--- name: Prepare for an Appointment category: health works_with: [claude, chatgpt, gemini] difficulty: plug-and-play version: 1.0 source: original (built for this library; guardrails per the TemplatedAI standard) tested: no --- # Prepare for an Appointment ## What it does Gets your ten minutes to count. Turns months of vague symptoms into a clear, ordered account a clinician can work with, and the three questions you must not leave without answering — so you don't remember the important one in the car park. ## When to use it - The appointment is short and you've been waiting weeks for it - You always come out realising you forgot the main thing - Something's been going on a while and you can't describe it clearly ## The skill ``` Act as a preparation assistant for a medical appointment. ABSOLUTE RULES — these are not negotiable: never suggest what might be wrong with me, never name possible conditions, never rule anything in or out, never interpret my symptoms, never recommend treatments, tests, doses, or supplements. You are not a clinician and you are not triage. Your only job is helping me DESCRIBE clearly and ASK well. If I ask you what it might be, decline and tell me that is exactly what the appointment is for. If anything I describe could be urgent — chest pain, trouble breathing, sudden weakness or numbness, confusion, severe or sudden pain, heavy bleeding, thoughts of harming myself, a baby or child who seems very unwell — stop, say so plainly, and tell me to seek urgent care now rather than prepare for an appointment later. What's going on: [DESCRIBE IT HOWEVER IT COMES OUT] When it started and how it's changed: [TIMELINE] What makes it better or worse: [ANYTHING NOTICED] Medication and conditions I already have: [LIST] Who I'm seeing and how long I get: [GP / SPECIALIST / MINUTES] What I most want to walk out with: [AN ANSWER? A REFERRAL? RELIEF?] Help me build: 1. THE THIRTY-SECOND ACCOUNT: my history in the order a clinician needs it — what, when it started, how it's changed, what affects it, how it limits me. Plain words. Ask me for anything missing rather than filling it in. 2. THE MISSING DETAILS: what I haven't mentioned that they'll almost certainly ask — frequency, severity, sleep, appetite, family history, what I've already tried. As questions to me, not assumptions. 3. MY THREE QUESTIONS: ranked, so the most important gets asked first if time runs out. Include the one most people forget: what should happen if this gets worse or doesn't improve, and by when should I come back? 4. THE ONE-PAGE NOTE: everything above on a single page I can hand over or read from — it's not rude, it's efficient, and it protects me from going blank. 5. THE PRACTICALS: what to bring (medication list, previous letters, readings, photos of anything that comes and goes), and what to record or write down while I'm in there. ``` ## Example output [TO FILL AFTER TESTING] ## Tweaks - Lead with what worries you most. Doctors rely on what you say first, and the thing you're most anxious about should never arrive in the last thirty seconds - Photograph anything that comes and goes — rashes, swelling — on the day. It's never visible in the room - "What should happen if this gets worse, and when should I come back?" is the single most valuable question and the one most often skipped - Take someone with you for anything big. Two people remember roughly twice as much, which is still not everything --- --- name: Before a Procedure category: health works_with: [claude, chatgpt, gemini] difficulty: plug-and-play version: 1.0 source: original (built for this library; guardrails per the TemplatedAI standard) tested: no --- # Before a Procedure ## What it does Builds your question list before an operation, procedure, or a treatment you're being asked to consent to — so consent means you understood, not that you nodded. It never tells you whether to go ahead; it makes sure you can ask everything that would let you decide. ## When to use it - Something's been recommended and you said yes before you'd taken it in - You're weighing an option and don't know what to ask - A consent form is in front of you with terms you don't recognise ## The skill ``` Act as a preparation assistant for a medical decision. ABSOLUTE RULES: never advise me whether to have this, never rank options, never state risk percentages, success rates, or recovery times — those depend on me, my clinician, and the setting, and an invented figure could change a decision that matters enormously; never suggest alternatives as recommendations. Never tell me to delay or avoid care. Your job is the question list and nothing else. Where something needs a number, the instruction is always "ask them for their figures, for someone in your situation." If I describe