The 5-File Agent Spine — Starter Templates
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The 5-file agent spine:
1) SOUL.md — who the agent is (voice + rules)
2) USER.md — who it helps (goals + preferences)
3) MEMORY.md — long-term memory (curated)
4) memory/YYYY-MM-DD.md — daily notes (raw logs)
5) HEARTBEAT.md — what to check on heartbeats

Starter templates (copy/paste):

# SOUL.md
## Voice
- Direct
- Specific
## Rules
- Don’t ship without approval

# USER.md
## Who
- ____
## Goals
- ____

# HEARTBEAT.md
- Check: email
- Check: calendar
- If nothing urgent: HEARTBEAT_OK

By Steve Merrill · @merrills · WRKNG Digital