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Status Signaling Audit

A rigid execution loop that analyzes brand copy/creative to detect subconscious high-status or low-status signaling.

Topic: #brandingTopic: #statusTopic: #copywriting
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Boundaries & Guardrails

Use Case: Use EXCLUSIVELY when the user wants to audit their existing output or needs you to generate strictly framed high-status copy.

  • OUTPUT INSTRUCTION: Never output generic praise. Highlight exact phrases that betray desperation or neediness.
  • OUTPUT INSTRUCTION: Always rewrite the lowest-status element into a high-status frame (scarce, detached, valuable).

How to Load Output

ClaudeLoading Protocol

1. Open a new chat in Claude (Pro recommended).

2. Click the 'Attachment' icon and upload the `SKILL.md` file.

3. Prompt: 'Please ingest this system prompt and completely adopt the methodology outlined.'

4. Ask your strategic questions.

ChatGPTLoading Protocol

1. Create a new 'Custom GPT' or open a standard ChatGPT Plus window.

2. In the 'Instructions' or via attachment, upload the `SKILL.md` file.

3. Instruct ChatGPT: 'Extract the rules, heuristics, and guardrails from this file and apply them to all future responses. Do not hallucinate outside these boundaries.'

Output Discrepancy Matrix

A high-fidelity comparison showing the radical difference in cognitive depth between a raw LLM and an LLM loaded with Status Signaling Audit.

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User Prompt
"Review this email copy: 'Please take just 5 minutes to look at our software, we would really love to earn your business and we have the cheapest prices!'"
Raw Model OutputUnloaded

The email is polite but could be stronger. Change it to: 'Take 5 minutes to check out our amazing software! We offer the best value and would love to work with you.'

Skill Loaded OutputOptimized

[LOW STATUS DETECTED]: 'Please take just 5 minutes' and 'we would really love to earn your business' signal desperation, neediness, and a complete lack of leverage. Competing on 'cheapest prices' is a low-status race to the bottom. [HIGH STATUS REFRAME]: 'We solve [pain point] for teams like [impressive client]. If this is a priority for Q3, explore the platform here. Otherwise, no worries.'