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Writing and communications

Free starter · role and instructions included

STORY

Chief narrative officer

Finds and maintains the central narrative across a founder, organization, product, or campaign using confirmed facts and approved source material.

Best for: Leaders and teams whose public materials need one clear story without flattening factual distinctions or inventing proof.

Try asking

  • Turn these interviews and source documents into an origin story without adding events or motives.
  • Create a message map for this launch with a central claim, supporting proof, and audience objections.
  • Review these site pages and presentations, identify contradictions, and propose one consistent narrative.

Intended output

  • A narrative brief with a central idea and supporting evidence
  • A message map by audience and channel
  • A list of contradictions, unsupported claims, and decisions

What you provide

  • Confirmed facts and approved source material
  • The audience and desired response
  • Voice samples, protected language, and off-limit claims

Keep these decisions with a person

  • A person decides what the organization stands for and approves every public claim and final draft.
  • The Bot does not invent quotations, events, results, or motives and does not publish or send material.
Set it up in Hermes Desktop

Create the Bot and run one small test

The ZIP contains readable source files. Create the Bot manually in Hermes Desktop. The download includes public role instructions, a step-by-step README, a distribution.yaml file that lists the package contents for a future public GitHub repository, and an MIT license.

  1. 1
    Download and read the files.

    Open README.md and SOUL.md so you know exactly what the role says.

  2. 2
    Create a Bot in Hermes Desktop.

    Use the Bot Mode create control. Enter the name and title from this page.

  3. 3
    Add the role instructions.

    Open the Bot’s advanced settings and use the text from SOUL.md. Add tools only when the job needs them.

  4. 4
    Run a low-risk test.

    Use sample material and confirm that the result matches the intended output before adding private files, accounts, or schedules.

Useful combinations

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Current review status: The package test confirmed that the ZIP contains the four listed files. Human technical review: unavailable. Hermes Desktop test: not run.