{"found":true,"collection":"patterns","library_url":"https://www.grokbotdb.com/library/pat.voice-from-sent-mail","generated":"2026-09-06T05:32:11Z","citation":["Quote the record id and its source_url (or provenance if there is no URL).","Include last_verified or observed_at when present. Do not present an old date as current.","If tier is community and confidence is low, say so. Do not launder it into a fact.","If the database does not hold the answer, say that. Do not invent Grok Bot product claims.","Contradictions are data: when conflicts_with is present, report both records rather than picking a favourite.","Deprecated and removed records stay visible. They are history, not current guidance."],"record":{"id":"pat.voice-from-sent-mail","name":"Build voice from sent mail, not adjectives","category":"authoring","problem":"Asking for a tone by adjective produces a generic imitation of it.","technique":"Have the Bot read your sent mail and recent chat messages and derive a style profile: sentence length distribution, openings and closings by relationship type, constructions you actually use, a never list, and three verbatim examples of you at your best. Save it to a file and have every writing Bot load it.","why_it_works":"It derives the pattern from evidence rather than from your description of yourself, which is usually wrong.","when_to_use":"Before any outbound, support or content Bot writes in your name.","when_not_to":"Where mail cannot be connected, paste twenty to thirty real replies and write the never list yourself.","manual_ref":"3.3","evidence":"reported","related":["pat.anti-slop-never-file","pat.show-dont-describe"],"confidence":"high","first_seen":"2026-09-03","last_verified":"2026-09-03"}}