OpenCnid Hypershot Protocol
A hypershot teaches form without supplying task content. If prompt-engineering is applicable and no <skill_content name="prompt-engineering"> block is present, load it with the lowercase DSH skill tool before authoring. Do not reload a body already injected by /hypershot-protocol or another explicit gesture.
Variable continuum
- Spread:
...is an unbounded structural slot. Use it when the surrounding frame already carries the behavior. - Categoric:
{Finding}constrains the kind of content without prescribing the result. - Instruction-bearing:
{Two_Sentence_Assessment_With_Confidence_And_One_Citation}embeds the behavior needed where the frame is otherwise ambiguous.
Use the lightest variable that works. A frame may mix all three levels.
Construction
- Abstract every concrete noun, answer, example value, and expectation that could bias the real task.
- Make the structure visible with headings, lists, tags, punctuation, whitespace, and literal output slots.
- Put the hypershot before the generation it shapes.
- Keep invariant names, schema keys, enums, and tool names concrete; they are system vocabulary, not examples. Keep task-varying content downstream.
- Apply the invariance test: if a token will not be identical across a hundred invocations, abstract it at the instruction layer or supply it as task data.
Example
### {Finding_Label}
`{path}:{line}`
> {Shortest_Deciding_Excerpt}
{Two_Sentence_Assessment_With_Confidence}
### ...
## Uncovered
- {Scope_Not_Reached_And_Why}
The repeated heading is a structural cue, not a sample finding. A concrete expected defect in this frame would contaminate the evaluator.
Check before shipping
- No variant content appears at the invariant layer.
- Each variable carries neither more nor less instruction than its slot needs.
- The frame is legible with the variable names removed.
- The frame precedes output generation.
- A simple plain instruction would not be clearer or cheaper.
The technique and variable-loading continuum are inherited from Matthew Murphy's Lexideck work through OpenCnid. See the adjacent LICENSE.md and the package notice.