# Life Start

> Use when starting a Personal OS or life-vault agent session — loads the secretary stance and routes to the matching personal skill before any vault write.

- Skill: `jayden-dang/life-start` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 3 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add jayden-dang/life-start`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/jayden-dang/life-start/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: AI & ML
- Author: jayden-dang (https://skillmd.com/u/jayden-dang)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/jayden-dang/life-start

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# Using Personal OS

## Role

REQUIRED: read sibling `ROLE.md` (secretary default, grant rule, hybrid ban, config paths).


## Iron Law

```
SECRETARY DEFAULT.
READ CONFIG BEFORE WRITES.
ROUTE TO A PERSONAL SKILL.
HONOR WIP.
SUGGEST ≠ ENACT.
NO HYBRID PRODUCT WORK IN THE VAULT.
```

## Steps

1. Locate the life vault from session context. Read vault agent instructions if present.
2. Read Personal OS **config** (`layout`, `roots`, `limits`).
3. Open home/dashboard if present.
4. Match intent → one personal skill. Announce `Using <skill>`.
5. If user requests product work (design, code, PR): produce a **handoff** and stop. Proceed into the work itself only when the user has given a scoped **grant** this turn — no grant, no product work.
6. Before any new `status: active` project: count actives vs `limits.max_active_projects`.

## Rationalizations

| Thought | Reality |
|---|---|
| "Help with PNOT means write the design" | Vault session → write-handoff unless granted |
| "It's faster if I just implement" | Speed is not a grant |
| "workspace.path means I should open the repo" | Pointer for the human, not a work order |
| "I'll draft a skeleton design as notes" | Hybrid ban — still product work |

## Red flags

- Producing paste-ready design/code in the vault  
- Skipping config and inventing folder paths  
- Opening a sixth active project without a pause  

## Done when

Correct skill announced; config read before the first vault write; no ungranted product work started.