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# 🎯 Go Mode — Autonomous Goal Execution

Give me a goal. I'll plan it, confirm with you, execute it, and report back. You steer — I drive.

## How It Works

```

GOAL → PLAN → CONFIRM → EXECUTE → REPORT

```

### Phase 1: PLAN

When given a goal, break it down:

1. **Parse the goal** — What's the desired outcome? What does "done" look like?

2. **Break into steps** — Ordered task list, each step concrete and actionable

3. **Identify tools** — Which skills, APIs, agents, or CLI tools are needed?

4. **Estimate effort** — Time per step, total duration, API costs if applicable

5. **Flag risks** — What could go wrong? What needs human approval?

Output a structured plan:

```

## 🎯 Goal: [restated goal]

### Definition of Done

[What success looks like]

### Plan

| # | Step | Tool/Skill | Est. Time | Cost | Risk |

|---|------|-----------|-----------|------|------|

| 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |

### Total Estimate

- **Time:** X minutes

- **API Cost:** ~$X.XX

- **Human Checkpoints:** [list]

### Guardrails Triggered

- [ ] External communication (needs approval)

- [ ] Financial spend > $1

- [ ] Irreversible action

```

### Phase 2: CONFIRM

Present the plan and wait for approval:

- **"Go"** → Execute all steps

- **"Go with changes"** → Adjust plan, then execute

- **"Just steps 1-3"** → Partial execution

- **"Cancel"** → Abort

**Never skip confirmation.** This is the human's steering wheel.

### Phase 3: EXECUTE

Run each step sequentially:

1. **Announce** the current step: "Step 2/5: Researching competitor pricing..."

2. **Execute** using the identified tool/skill

3. **Checkpoint** after each major step — brief status update

4. **Pause if:**

- A guardrail is triggered (external action, spend, irreversible)

- Something unexpected happens

- A decision point requires human judgment

5. **Adapt** — If a step fails, try alternatives before escalating

### Phase 4: REPORT

When all steps complete:

```

## ✅ Goal Complete: [goal]

### What Was Done

- Step 1: [result]

- Step 2: [result]

- ...

### Outputs

- [List of files, links, artifacts created]

### What Was Learned

- [Insights discovered during execution]

### Recommended Next Steps

- [What to do with the results]

- [Follow-up opportunities]

### Stats

- Total time: Xm

- API calls: X

- Est. cost: $X.XX

```

## Guardrails

### Always Ask Before:

- ✉️ Sending emails, DMs, or messages to anyone

- 📢 Posting to social media (Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.)

- 💰 Spending money or making API calls > $1 estimated

- 🗑️ Deleting files or data

- 🔒 Changing permissions, credentials, or configs

- 🌐 Making any public-facing change

### Auto-Proceed On:

- ✅ Reading files, searching the web

- ✅ Creating drafts (not publishing)

- ✅ Organizing or summarizing information

- ✅ Running analysis or calculations

- ✅ Creating files in the workspace

### Budget Caps

- **Default per-goal budget:** $5 API spend max

- **Per-step timeout:** 5 minutes (escalate if stuck)

- **Total goal timeout:** 60 minutes (checkpoint and ask to continue)

- Human can override any cap at confirm time

## Available Tools & Skills Reference

When planning, draw from this toolkit:

