diff --git a/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/apps/CommandHQ/newCommanderGuide.ts b/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/apps/CommandHQ/newCommanderGuide.ts
index 4f8335ef..b4b5c14e 100644
--- a/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/apps/CommandHQ/newCommanderGuide.ts
+++ b/src/workspaces/officerdev/src/apps/CommandHQ/newCommanderGuide.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,20 @@ export const NEW_COMMANDER_GUIDE: GuideSection[] = [
       'TODO: the concrete steps, once the creation flow is settled. This replaces "open the background-job dialog and arm a watcher", which nobody could be expected to guess.',
     ],
   },
+  {
+    // Requested 2026-08-22, deliberately NOT written yet: an example first prompt is a promise about what
+    // the flow accepts, and the flow is being rebuilt. Written now, all three would need rewriting — and a
+    // wrong example is worse than none, because a user copies it and blames themselves when it does not work.
+    //
+    // Two or three, and they should differ in SHAPE rather than in subject: one where the trigger is
+    // obvious, one where it needs a conversation to pin down, one that is plainly not a commander at all so
+    // the boundary is visible.
+    title: 'Examples of a first message',
+    provisional: true,
+    body: [
+      'TODO: two or three example opening prompts, once the creation flow is settled. They are what turns "describe the job" from an instruction into something a first-time user can act on.',
+    ],
+  },
   {
     title: 'While it runs',
     provisional: true,