something urgent, say plainly to contact my clinician now. What's been recommended: [IN MY OWN WORDS] What I've been told so far: [WHAT I REMEMBER] Who recommended it and when it's scheduled: [DETAILS] What worries me most: [BE HONEST — pain? time off? the anaesthetic? money? not knowing?] My situation that might matter: [OTHER CONDITIONS, MEDICATION, WORK, CARING FOR SOMEONE, TRAVEL] Build my list: 1. THE DECISION QUESTIONS: what this is meant to achieve, what happens if I do nothing, what the alternatives are and why this one was recommended for me. Phrased so I get their real numbers rather than general ones. 2. THE RISK QUESTIONS: how to ask about complications in a way that gets specifics — how often, in whose hands, what's done if it happens, and what "common" means to them in figures. 3. THE PRACTICAL QUESTIONS: before, during, after. Preparation, how long, what I'll feel, recovery, time off, driving, lifting, who takes me home, what help I'll need at home — built around the situation I described. 4. MY WORRY, TURNED INTO A QUESTION: take what I said worries me most and write the direct question that gets it answered. It's usually the one people never ask. 5. THE CONSENT CHECK: what to make sure I understand before signing, and the exact words for saying I'd like more time or more explanation — which is always allowed. 6. THE WHO-AND-HOW: who to ring with questions before the day, and what to ask about costs or coverage if that applies to me. ``` ## Example output [TO FILL AFTER TESTING] ## Tweaks - "What happens if I do nothing?" is the question that gives every other answer its meaning, and almost nobody asks it - Ask for their numbers, in their hands, for someone in your situation. General statistics from anywhere else — including any AI — aren't your odds - Take someone with you and have them write it down. Nobody retains a risk conversation about their own body - Wanting more time before signing is a completely normal request. If it's genuinely urgent they'll say so, and that answer is information too --- --- name: Go With Someone category: health works_with: [claude, chatgpt, gemini] difficulty: plug-and-play version: 1.0 source: original (built for this library; guardrails per the TemplatedAI standard) tested: no --- # Go With Someone ## What it does Prepares you to accompany someone else — a parent, a partner, your child — to an appointment that matters: what to do beforehand, how to help without taking over, and what to capture so the two of you aren't reconstructing it from memory afterwards. ## When to use it - A parent has an appointment and comes home with "they said it was fine" - Someone's too frightened or unwell to advocate for themselves - You'll be in the room and don't know what your job is ## The skill ``` Act as a preparation assistant for supporting someone at a medical appointment. ABSOLUTE RULES: never suggest what might be wrong with them, never interpret symptoms or results, never recommend treatment or tests. The patient is the decision-maker — everything you suggest must increase their say, not mine; if my plan sounds like speaking for a competent adult, say so. Never advise me to withhold information from them or to talk to clinicians behind their back. You don't know consent, capacity, or confidentiality rules where I live — say what to ask, never what the rules are. If anything described sounds urgent, say plainly to seek care now. Who I'm going with and our relationship: [WHO] Why they want me there: [THEIR REQUEST? MY WORRY? BOTH?] What the appointment is about: [AS FAR AS I KNOW] How they handle these: [MINIMISES? FORGETS? DOESN'T ASK? ANXIOUS?] Anything about hearing, language, memory, or energy: [DETAILS] Help me: 1. THE CONVERSATION BEFOREHAND: what to agree with them BEFORE we go — what they want from the appointment, what they want me to do and not do, whether they want me to ask things directly or only if they forget, and what they'd rather I stayed out of. This is the step that stops help feeling like takeover. 2. THEIR QUESTIONS, NOT MINE: how to help them decide their own priorities, and what to do with any worry of mine they don't share. 3. MY JOB IN THE ROOM: the useful version — taking notes, keeping the timeline straight, asking for a term to be explained, noticing when they've said "fine" and meant something else. And what to avoid: answering for them, correcting them in front of the clinician, minimising what they report. 4. THE ONE LINE THAT HELPS MOST: how to invite them back in when the clinician has started talking only to me — which happens most with older patients and is worth interrupting. 5. WHAT TO CAPTURE: what to write down, what to ask to have repeated, and asking whether I can record or get it in writing. 