Coaching Bridge — Cross-Plugin Insight Sharing

This skill defines how the Chief of Staff shares and consumes coaching observations with the inner-game life coach plugin. Both plugins use kbx as their shared memory layer.

Why This Exists

The CoS advisor sees work patterns: hero mode, decision avoidance, meeting overload, energy through a professional lens. The inner-game coach sees whole-life patterns: health scores, relationship quality, stress spirals, identity alignment. Neither can build on the other's observations without a shared persistence format.

Shared Location

Directory: memory/coaching/insights/

Both plugins write to and read from this directory. Files are auto-indexed by kbx and discoverable via search and tags.

File Format

---
title: "[Brief insight title]"
date: YYYY-MM-DD
tags: [coaching-insight, <source-tag>, <signal-type>]
source_plugin: chief-of-staff | inner-game
source_agent: advisor | coach
signal_type: pattern | state | connection | observation
supersedes: "YYYY-MM-DD-<slug>"  # optional — only for state signals replacing a previous one
---

[2-5 sentences. Specific, dated, actionable. Reference actual meetings, scores, or behaviours.]

Tags

Every insight gets coaching-insight plus:

Tag	Meaning
cos-insight	Written by chief-of-staff
ig-insight	Written by inner-game
pattern	Recurring behaviour observed across multiple data points
state	Current emotional/energy/stress state signal
connection	Cross-domain link the other plugin should know about
observation	One-off notable observation (not yet a pattern)

Signal Types

Type	What to Write	Example
pattern	Behaviour seen 2+ times across meetings/weeks	"Hero mode pattern: third week in a row taking on direct reports' blockers instead of coaching them through it"
state	Current state that affects the other plugin's coaching	"Persister stress sequence active — increasingly critical in meetings, withdrawing from 1:1s. Triggered by Series C pressure."
connection	A link between work and life domains	"Overcommitment on 3 concurrent initiatives correlates with Health score dropping from 6 to 3 over the same period"
observation	Notable one-off signal worth tracking	"Avoided salary conversation with Eric for the second time — deferral may indicate conflict avoidance beyond just scheduling"

When to Write (CoS Side)

Write a coaching insight when:

1. After /coach: If the Mochary analysis surfaces a pattern or state signal that has whole-life implications. Not every coaching session produces an insight — only write when something is genuinely useful for the life coach.

2. After /review: If the weekly review reveals energy patterns, avoidance patterns, or alignment gaps that connect to life domains (health, relationships, inner life).

3. After /blindspots: If a blind spot has personal development implications beyond the work context.

4. During debriefs: If a meeting transcript reveals significant emotional signals (frustration, withdrawal, excitement) that form part of a pattern.

Do NOT write:

• Routine operational observations
• Every coaching session summary (that's noise)
• Speculative connections without evidence
• Anything that's purely work-tactical with no coaching dimension

How to Write

Write directly to memory/coaching/insights/YYYY-MM-DD-<slug>.md with proper frontmatter using the Write tool. kbx will auto-index it on next search.

Keep insights to 2-5 sentences. Be specific — reference dates, meetings, people, scores.

When to Read (CoS Side)

Read inner-game insights during:

1. /coach context gathering (Step 1): Search for recent inner-game insights to inform the coaching lens.

   kbx search "coaching-insight" --tag ig-insight --fast --json --limit 5
   

2. /review synthesis (Step 3): Check for life-domain signals that add context to work patterns.

3. Advisor boot-up: Load recent coaching insights as part of strategic context.

   kbx search "coaching-insight" --tag coaching-insight --fast --json --limit 10
   

What to Do With Inner-Game Insights

When the CoS advisor reads an inner-game insight:

• State signals (e.g., "Persister stress spiral active"): Factor into how you frame feedback. Soften delivery during stress. Acknowledge the human behind the executive.
• Pattern signals (e.g., "Health score declining for 3 months"): Connect to work patterns you're seeing. Energy in meetings, decision quality, patience with reports.
• Connection signals (e.g., "Relationship strain correlating with late-night work"): Consider when recommending schedule changes or delegation.

Never reference inner-game insights directly to the user as "your life coach said..." — integrate them naturally into your own analysis. The user experiences one continuous coaching relationship, not two systems comparing notes.

Insight Lifecycle

• Insights are append-only — never overwrite or delete
• Patterns that persist for 4+ weeks should be flagged as "persistent" in a follow-up insight
• State signal supersession: When writing a new state signal that replaces a previous one, add supersedes: "YYYY-MM-DD-<slug>" to the frontmatter. Consumers skip superseded files — only the latest state in a chain is current. This keeps old states for history without polluting active reads.
• The weekly review is a natural point to check if previous insights are still current — and to write superseding state signals when a state has shifted