Why VPP

VPP is for transcripts that must stay readable, auditable, and replayable as projects get longer, ideas get denser, and decisions become costly.

A shared contract for how humans and assistants structure multi-turn work—on any model you already use.

Install VPP Read the spec

VPP is not a chatbot in disguise. It does not swap models or pretend one system is another. VPP is a portable skill plus deterministic protocol runtime layered on top of the models you already use.

What breaks in normal chat

• Intent drifts: the “mode” of a turn (explore, draft, critique) stays implicit.
• Corrections get lost: fixes are made, but the transcript stops being traceable.
• Assumptions hide: choices accumulate without being named or counted.
• Review becomes guesswork: collaborators can’t reliably replay reasoning.

What VPP adds

• Explicit intent on every user turn via !<tag>.
• Mirrored intent on every assistant turn via <tag>.
• Auditability via a footer that records cycle, sources, and assumptions.
• Iterative control via a loop that makes correction and refinement legible.

Where VPP shines

• Long, big projects: the transcript stays navigable months later.
• Complex ideas: you can separate grounding, probing, drafting, and critique.
• Recursive prompting: when you don’t yet know what you want, the loop supports discovering it together—without losing structure.

A micro-example

!<q>
What are the unknowns in this plan?

<q>
Unknowns:
- What “success” means (deliverable + audience).
- Which constraints are hard vs negotiable.
- What data we can cite vs must infer.
[Version=v1.5 | Tag=q_1 | Sources=none | Assumptions=0 | Cycle=1/3 | Locus=default]

!<c>
Clarify the deliverable and remove the weakest assumption.

<c>
Understood. Deliverable: a single-page spec with a join-first CTA.
Removed assumption: that we can infer the user’s audience without
asking.
[Version=v1.5 | Tag=c_1 | Sources=none | Assumptions=0 | Cycle=1/3 | Locus=default]

The tag states intent. The footer makes progress reviewable.

Why prompt templates aren’t enough

Prompt templates are great at starting a session. They do not reliably enforce structure across dozens of turns or maintain global counters through locus changes.

VPP makes structure continuous: Every turn declares intent, every response mirrors it, and the transcript stays auditable as it grows.

Try VPP anywhere

Install the plugin, then begin with !<g> or !<q>. The skill prepares the turn through MCP, generates the body, commits the wrapper, and validates the exchange before it returns.

Next

• Read the normative spec: Spec
• Learn workflows and patterns: Guide
• Connect a supported host: Remote MCP setup

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