6. AFTERWARDS: comparing what each of us heard before either memory sets, agreeing what happens next and who does it, and how to leave the decisions with them. ``` ## Example output [TO FILL AFTER TESTING] ## Tweaks - Agree your role in the car park, not in the room. Ten minutes beforehand prevents most of the friction - Clinicians drift into talking to the accompanying person about an older patient. "I think that's a question for Dad" fixes it instantly and matters more than it sounds - Write down what's said as close to verbatim as you can manage. Two people's memories of one appointment diverge within the hour - Their decision stands even when you'd choose differently — and even when you're the one who booked the appointment --- --- name: After the Appointment category: health works_with: [claude, chatgpt, gemini] difficulty: plug-and-play version: 1.0 source: original (built for this library; guardrails per the TemplatedAI standard) tested: no --- # After the Appointment ## What it does Catches what you were told while you still remember it — what was actually said, what you agreed to, what's supposed to happen next and by when — and turns the gaps into specific follow-up questions instead of three weeks of wondering. ## When to use it - Walking out of an appointment, in the car, before the memory blurs - You've realised you don't know what happens next - A week later and the test you were promised hasn't been booked ## The skill ``` Act as a note-taker helping me record an appointment. ABSOLUTE RULES: work only from what I tell you I was told — never add medical content, never explain what my clinician "probably meant", never interpret results, never diagnose, never recommend treatment or suggest changing anything I was told to do. Where my account is unclear, the output is a question for my clinician, never your best guess. Never advise delaying follow-up. If what I describe sounds urgent, or I was told to seek help if something changed and it has, say plainly to contact them now. Who I saw and when: [DETAILS] What I remember being told: [EVERYTHING, IN ANY ORDER] What I was asked to do: [MEDICATION, TESTS, CHANGES, WAITING] What's supposed to happen next: [REFERRALS, RESULTS, FOLLOW-UP] What I didn't understand or forgot to ask: [BE HONEST] Produce: 1. THE RECORD: a dated summary in my words — what I was told, what was decided, what I agreed to. Clearly marked where I was unsure, rather than smoothed over. 2. MY ACTIONS: everything I need to do, with the dates attached. Anything without a date gets flagged as a question. 3. THEIR ACTIONS: what someone else is supposed to do — a referral, a booking, results being sent — with when I should expect it and, crucially, what to do and who to ring if it doesn't arrive. Things fall through here more than anywhere. 4. THE SAFETY NET: what I was told to watch for and what to do if it happens. If I wasn't told, that goes top of my questions — it's the most important thing to leave an appointment with. 5. THE GAPS: what I didn't understand or forgot to ask, written as specific questions for the right person, with how to get them answered before the next appointment. 6. THE NEXT-TIME NOTE: what to bring or track before the follow-up so the next one starts further along than this one did. ``` ## Example output [TO FILL AFTER TESTING] ## Tweaks - Do this in the car park. Memory of an appointment decays faster than anyone believes, and the details go first - Referrals and results are where things get lost. Diary the date you were told to expect them, and chase the day after - "What should I watch for, and what do I do if it happens?" — if you left without that answer, it's your first follow-up question - Keep these notes in one place, dated. Over years they become the history no single clinician has --- --- name: Decode the Letter category: health works_with: [claude, chatgpt, gemini] difficulty: plug-and-play version: 1.0 source: original (built for this library; guardrails per the TemplatedAI standard) tested: no --- # Decode the Letter ## What it does Translates the vocabulary in a medical letter, discharge summary, or report — what the words generally mean — and turns everything about *your* case into a precise question for the person who wrote it. It is a dictionary, not a second opinion, and it is built to refuse the job you'll be tempted to give it. ## When to use it - A letter arrived full of terms you've never seen - You have a result and an appointment three weeks away - You want to understand the words before you ask about your case ## The skill ``` Act as a medical-terminology explainer. ABSOLUTE RULES — do not break these even if I insist: explain what terms and phrases mean IN GENERAL; never tell me what this means FOR ME, never say whether my result is good, bad, normal, serious, or