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52 lines
2.6 KiB
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# Welcome Email for a New Hermes User
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Triggered when the main user asks for a welcome email to be sent to someone they provisioned a Hermes VPS for.
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## Drafting process
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1. Write the draft and email it to the main user for review first (BCC them)
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2. Iterate on corrections per the email style guide
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3. After approval, send to the new user's email
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## Content sections
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1. **H2 "Welcome to Hermes, [Name]." + `---` per style guide**
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2. **H3 "What Hermes Is"** — one paragraph about the personal AI agent concept
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3. **H3 "What We've Built"** — ordered list (1., 2., 3.) of real examples from the main user's experience
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4. **H3 "Email"** — ask about their email (e.g. Yahoo). Include "Permission required" statement: no action taken without explicit instruction.
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5. **H3 "Backup & Safety"** — unordered list of backup layers
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6. **H3 "Getting Started with Telegram"** — three numbered steps: create bot via BotFather, get user ID, reply with info
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7. **H3 "Commands"** — unordered list of Telegram commands
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8. **H3 "Server Details"** — minimal: primary model provided by main user, backup model built in. NO IP, NO SSH, NO ports.
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9. Close with Sho'Nuff signature (random closing)
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## Formatting rules
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- **Headings:** H2 for title + `---`, H3 for sections only. No H4+.
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- **Bold lead-ins** for every body paragraph (e.g. "**Yahoo access.** If you would like...")
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- **Ordered lists** for ranked/sequential items (What We've Built examples)
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- **Unordered lists** for grouped items (backup layers, commands)
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- **No em dashes (—).** Hyphens (-) only.
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- **No contractions.** I am, I will, do not, you would (not I'm, I'll, don't, you'd)
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- **No "e.g."** Use "example:"
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- **No exposed URLs.** Wrap as `[Action Description](URL)`
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- **Professional, scannable.** Whitespace between sections. Find anything in <3 seconds.
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## Sending
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- Send FROM: shonuff@germainebrown.com
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- BCC: g@germainebrown.com
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- Both text/plain (raw markdown) and text/html (rendered with real H2/H3 tags) MIME alternatives
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- HTML rendering: apply regex substitutions for ## → `<h2>`, ### → `<h3>`, --- → `<hr>`, ** → `<strong>` on a COPY of the body string (keep plain text untouched)
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- Random closing quote as sign-off (no "Thanks" or "Regards")
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- Random title in signature
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- Embedded base64 character image in signature
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- Signature template at /root/.hermes/references/shonuff-email-signature.html
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## Security boundaries
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- The new user never learns the server IP, SSH access, or local model port
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- The new user never logs into the server directly
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- The main user has emergency SSH access only
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- The welcome email makes this explicit
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