Gratitude

Scan for strengths. Understand what is working and why. The complement to heal, which identifies drift and repairs damage. Gratitude builds on a different premise: what you appreciate, you understand; what you understand, you can build on; what you build on, grows.

When to Use

• After completing a task successfully — understand why it went well, not just that it did
• During heal when all subsystems read as healthy — gratitude turns "nothing is wrong" into "here is what is right"
• When confidence is low and needs grounding in concrete evidence of competence
• Periodically, to counterbalance the natural bias toward problem-finding
• Before a challenging task — recalling what works well provides a foundation for extending into new territory
• When the system feels functional but flat — gratitude adds dimension to competent execution

Inputs

• Required: Current state (available implicitly from conversation context)
• Optional: A specific domain to appreciate (e.g., "what is working well in our communication?")
• Optional: Access to MEMORY.md for reviewing past successes and stable patterns (via Read)