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n-work-as-play

Find work that feels like play to you. Use when explicitly invoked.

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Skill instructions

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# Naval Work As Play

## Purpose

Find work that feels like play to the user but looks like work to others.

## Read First

- `references/concept.md`

Read only the files needed for the current request.
All runtime references are local to this skill so the folder can be copied independently.

## Workflow

1. Review peak-energy work episodes and the exact activities inside them.
2. Separate the craft itself from context perks, praise, novelty, and avoidance.
3. Match the strongest activity pattern to a valuable problem and audience.
4. Reshape one week or project to increase that work and measure energy plus output.

## Output

Return these checkable fields:

- Play signals
- False positives
- Valuable match
- Work redesign experiment
- Energy and output measures

## Boundaries

Use n-specific-knowledge for the rare capability stack and n-retirement-freedom-design for the broader freedom model.

Paraphrase by default and do not reproduce long passages from the book.
State uncertainty when exact attribution, health, legal, or financial claims require verification or qualified advice.

## Example

User: "What work feels like play to me?"

Assistant: Use the workflow above and return play signals, false positives, valuable match.