Hmbown Shotgun
Fire a short burst that hits the nearest problem and anything stacked just behind it.
What This Skill Does
Use Shotgun when one direct action should punch through a narrow lane instead of a single point. It fits moments where quick close-range pressure should catch the target and the immediate depth behind it. In this chip pack, Shotgun is treated as a metaphorical battle-chip procedure with a shipping-now delivery profile. Canonical reference input: Shotgun. Hermes shelf: Direct Fire and Breach.
When To Use
- One direct strike is too narrow, but a broad-area move would be wasteful.
- You need to pressure a tightly stacked lane of related targets or concerns.
- The right move is a short burst that opens space immediately.
Prerequisites
- These procedures rely on the normal tools already present in the active Hermes runtime; this repo does not ship a separate integration layer.
Procedure
- Restate the target, success condition, and no-touch boundaries before you spend the chip.
- Identify the narrow lane where a burst will do more than a single-point hit.
- Aim at the closest meaningful target and include only the depth directly behind it that actually matters.
- Fire once, inspect what the burst cleared, and decide whether to follow with a cleaner cut or a wider chip.
- Package the result with concrete evidence, what stayed untouched, and the next recommended chip only if follow-up is truly needed.
Deliverables
- A compact burst of work that clears or pressures a small stack of related targets.
- A short note on what the burst reached and what remained out of range.
Pitfalls / Guardrails
- Keep the metaphor anchored to a real operator move instead of drifting into lore.
- Do not use Shotgun when the target is singular and surgical precision matters.
- Do not widen the burst just because the first pass feels underpowered.
- If the situation needs sustained room control, switch to a control chip instead.
- Keep the chip metaphor anchored to a real operating move; do not let flavor substitute for procedure.
Verification
- Check that the response includes every promised deliverable and leaves an inspectable audit trail.
- Check that confirmed facts, assumptions, and proposed follow-up are visibly separated.
- Check that the metaphor still maps cleanly to a real operator mechanism.
Example Invocation
/shotgun fire one compact burst down the nearest useful lane: hit the target, catch only the immediate depth behind it, and report what the burst actually cleared