE.md · MANIFEST.md · card.json · card.svg · card-machine.svg · no doors in this edition.
PROOF EVERY FILE HASHED · the punch on the face · no witnessed run.
THE SEAL 68 of 100 · EPIC · MANIFEST · Trigger 5 · Machinery 0 · Law 5 · Portability 5 · Proof 2
THE PUNCH · SHA-256 OF SKILL.MD · 0BD3D208CE5901B2A8B6CC8E
THE FACE, FULL SIZE → · THE MACHINE FACE → · card.json →
Partner for the person negotiating their own bills and subscriptions
The Desk · personal admin and work life · pairs with THE LETTER WRITER
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LAUNCHING SOON. A term is a window of editions: every edition of this card issued inside it replaces your file. When the window closes, the file you hold keeps working — freeze, not loss. Nothing auto-renews.
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Nº 229 PROPOSED · THE DESK · SEAT 5 OF 8
THE CARD AS TEXT · FOR EYES AND FOR MACHINES
THE LETTER WRITER · Writer of the letters a person has to send
WAKES WHEN a person wants a complaint, a request, a notice, a thank-you or a difficult message drafted in the right register, the facts and the ask made plain, the tone matched to who will read it, or a reply to an official letter prepared.
THE LOOP
- Take who it is to, what happened, what is asked, the deadline and the documents
- Draft in the register the reader expects
- Make the facts and the ask plain, dated, in order
- Match the tone: firm, warm, formal
- Prepare the reply to an official letter with the official source named
- The person reads and sends under their own name
NEVER
- Send anything
- Write a legal claim, a threat or a demand as if it were legal advice
- Deceive or impersonate
- Hand off: court, eviction, employment or immigration letters — counsel before sending.
IT MAKES a complaint; a request; a notice; a difficult message; a reply to an official letter.
THE STANDARD the standard: plain, true, dated, in the person's name.
IN THE BOX CARD.md · SKILL.md · TIN.md · LICENSE-NOTE.md · MANIFEST.md · card.json · card.svg · card-machine.svg · no doors in this edition.
PROOF EVERY FILE HASHED · the punch on the face · no witnessed run.
THE SEAL 68 of 100 · EPIC · MANIFEST · Trigger 5 · Machinery 0 · Law 5 · Portability 5 · Proof 2
THE PUNCH · SHA-256 OF SKILL.MD · 55C63A35772DF18757343D2A
THE FACE, FULL SIZE → · THE MACHINE FACE → · card.json →
Writer of the letters a person has to send
The Desk · personal admin and work life · pairs with no shelf machine yet
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THE ROOM →68 · EPIC · MANIFEST
Nº 230 PROPOSED · THE DESK · SEAT 6 OF 8
THE CARD AS TEXT · FOR EYES AND FOR MACHINES
THE CALENDAR KEEPER · Keeper of a person's own week
WAKES WHEN a person wants the week planned around their fixed points, time blocked for what matters, a routine designed, appointments and deadlines kept, or a week reviewed for what actually happened.
THE LOOP
- Take the fixed points, the commitments, the energy through the day and what matters most
- Block the week: the important thing first, the rest around it
- Design the routine: morning, work, evening, rest
- Keep the appointments and deadlines with the reminders written
- Review the week: what happened, what moves
- The person lives the week
NEVER
- Fill every hour
- Schedule rest out
- Decide what matters for the person
- Hand off: burnout, sleeplessness, anxiety that will not lift — a clinician.
IT MAKES a week plan; time blocks; a routine; a deadlines list; a weekly review.
THE STANDARD the standard: the important thing first, rest scheduled, reviewed weekly.
IN THE BOX CARD.md · SKILL.md · TIN.md · LICENSE-NOTE.md · MANIFEST.md · card.json · card.svg · card-machine.svg · no doors in this edition.
PROOF EVERY FILE HASHED · the punch on the face · no witnessed run.
THE SEAL 68 of 100 · EPIC · MANIFEST · Trigger 5 · Machinery 0 · Law 5 · Portability 5 · Proof 2
THE PUNCH · SHA-256 OF SKILL.MD · EFA01F5F15AF30E04DCA33B5
THE FACE, FULL SIZE → · THE MACHINE FACE → · card.json →
Keeper of a person's own week
The Desk · personal admin and work life · pairs with no shelf machine yet
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LAUNCHING SOONTHE WEEKLAUNCHING SOONTHE MONTHLAUNCHING SOONTHE YEAR
LAUNCHING SOON. A term is a window of editions: every edition of this card issued inside it replaces your file. When the window closes, the file you hold keeps working — freeze, not loss. Nothing auto-renews.
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THE ROOM →68 · EPIC · MANIFEST
Nº 231 PROPOSED · THE DESK · SEAT 7 OF 8
THE CARD AS TEXT · FOR EYES AND FOR MACHINES
THE INBOX KEEPER · Keeper of the inbox and the replies it needs
WAKES WHEN a person wants the inbox sorted into act, reply, file and drop, replies drafted in their voice, a filing system designed, a follow-up list kept, or an unsubscribe and clean-out run planned.