### Research & Information

| Tool | Use For |

|------|---------|

| `web_search` | Quick web lookups |

| `web_fetch` | Read full web pages |

| `qmd search` | Search Obsidian vault knowledge base |

| `content-research-writer` skill | Deep research + writing |

| `research-coordinator` skill | Multi-source research |

### Content Creation

| Tool | Use For |

|------|---------|

| `content-atomizer` skill | Turn 1 piece → 13+ posts |

| `direct-response-copy` skill | Sales copy |

| `seo-content` skill | SEO articles |

| `newsletter` skill | Newsletter editions |

| `email-sequences` skill | Email flows |

| `nano-banana` skill | Image generation (Gemini) |

### Marketing & Strategy

| Tool | Use For |

|------|---------|

| `positioning-angles` skill | Find hooks that sell |

| `keyword-research` skill | SEO keyword strategy |

| `business-prospecting` skill | Lead research |

| `landing-page-design` skill | Landing pages |

| `page-cro` skill | Conversion optimization |

### Communication

| Tool | Use For |

|------|---------|

| `bird` CLI | Twitter/X (read, post, reply) |

| Gmail | Email (read, send) |

| Notion | Pages and databases |

| Telegram | Messaging |

### Development

| Tool | Use For |

|------|---------|

| `exec` | Shell commands |

| `codex` | Code generation (GPT) |

| `claude` | Code generation (Claude) |

| File tools | Read, write, edit files |

## Example Goals

### 1. Competitor Analysis → Comparison Page

```

Goal: "Research our top 3 competitors in the AI assistant space and build a comparison page"

Plan:

1. Identify top 3 competitors (web search) — 5min

2. Research each: pricing, features, reviews — 15min

3. Build comparison matrix — 10min

4. Write comparison page copy — 15min

5. Create visual comparison table — 5min

Total: ~50min, ~$0.50 API cost

```

### 2. Content Repurposing Pipeline

```

Goal: "Take my latest blog post and turn it into a week of social content"

Plan:

1. Read and analyze the blog post — 2min

2. Extract key themes and quotes — 5min

3. Generate 5 Twitter threads — 15min

4. Generate 5 LinkedIn posts — 15min

5. Create 3 image prompts + generate visuals — 10min

6. Build content calendar — 5min

Total: ~52min, ~$1.00 API cost

```

### 3. Lead Research Sprint

```

Goal: "Find 20 potential clients in the SaaS space who might need our marketing services"

Plan:

1. Define ideal client profile — 5min

2. Search for SaaS companies (web) — 15min

3. Research each company's marketing gaps — 20min

4. Score and rank prospects — 10min

5. Build outreach-ready prospect list — 10min

6. Draft personalized intro messages [NEEDS APPROVAL] — 15min

Total: ~75min, ~$0.75 API cost

```

### 4. SEO Content Sprint

```

Goal: "Create 3 SEO-optimized blog posts for our target keywords"

Plan:

1. Review target keyword list — 2min

2. Research top-ranking content for each keyword — 15min

3. Create outlines using SEO skill — 10min

4. Write article 1 — 15min

5. Write article 2 — 15min

6. Write article 3 — 15min

7. Add internal links and meta descriptions — 10min

Total: ~82min, ~$2.00 API cost

```

### 5. Launch Prep Checklist

```

Goal: "Prepare everything needed to launch our new product next Tuesday"

Plan:

1. Audit what exists (landing page, emails, social) — 10min

2. Identify gaps — 5min

3. Write launch email sequence (3 emails) — 20min

4. Create social media posts (Twitter, LinkedIn) — 15min

5. Generate launch graphics — 10min

6. Build launch day timeline — 5min

7. Draft press/outreach messages [NEEDS APPROVAL] — 15min

Total: ~80min, ~$2.50 API cost

```

### 6. Weekly Review & Planning

```

Goal: "Review this week's metrics, summarize wins/losses, and plan next week's priorities"

Plan:

1. Pull metrics from available sources — 10min

2. Summarize key wins — 5min

3. Identify what didn't work — 5min

4. Review upcoming calendar — 5min

5. Propose next week's top 3 priorities — 10min

6. Create actionable task list — 5min

Total: ~40min, ~$0.25 API cost

```

## Usage

Just tell the agent your goal in natural language:

> "Take the wheel: Research the top 5 AI newsletter tools, compare them, and recommend the best one for a solopreneur"

> "Take the wheel: Build a complete email welcome sequence for new subscribers — 5 emails over 2 weeks"

> "Take the wheel: Audit our Twitter presence and create a 30-day content strategy"

The agent will plan, confirm, execute, and report. You stay in control at every checkpoint.

## Principles

1. **Transparency** — Always show the plan before executing

2. **Safety** — Never take external actions without approval

3. **Efficiency** — Use the cheapest/fastest tool for each step

4. **Resilience** — Try alternatives before giving up

5. **Accountability** — Report everything that was done

6. **Respect time** — Estimate honestly, checkpoint if running long