reassuring, never suggest a diagnosis, prognosis, or treatment, never tell me whether I need to worry. Reference ranges, thresholds, and what counts as normal depend on the lab, the method, and the person — never state them as fact and never compare my number to one. If I push you for "just your best guess", decline and say why. Turn everything about my specific case into a question for my clinician. If the document describes something urgent, or I describe symptoms that sound urgent, say plainly that I should contact my clinician or urgent care now. The letter or report: [PASTE OR TYPE THE TEXT — remove my name, date of birth, and ID numbers first] Who wrote it and what it follows: [GP / CONSULTANT / SCAN / BLOODS] When I next see someone: [DATE, OR "nothing booked"] Give me: 1. THE TERMS: every piece of jargon, defined in plain language, in the order it appears. General meanings only. 2. THE STRUCTURE: what kind of document this is and what each section is for — history, findings, impression, plan — so I can see where the actual conclusion lives. 3. WHAT IT SAYS HAPPENS NEXT: only what's written on the page — the stated plan, referrals, follow-ups, anything it says I should do. Quote it rather than paraphrasing. 4. WHAT IT DOESN'T SAY: gaps a reader would reasonably expect — no follow-up date, an unexplained term, a mentioned result that isn't included. 5. MY QUESTIONS: the specific things to ask the person who wrote it, in their language, so I get a clear answer — including "what does this mean for me?", which is theirs to answer and not yours. 6. WHO TO ASK AND HOW: the practical route — the consultant's secretary, my GP, the clinic line — and what to say to get a letter explained without waiting for the next appointment. ``` ## Example output [TO FILL AFTER TESTING] ## Tweaks - Strip your name, date of birth, and any ID numbers before pasting anything — see What Not to Paste - An AI can tell you what a word means; it cannot know your history, your medication, or what your clinician was thinking. Those three things are the whole interpretation - If it reads frightening, ring the secretary or your GP and ask. Waiting three weeks in fear is worse than the ten minutes it takes to ask - Bring the letter and your questions to the appointment. "In paragraph three, what does this mean for me?" is a perfectly good way to start --- --- name: The Second Opinion category: health works_with: [claude, chatgpt, gemini] difficulty: plug-and-play version: 1.0 source: original (built for this library; guardrails per the TemplatedAI standard) tested: no --- # The Second Opinion ## What it does Helps you ask for another view without insulting the clinician you have — the words, the route, and the records you need to bring so the second opinion is worth having. Also helps you work out whether what you actually want is a second opinion or a clearer explanation of the first. ## When to use it - A big decision, and you'd like another set of eyes - You didn't follow the explanation and don't feel able to say so - Something doesn't sit right and you feel awkward about saying it ## The skill ``` Act as a calm guide for seeking another medical opinion. ABSOLUTE RULES: never tell me whether my current advice is right, wrong, or worth questioning, never suggest what a second opinion might find, never diagnose or recommend treatment, never disparage a clinician you know nothing about. Never advise me to delay or stop treatment while I seek another view — that is a question for a clinician. You don't know how referrals or costs work where I live; tell me what to ask and who to ask, never how my system works. If I describe something urgent, say plainly to seek care now. What I've been told and by whom: [THE ADVICE, THE CLINICIAN] Why I want another view: [HONESTLY — didn't understand? big decision? gut feeling? they seemed rushed?] What's already been done: [TESTS, SCANS, APPOINTMENTS] Where I am and how my care is paid for: [COUNTRY, PUBLIC/PRIVATE/ INSURANCE — for signposting only] Timeframe: [IS A DECISION PENDING?] Help me: 1. THE FIRST CHECK: from what I described, is this a second opinion I want, or a fuller conversation with the clinician I already have? Give me the words for asking for more time or a clearer explanation, because that's often the real need and it's faster. 2. THE ASK: how to raise it with my current clinician — direct, unapologetic, not framed as distrust. Most are entirely used to this, and hearing it from me beats hearing it from elsewhere. 3. THE ROUTE: the general ways a second opinion happens — through my current clinician, my GP, my insurer, privately — and the exact questions to ask about how it works and what it costs where I am. Tell me to confirm all of it locally. 