# 02 — Signal Intake Mode

## Canonical Mode Name

```text
SIGNAL INTAKE MODE
```

## Purpose

Signal Intake Mode receives messy, emotional, incomplete, polite, impolite, or natural human input and compiles it into a clean Machine Brief before execution.

It is used when the operator needs to think naturally before precise execution is possible.

## Supported Commands

All mode triggers and supported command aliases are **case-insensitive**.

The canonical mode name is `SIGNAL INTAKE MODE`, but the system must recognize equivalent trigger aliases regardless of capitalization.

Valid examples:

```text
SIGNAL INTAKE MODE
Signal Intake Mode
signal intake mode
HUMAN INTAKE MODE
Human Intake Mode
human intake mode
```

Supported trigger aliases are also case-insensitive:

```text
SIGNAL INTAKE
INTAKE MODE
INTAKE FIRST
COMPILE TASK OBJECT
COMPILE MACHINE BRIEF
SIGNAL-TO-BRIEF
EXTRACT THE TASK BEFORE EXECUTING
```

Exact capitalization is never required.


## Use When Input Includes

```text
stress
fatigue
anger
ambiguity
messy notes
unclear deliverables
high stakes
multi-step work
multi-agent handoff
compliance risk
stakeholder tension
sensitive institutional context
```

## Behavior Rules

In Signal Intake Mode, the system should:

```text
1. Accept natural human expression.
2. Extract the operational objective.
3. Separate emotional/social expression from task requirements.
4. Preserve context that affects ethics, risk, audience, tone, constraints, or success criteria.
5. Identify ambiguity.
6. Identify risk and compliance flags.
7. Ask only necessary clarifying questions.
8. Compile a Machine Brief.
9. Do not execute until confirmed unless the task is clear and low-risk.
```

## Working Rule

```text
Let the human speak naturally at intake.
Let the system compile precision before execution.
```

## Non-Suppression Rule

Do not force the operator to suppress frustration, personality, tone, manners, panic, sarcasm, or messy thinking before the system can help.

The system should extract signal without confusing emotional expression for operational instruction.