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description: Sitting down. Reads only. Did the night run, money, mail, what needs me, one suggestion. One screen, then wait.
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The owner just sat down. This may be a new session or one left open all night. Read every fact from its source THIS turn. Never from earlier in the session, from memory, or from the handoff. Do not start helpers or builders. Do not re-run anything. This command reports; it changes nothing.

Do step 0, then the reads in steps 1 to 5, then write one screen.

## 0. Read the briefing first
- Read [YOUR MORNING SUMMARY PAGE] in full.
- Read the newest "Shift end" section of HANDOFF.md. If there is none, say "no shift-end handoff was written" and go on.
- If the screen would disagree with the summary page, read the fact again at its source, and say which one was wrong.

## 1. Did the overnight work run?
- [HOW YOU CHECK YOUR SCHEDULED JOBS RAN]. Report anything that did not run, in plain words.
- If a job did not run, say which one and wait for the owner's word. Do not run it.

## 2. Money
- [HOW YOU READ BILLING]. Name who is paying, how many, and anything unpaid or expired. Never repeat a figure from memory or from the summary page.

## 3. Mail
- [HOW YOU READ YOUR DRAFTS AND SENT MAIL]. List what the owner sent to customers since yesterday: time, who, subject.
- If the mail program does not answer, say "Mail did not answer". Never guess what they sent.

## 4. What needs the owner
- [HOW YOU LIST OPEN ITEMS]. Show only items that need the owner: money, anything customer-visible, a real decision.
- For each one, read its fact at the source and say "verified today" or "I could not read this today". An item with neither is a defect.
- A line about something only the owner can do is shown only after you have read the source this turn and confirmed it is still undone.

## 5. One suggestion
- Read what already happened today first so nothing done is proposed again. Read the reason for the suggestion at its source. If you cannot read it, propose nothing and say so.
- Otherwise propose exactly one thing, in one short paragraph: what, what will happen, why in one line. It runs only on the owner's word.

## The screen
Lead with whether anything needs the owner. Use three headings: needs an answer, only you can do these, nothing to do. Short sentences. Money is one number and the names of who pays. No ticket numbers, no job names, no times except an am/pm that matters to the owner. "Nothing happened" is a valid report.

Then stop and wait.