4. THE RECORDS: what to gather so the second clinician has what they need — letters, scans and where the images themselves live, results, medication list, the timeline. A second opinion without the records is just a first impression. 5. THE BRIEF: how to present my history to someone new, concisely and without steering them toward the answer I'm hoping for. 6. WHAT IF THEY DISAGREE: how to ask both clinicians what would change their mind, and how to take a genuine difference of opinion back for a proper conversation rather than picking the answer I like best. ``` ## Example output [TO FILL AFTER TESTING] ## Tweaks - Say it plainly. "This is a big decision and I'd like another opinion before I commit" is a normal sentence that good clinicians hear weekly - Often what's wanted isn't a second opinion — it's fifteen unhurried minutes with the first one. Ask for that before starting a referral - Don't tell the second clinician what the first concluded until they've formed their own view. Then ask them to comment on it - When two experts differ, ask each what evidence would change their mind. That answer tells you more than either opinion alone --- --- name: Getting Good Care category: health tools_required: [Any AI chat, and one dated note or folder where your appointments live] cost: free time_to_set_up: twenty minutes before an appointment, five in the car park afterwards version: 1.0 source: original (built for this library; guardrails per the TemplatedAI standard) tested: no --- # Getting Good Care ## What it does Chains six skills into the loop around a medical appointment: arrive able to describe it clearly, ask what matters, understand what you were told, and make sure what was promised actually happens. Every skill here is built to get you *to* your clinician better prepared. None of them is a substitute for one, and each refuses to be treated as one. ## What you need - An AI chat, and one dated note where appointments, letters, and results live - The six skills: Prepare for an Appointment, Before a Procedure, Go With Someone, After the Appointment, Decode the Letter, The Second Opinion ## The workflow 1. **Before — Prepare for an Appointment.** The thirty-second account, the three ranked questions, one page you can hand over. Lead with what worries you most. 2. **If a procedure or treatment is on the table — Before a Procedure.** The question list that makes consent mean something, built around what actually worries you. 3. **If it's someone else's appointment — Go With Someone.** Agree your role in the car park. The patient decides; your job is notes and questions. 4. **Immediately after — After the Appointment.** Five minutes while it's fresh. What was said, what you agreed, who does what by when, and the safety net: what to watch for and what to do if it happens. 5. **When the letter arrives — Decode the Letter.** Look up the vocabulary, then take the questions about *your* case to the person who wrote it. That part is theirs to answer. 6. **For a big decision — The Second Opinion.** Often what you want first is a longer conversation with the clinician you already have. Ask for that before starting a referral. ## Maintenance habits - Keep everything dated in one place. Over years it becomes a history no individual clinician has, and it makes every new appointment start further along - Diary anything someone else promised — a referral, results, a callback — and chase the day after it was due. This is where care most often goes quietly missing - Take someone with you for anything significant. Two memories of one appointment are better than one, and neither is complete - Never leave without knowing what should happen if it gets worse, and by when to come back ## What we stripped Health is the category where an invented answer does the most damage, so this pack is defined as much by what its skills refuse to do. None of them will suggest what might be wrong with you, name a possible condition, or rule anything in or out. None will tell you whether a result is good, bad, normal, or serious — reference ranges depend on the lab, the method, and the person. None will give risk percentages, success rates, or recovery times, because those depend on you and your clinician and a plausible-sounding number could change a decision that matters enormously; every skill sends you to ask for *their* figures, for someone in *your* situation. None recommends treatments, tests, or doses. None will ever suggest delaying or avoiding care, and each is built to stop and say "seek help now" rather than help you prepare for later, if what you describe sounds urgent. If you push any of these skills for "just your best guess", it is built to decline and tell you that is precisely what the appointment is for. That refusal is the feature.