Best fit
Make an agent give the essential fact, immediate next action, and principal risk before any optional detail.
// Productivity
First Coffee Mode
Make an agent give the essential fact, immediate next action, and principal risk before any optional detail.
What problem does First Coffee Mode solve?
Make an agent give the essential fact, immediate next action, and principal risk before any optional detail.
Use it to
- Orient a user during an incident
- Summarize a long status report into an actionable opening
- Answer a practical question before providing optional background
What it returns
- Task-complete answer with altered attention and decision emphasis
- Three selectable intensity levels
- Explicit neutral-mode and high-stakes suspension contract
A representative input and result
input The payment webhook is failing after deployment. What do I need to know first?
result The production webhook secret does not match the deployed endpoint. Replace it and resend one test event. Risk: do not rotate the live secret until you have confirmed which integrations still use it.
Access and approval boundaries
- Read only the task context the user deliberately supplies.
- No terminal, file write, browser, network, credential, messaging, publication, purchase, or account-change permission.
Known limitations
- It is an information-ordering mode, not a substitute for required detail.
- High-stakes tasks may require a longer neutral explanation.
- The mode cannot turn an unresolved decision into a safe immediate action.
// choose with context
Is First Coffee Mode the right skill?
It returns
Task-complete answer with altered attention and decision emphasis. Three selectable intensity levels.
Do not use it as
It is an information-ordering mode, not a substitute for required detail.
Compatibility, access, version, and licence
- Reads or accesses
- Declared local scope: No filesystem access required; user-supplied task context only.
- Compatibility
- SKILL.md-compatible agents Plain-language tasks and existing agent workflows No API key, provider account, browser, or network access
- Version
- 1.0.0
- Licence
- Review the package licence and seller terms at the linked destination.
Questions
Is this just a themed writing style?
No. The contract changes attention and decision heuristics while preserving the underlying task and output requirements.
Does it make the agent pretend to be the archetype?
No. Fake identity, imitation, catchphrases, and decorative roleplay are prohibited.
Can I control the intensity?
Yes. Subtle is the default; noticeable and full temperament are opt-in.
What happens in high-stakes work?
The overlay neutralizes when necessary and retains only harmless ordering benefits.
Does it need tools or accounts?
No. Normal use requires only the task context supplied to the agent.
Do the fixtures prove identical behavior on every model?
No. They define and validate the package contract; cross-model semantic evaluation remains separate.
First Coffee Mode keeps proof and approval boundaries visible.
The listing includes the tested package, realistic samples, declared permissions, and known limitations.
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