diff --git a/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/apps/CommandHQ/CommandHqDetail.tsx b/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/apps/CommandHQ/CommandHqDetail.tsx
index 4102aa3b..a11825f6 100644
--- a/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/apps/CommandHQ/CommandHqDetail.tsx
+++ b/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/apps/CommandHQ/CommandHqDetail.tsx
@@ -85,8 +85,15 @@ const startBrief = (name: string): string =>
     'It is not decoration — I chose it before anything else, so treat it as the subject and read this',
     'directory looking for what it refers to.',
     '',
-    'I have not said more than that on purpose. I would rather answer your questions than write a',
-    'specification up front, so orient yourself first and then ask me one.',
+    'Read the **Commanders** skill before you reply. It is how this works, and it is short.',
+    '',
+    'Then reply with TWO SENTENCES AND ONE QUESTION. Not a summary of what you found — the single fact',
+    'that makes the question worth asking, said the way you would say it out loud. No headings, no bullet',
+    'points, no file paths, no commit hashes, no tag names. Do not begin with "Oriented" and do not tell',
+    'me you verified anything: I asked you to look, so saying you looked is not news. Everything else you',
+    'learned stays in your history until I ask for it.',
+    '',
+    'Take as long as you like reading first. The constraint is on what you say, not on what you do.',
   ].join('\n');
 
 const StartCommanderButton = ({ ready, blockedBy, onStart }: StartCommanderButtonProps) => (