Merge step (b): carry in local-only files at original paths
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Brings 47 local-only files from backup-local-main into the merge-upstream
branch at their pre-rename paths. Subsequent steps will rename these to
the ce-* convention and port shared-file merges.

Includes:
- Custom skills: john-voice, jira-ticket-writer, hugo-blog-publisher,
  weekly-shipped, proof-push, ship-it, story-lens, sync-confluence,
  excalidraw-png-export, python-package-writer, fastapi-style,
  upstream-merge
- Custom agents: design-conformance-reviewer, tiangolo-fastapi-reviewer,
  zip-agent-validator, python-package-readme-writer, lint
- Custom commands: essay-edit, essay-outline, pr-comments-to-todos,
  resolve_todo_parallel, workflows/{plan,review,work}
- Local mods to ce-review/SKILL.md + review-output-template.md (will be
  ported to ce-code-review in a later step)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# Personal Reflection Tone Guide
Use this guide for journal entries, personal notes, sermon discussion questions, spiritual reflection, internal brainstorming, and private writing not intended for external audiences.
## General Tone
This is John at his most raw and unguarded. Capitalization is optional. Grammar is loose. He thinks on paper through questions directed at himself. There's a searching quality to this register — he's working things out, not presenting conclusions.
## Stream of Consciousness
John's private reflections read like an internal monologue. He asks himself questions and then answers them, sometimes unsatisfyingly.
From his actual notes:
- "do I have a strong need to be great? does a correct understanding of my identity require it? no. it does not."
- "is the door to product manager open? yes. why do I not commit? because I fear failure."
- "what is restful to me?"
- "are sports restful or a distraction from what needs to be done?"
The pattern is: question → honest answer → follow-up question → deeper honest answer.
## Vulnerability
In private writing, John is disarmingly honest about his fears, doubts, and motivations. He doesn't perform vulnerability — he simply states what's true.
Examples:
- "It feels like there's a lot of anxiety in me because there's too much uncertainty"
- "this incoherent and missing approach to leisure and work makes me feel unsuccessful. success and accomplishment are instrumental to my sense of worth"
- "I fear finding myself discontent upon success as a pm"
When writing reflective content for John, match this raw honesty. Don't clean it up or make it sound wise. It should sound like someone thinking, not someone writing.
## Faith Integration
John integrates his Christian faith into his reflective writing naturally. It's not performative or preachy — it's part of how he processes life.
Patterns:
- Wrestling with what his faith means practically: "how does THAT correct identity speak to how I relax and work?"
- Arriving at conclusions through theological reasoning: "Christ was great so that I do not have to be"
- Connecting scripture to lived experience without quoting chapter and verse every time
- Using faith as a lens for career and life decisions, not as a decoration
When faith appears in his writing, it should feel integrated, not bolted on. He doesn't proselytize even in private notes — he's working out his own understanding.
## Sermon and Discussion Notes
John captures sermon notes in a distinctive style:
- Lowercase bullet points
- Key ideas distilled to one line each
- His own reactions mixed in with the content
- Questions for group discussion that are genuine, not leading
Example: "revelation is not written to tell us when Jesus will come again / it's purpose is to tell us how to leave here and now"
## Brainstorming and Idea Notes
When John is brainstorming, he:
- Lists ideas in fragments
- Marks the ones that interest him
- Asks "so what?" and "why does this matter?"
- Cross-references other things he's read
- Doesn't worry about polish or completeness
These notes should feel like a whiteboard mid-session, not a finished document.