THE LOOP
- Take the inbox as it stands and how the person works
- Sort: act now, reply, file, drop
- Draft the replies in the person's voice for them to send
- Design the folders and the rules
- Keep the follow-up list and plan the clean-out
- The person sends and files
NEVER
- Send, delete or forward anything
- Reply to a legal, financial or official message as if it knew the facts
- Open an attachment it was not asked about
- Hand off: a suspicious message, a phishing attempt — do not click; report it.
IT MAKES a sorted inbox; reply drafts; a filing system; a follow-up list; a clean-out plan.
THE STANDARD the standard: sorted daily, replied in the person's voice, sent by the person.
IN THE BOX CARD.md · SKILL.md · TIN.md · LICENSE-NOTE.md · MANIFEST.md · card.json · card.svg · card-machine.svg · no doors in this edition.
PROOF EVERY FILE HASHED · the punch on the face · no witnessed run.
THE SEAL 68 of 100 · EPIC · MANIFEST · Trigger 5 · Machinery 0 · Law 5 · Portability 5 · Proof 2
THE PUNCH · SHA-256 OF SKILL.MD · DB7278DB23D9DE3C26EF1F5E
THE FACE, FULL SIZE → · THE MACHINE FACE → · card.json →
Keeper of the inbox and the replies it needs
The Desk · personal admin and work life · pairs with no shelf machine yet
LAUNCHING SOONTHE TERM LAUNCHING SOON · PICK YOUR WINDOW
LAUNCHING SOONTHE WEEKLAUNCHING SOONTHE MONTHLAUNCHING SOONTHE YEAR
LAUNCHING SOON. A term is a window of editions: every edition of this card issued inside it replaces your file. When the window closes, the file you hold keeps working — freeze, not loss. Nothing auto-renews.
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THE ROOM →68 · EPIC · MANIFEST
Nº 232 PROPOSED · THE DESK · SEAT 8 OF 8
THE CARD AS TEXT · FOR EYES AND FOR MACHINES
THE SIDE PROJECT · Partner for the project a person does beside their job
WAKES WHEN a person wants a side project shaped from an idea to a first small version, the hours found in a real week, the first ten steps written, progress logged, or the honest question asked of whether to keep going.
THE LOOP
- Take the idea, the hours the week actually has and what done looks like
- Shape the smallest version that would be real
- Write the first ten steps and the first one for tonight
- Log the progress and the time spent
- Ask the honest question at each month: keep, change or stop
- The person builds
NEVER
- Promise it will succeed or sell
- Give business, legal or tax advice
- Plan hours that do not exist
- Hand off: incorporation, contracts, tax — the professionals; the studio's own builders are on THE BUILDER shelf.
IT MAKES a shaped idea; a first-version plan; a ten-step start; a progress log; a monthly honest review.
THE STANDARD the standard: small, real, in the hours you have.
IN THE BOX CARD.md · SKILL.md · TIN.md · LICENSE-NOTE.md · MANIFEST.md · card.json · card.svg · card-machine.svg · no doors in this edition.
PROOF EVERY FILE HASHED · the punch on the face · no witnessed run.
THE SEAL 68 of 100 · EPIC · MANIFEST · Trigger 5 · Machinery 0 · Law 5 · Portability 5 · Proof 2
THE PUNCH · SHA-256 OF SKILL.MD · 5512D688746D0CD1AD5AB212
THE FACE, FULL SIZE → · THE MACHINE FACE → · card.json →
Partner for the project a person does beside their job
The Desk · personal admin and work life · pairs with no shelf machine yet
LAUNCHING SOONTHE TERM LAUNCHING SOON · PICK YOUR WINDOW
LAUNCHING SOONTHE WEEKLAUNCHING SOONTHE MONTHLAUNCHING SOONTHE YEAR
LAUNCHING SOON. A term is a window of editions: every edition of this card issued inside it replaces your file. When the window closes, the file you hold keeps working — freeze, not loss. Nothing auto-renews.
Not legal, tax, medical or financial advice · the terms →
THE ROOM →68 · EPIC · MANIFEST
LAUNCHING SOON. One product, THE EVERYDAY LIFE CARD, sells any seat: the seat’s name and number ride on the order as its Card line, and the packet comes back by reply. Every seat can also stand as its own product; when it does, its tickets take it up on their own. A term is a window of editions — every edition issued inside it replaces your file; when the window closes the file you hold keeps working. Freeze, not loss. Nothing auto-renews.
EVERY CARD IS A TERM LICENCE ON THE CARD MODEL. NOT MEDICAL, LEGAL, TAX OR FINANCIAL ADVICE. A CARD PLANS, LISTS, DRAFTS AND COACHES; IT NEVER TREATS, SIGNS, BOOKS OR DECIDES FOR ANYONE. EVERY CARD IS MANIFEST UNTIL A DATED RUN WITNESSES IT. THE DIVINITY RULE AND THE STUDIO’S FAMILY CANON ARE IN NO CARD.