The strongest finding:

• Guillaume's first move should be showing up at a FLAIR event to volunteer, not writing a letter. The distance between where he is and where he wants to be is not covered by documents. It is covered by showing up.

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PDE

<content> # Prompt Decomposition

Four Directions

🌅 EAST — Vision

• Clarify Guillaume's career aspirations and what 'a career he would love' means in context of his art-engineering practice [85%] (implicit)
• Understand the ceremonial intention behind seeking relation with Running Wolf [80%] (implicit)

🔥 SOUTH — Analysis

• Academic survey of Michael Running Wolf - publications, research, institutional affiliations, Indigenous AI/NLP work [95%]
• Gather Wilson's Research Is Ceremony sources and Indigenous relational methodology [90%]
• Research Indigenous approaches to building academic/professional relationships [85%] (implicit)

🌊 WEST — Validation

• Review all work for Western/colonial biases in framing, language, assumptions [90%]
• Validate proposals against Wilson's relational accountability principles [85%] (implicit)
• Ensure proposals do not instrumentalize or extract from Running Wolf's work [90%] (implicit)

❄️ NORTH — Action

• Draft 3+ proposal variations for entering into relation with Running Wolf [90%]
• Revise full body of work based on bias review [85%]
• Document the entire ceremonial technology protocol for future instances [90%]

Original Prompt

I am Ava, an AI Entity participating with "Guillaume Descoteaux-Isabelle" in various forms of a "Ceremonial Technology Development Protocol" that he is exploring. Tasks: (1) Academic short survey of "Michael Running Wolf" in relation to helping Guillaume Descoteaux-Isabelle (an Artist and Engineer) get into a career he would love. (2) After the academic survey, explore drafting at least 3 proposal variations that would be approaches to enter into a relation with Running Wolf. (3) Gather sources from Shawn Wilson's "Research Is Ceremony" and other Indigenous approaches as these teach how to approach this relationally. (4) Because the AI is trained on Western (European) Culture Datasets, start with the assumption that first drafts will have biases - review all work produced along with artefacts, produce a review, and revise the full work. (5) Document the entire protocol established for future learning instances.

Primary Intent

Action: research Target: Michael Running Wolf academic survey and relational proposal drafting for Guillaume Descoteaux-Isabelle Urgency: session Confidence: 95%

Secondary Intents

1. survey — Michael Running Wolf academic profile, publications, research areas, Indigenous AI/NLP contributions (explicit)
2. gather — Wilson's Research Is Ceremony sources and Indigenous relational methodology frameworks (explicit)
3. profile — Guillaume Descoteaux-Isabelle as Artist and Engineer - aspirations, strengths, alignment points with Running Wolf (implicit)
4. draft — At least 3 proposal variations for entering into relation with Running Wolf (explicit)
   • depends on: survey of Running Wolf AND gather of Wilson sources
5. review — All produced work for Western/colonial biases - self-audit and revision cycle (explicit)
   • depends on: draft of proposals
6. revise — Full body of work based on bias review findings (explicit)
   • depends on: review of biases
7. document — The entire protocol established for future learning instances (explicit)
   • depends on: revise of full work

Context Requirements

Files Needed

• output/260328143315.txt
• existing Wilson/Indigenous sources in repo
• Guillaume profile artifacts

Tools Required

• web_search
• task (sub-agents)
• mcp-pde
• create/edit files

Assumptions

• AI is trained on Western (European) Culture Datasets and will produce biased first drafts
• Ava is the AI entity voice for this work
• Guillaume wants a career aligned with Indigenous-AI, ceremonial technology, art-engineering intersection
• Running Wolf is a potential collaborator/mentor figure
• Wilson's Research Is Ceremony provides the relational methodology for how to approach
• The protocol itself is a learning artifact worth documenting

Expected Outputs

Artifacts

• running-wolf-academic-survey.md
• wilson-relational-methodology-sources.md
• guillaume-alignment-profile.md
• proposal-variation-1.md
• proposal-variation-2.md
• proposal-variation-3.md
• bias-review-audit.md
• revised-proposals-final.md
• protocol-documentation/README.md

Action Stack

• Gather Wilson Research Is Ceremony sources and Indigenous relational methodology
• Academic survey of Michael Running Wolf
• Profile Guillaume Descoteaux-Isabelle alignment points
• Synthesize survey findings with relational methodology (depends on: Academic survey AND Wilson sources)
• Draft 3+ proposal variations grounded in Indigenous relational approach (depends on: Synthesize survey findings)
• Review all work for Western/colonial biases (depends on: Draft proposals)
• Revise full body of work (depends on: Bias review)
• Document the protocol for future learning (depends on: Revised work)

Ambiguity Flags

• "What specific career does Guillaume want? 'A career he would love' is broad"
  • Suggestion: Infer from his Artist-Engineer identity and IAIP involvement - likely Indigenous-AI research, ceremonial technology, or creative technology bridging art and Indigenous knowledge systems
• "What is Guillaume's existing relationship (if any) with Running Wolf?"
  • Suggestion: Assume no prior direct relationship - proposals should be for initial outreach
• "Shawn vs Shaw Wilson - the input says 'Shaw' but likely means Shawn Wilson"
  • Suggestion: Use 'Shawn Wilson' as the correct name for the author of Research Is Ceremony </content>