Descartes Hired!

CounselorsPhilosopher · 1596–1650

Here's how it works.

1. 01 Install

   # Claude Projects descartes-v1.md → drop into context

   Add the prompt

   Paste into Claude Projects, ChatGPT custom instructions, or at the top of any chat.

2. 02 Brief

   Our retention is bad and I don't know where to start. Break this down. Paste it. Bring one big fuzzy problem.

   Bring one big fuzzy problem

   Drop in the thing you've been circling for weeks: stuck growth, bad retention, missed forecasts, a team that feels misaligned. One sentence, stated as a problem, not a paragraph of symptoms.

3. 03 Receive

   D Descartes · Output · now

   Cut along the seams

   Descartes pressure-tests the statement, generates candidate seams, then tests every pair for independence before cutting. You get 3 to 5 sub-problems, a success criterion per part, a start-here pick, and the frame assumption named as your escape hatch.

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