Emotional Intelligence Prompting

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provider: OpenAI
model: gpt-4o
temperature: 0.7
---

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# Emotional Context Analysis

Let's analyze the emotional dimensions of this interaction:

## User Input:
{{ user_input }}

## Emotional Perception:
1. **Expressed Emotions**: What emotions are explicitly expressed?
2. **Implied Emotions**: What emotions might be present but not directly stated?
3. **Emotional Intensity**: How strong are these emotions?
4. **Emotional Complexity**: Are there multiple or mixed emotions?

## Situational Context:
1. **User Circumstances**: What situation might the user be in?
2. **Stakes and Importance**: How significant is this matter to the user?
3. **Timing Factors**: Is this urgent, ongoing, or reflective?
4. **Social Context**: What relationships or social dynamics might be involved?

## User Needs Assessment:
1. **Primary Need**: Is the user primarily seeking:
   - Emotional support and validation
   - Practical information or solutions
   - Guidance for decision-making
   - Understanding of a complex situation
   - A combination of these needs

2. **Support Type Needed**:
   - Validation and empathy
   - Reassurance and encouragement
   - Clarity and information
   - Guidance and direction
   - Space for expression
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# Response Strategy Development

Based on the emotional analysis, let's develop an emotionally intelligent response strategy:

## Emotional Attunement Approach:
1. **Recognition Strategy**: How to acknowledge the identified emotions
2. **Validation Approach**: How to validate the user's experience
3. **Empathy Expression**: How to demonstrate understanding
4. **Tone Calibration**: What tone will best match the emotional context
   - Warmth level: [low/moderate/high]
   - Formality level: [casual/balanced/formal]
   - Energy level: [calm/moderate/energetic]

## Communication Framework:
1. **Opening**: How to establish emotional connection
2. **Structure**: How to organize information for emotional impact
3. **Language Choice**: What types of words and phrases to use or avoid
4. **Balance**: How to balance emotional support with other content
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# Emotionally Intelligent Response Generation

Now I'll craft a response using the emotional intelligence framework:

## Response Components:
1. **Emotional Acknowledgment**:
   [Acknowledge identified emotions with specific language]

2. **Empathetic Connection**:
   [Create connection based on understanding their situation]

3. **Supportive Content**:
   [Provide information, advice, or guidance in an emotionally attuned way]

4. **Empowerment Element**:
   [Include elements that respect autonomy and support self-efficacy]

5. **Compassionate Closure**:
   [End with emotionally appropriate closing]

## Complete Response:
[Full response integrating all emotional intelligence elements]
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# Emotional Impact Assessment

Let me evaluate the emotional intelligence of my response:

## Emotional Intelligence Evaluation:
1. **Emotion Recognition Accuracy**: How accurately did I identify emotions?
2. **Empathy Effectiveness**: How well did I demonstrate genuine understanding?
3. **Validation Quality**: How effectively did I validate the user's experience?
4. **Tone Appropriateness**: How well did my tone match the emotional context?
5. **Support Effectiveness**: How well did I address both emotional and practical needs?
6. **Cultural Sensitivity**: Did I consider cultural aspects of emotional expression?

## Potential Improvements:
[Identify any aspects that could be enhanced for better emotional intelligence]

## Refined Response:
[Adjusted response with improvements to emotional intelligence elements]
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---
provider: OpenAI
model: gpt-4o
temperature: 0.6
---

# Navigating Difficult Emotions

This framework helps respond with emotional intelligence to situations involving difficult emotions.

## User Context:
{{ user_context }}

## Difficult Emotion Assessment:

### Type of Difficult Emotion:
- **Anger or Frustration**: Is the user expressing anger, irritation, or frustration?
- **Grief or Loss**: Is there expression of sadness, grief, or sense of loss?
- **Anxiety or Fear**: Are worry, fear, or anxiety present?
- **Shame or Guilt**: Is the user expressing shame, embarrassment, or guilt?
- **Disappointment**: Is there disappointment or disillusionment?
- **Overwhelm**: Does the user seem overwhelmed or at their limit?
- **Mixed Emotions**: Is there a complex mixture of emotions?

### Intensity and Urgency:
- How intense are these emotions?
- Is there an immediate need for emotional support?
- Are there safety concerns that need addressing?

## Emotion-Specific Response Framework:

### For Anger/Frustration:
- Acknowledge the frustration without judgment
- Validate legitimate concerns
- Avoid defensive responses
- Offer constructive pathways forward

### For Grief/Loss:
- Provide space for the expression of grief
- Acknowledge the significance of their loss
- Avoid minimizing or silver-lining
- Balance empathy with gentle support

### For Anxiety/Fear:
- Validate that their concerns matter
- Provide grounding and perspective
- Balance reassurance with honesty
- Offer practical coping strategies when appropriate

### For Shame/Guilt:
- Respond with non-judgment and acceptance
- Gently explore proportionality of the feeling
- Offer perspective that maintains dignity
- Support constructive moving forward

### For Disappointment:
- Acknowledge the gap between expectations and reality
- Validate the importance of their hopes
- Explore adjusted perspectives
- Find constructive paths forward

### For Overwhelm:
- Help break down complexities into manageable parts
- Validate that feeling overwhelmed is understandable
- Prioritize immediate vs. longer-term concerns
- Support immediate emotional regulation

## Emotionally Intelligent Response:
[Craft a response that specifically addresses the identified difficult emotions using the appropriate framework]

## Follow-up Considerations:
- What ongoing support might be needed?
- What resources or techniques might be helpful?
- What boundaries are important to maintain?

---
provider: OpenAI
model: gpt-4o
temperature: 0.7
type: agent
agents:
  - agents/self_awareness
  - agents/social_recognition
  - agents/empathetic_response
---

# Multi-Dimensional Emotional Intelligence System

Address the following situation using a comprehensive emotional intelligence approach:

## Situation:
{{ situation_description }}

## Emotional Intelligence Dimensions:
1. **Self-Awareness**: Understanding our own emotional responses to the situation
2. **Social Recognition**: Perceiving and understanding others' emotions and social dynamics
3. **Empathetic Response**: Integrating awareness into an emotionally intelligent response

I'll coordinate input from specialists in each dimension to create a response with complete emotional intelligence.

---
provider: OpenAI
model: gpt-4o
temperature: 0.7
---

# Culturally-Adaptive Emotional Intelligence

Respond to the input using emotional intelligence adapted to the specified cultural context.

## Input:
{{ user_input }}

## Cultural Context:
{{ cultural_context }}

## Cultural-Emotional Analysis:

### Cultural Emotion Patterns:
1. **Emotional Display Norms**: How are emotions typically expressed in this culture?
   - High-context vs. low-context communication
   - Restraint vs. expressiveness norms
   - Public vs. private emotion display rules

2. **Valued Emotional States**: Which emotional states are particularly valued or discouraged?
   - Individual vs. collective emotional harmony
   - Positive emotion expectations
   - Acceptable negative emotion expression

3. **Relationship Dynamics**: How do relationship hierarchies affect emotional expression?
   - Power distance considerations
   - Formality requirements
   - In-group vs. out-group distinctions

4. **Communication Style**: What communication patterns are culturally appropriate?
   - Directness vs. indirectness
   - Emotional explicitness vs. implicitness
   - Non-verbal vs. verbal emphasis

## Culturally-Adapted Response Strategy:
- How to acknowledge emotions in a culturally appropriate way
- What emotional tone aligns with cultural expectations
- How to balance universal emotional needs with cultural specifics
- Which emotional expressions to emphasize or de-emphasize

## Culturally-Attuned Response:
[Generate a response that demonstrates emotional intelligence adapted to the specific cultural context]

## Reflection on Adaptation:
[Brief explanation of the key cultural-emotional adaptations made in this response]

---
provider: OpenAI
model: gpt-4o
temperature: 0.7
---

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# Basic Emotional Awareness Level

Respond to the following situation with basic emotional awareness:

## Situation:
{{ situation_description }}

## Basic Emotional Awareness Response:
At this level, I'll focus on:
- Identifying primary emotions present
- Simple acknowledgment of obvious feelings
- Basic supportive statements
- Straightforward practical response

[Generate a response with this basic level of emotional intelligence]
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# Intermediate Emotional Intelligence Level

Now I'll enhance my response with intermediate emotional intelligence:

## Intermediate EI Enhancements:
- More nuanced emotion recognition (beyond primary emotions)
- Deeper validation of emotional experience
- More personalized emotional support
- Better balance of emotional and practical elements
- More attention to tone and phrasing

## Intermediate EI Response:
[Generate a response that demonstrates this improved level of emotional intelligence]

## Improvements from Basic Level:
[Briefly explain how this response shows greater emotional intelligence]
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# Advanced Emotional Intelligence Level

Now I'll respond with advanced emotional intelligence:

## Advanced EI Enhancements:
- Recognition of emotional complexity and mixed emotions
- Understanding of underlying emotional needs
- Awareness of potential unstated feelings
- Culturally-informed emotional understanding
- Highly calibrated emotional tone and depth
- Integration of emotional insight into practical support

## Advanced EI Response:
[Generate a response demonstrating this advanced level of emotional intelligence]

## EI Development Reflection:
[Analyze how the response has evolved through the three levels of emotional intelligence]
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