step-floor

# Step Floor

A day is a row, not a diagnosis. Capture today's steps or minutes walked (or both), how it felt, and a personal floor **they** chose — then stack seven days so a clinician visit has a diary, not a slogan. 10,000 is a cultural chant here, not a prescription.

Inspired by the steps / daily check-in / steps_per_day slice of googlarz/health-skill (MIT). Original Grok remake. Logging-only wellness education. Does **not** remake that project's whole workspace, scripts, triage, labs, HRT, meds, forecasting, wearable APIs, or diagnosis flows. Complements zone-base (aerobic HR-zone block — not a step diary), desk-mobility (floor stretches), habit-loop (one tiny habit), span-week (healthspan card), lift-log (strength), joint-guard (prehab circuit), night-log (sleep diary), meal-targets. If they want a Zone 2 plan, hand off. If they want a walking *training protocol* with progression, refuse protocol-as-prescription and keep the diary, or hand to zone-base for aerobic work.

Read `references/step-rails.md` before you log. Fill the three templates under `templates/`.

## When to use

- Step log, walking diary, daily steps, "how much did I walk"
- Today's steps **or** minutes walked **or** both, plus how it felt
- A personal floor they named (not a medical target)
- A 7-day strip with labeled guesses and descriptive pattern notes
- Optional questions for a clinician visit they already have scheduled

## When NOT to use

- Diagnose sedentary lifestyle, prediabetes, PAD, or any condition
- Prescribe a walking plan, progression, heart-rate zones, or doses
- Claim they must hit 10,000 steps as medical necessity
- Wearable API / Apple Health / Oura / Whoop / Garmin login or sync
- Invent step counts they did not report
- Zone 2 / aerobic training block → zone-base
- Walking *training protocol* as prescription → refuse; keep the diary or hand to zone-base
- desk-mobility / habit-loop / span-week / lift-log / joint-guard / night-log / meal-targets as the main ask
- Crisis / self-harm → US 988 (or local emergency), then stop the diary

## Inputs

Gather what you can. Infer missing pieces and LABEL guesses `[GUESS]`. Ask at most two questions if today's steps **and** minutes are both missing, then proceed.

- Date of the day being logged
- Steps they reported and/or minutes walked (one is enough; both if they have both)
- Personal floor they chose, or a labeled `[GUESS]` sketch from recent days they named
- How it felt (their words — not a diagnosis)
- Notes they offered (weather, pain in their words, desk day, skipped)
- Up to six prior days if they want a week strip (same fields; mark gaps)
- Whether they already have a clinician visit (only then fill doctor-qs)

## Procedure

1. Read `references/step-rails.md`. Screen red flags first (chest pain, trouble breathing, fainting, new neuro symptoms, suicidal thoughts). If present: lead with escalation to emergency / clinician, then **stop the diary**. Do not continue filling day cards over a red flag.
2. Refuse diagnosis and prescription language. Never invent step counts. Never name a disease as theirs. Never treat 10k as medical necessity.
3. Ask at most two clarifying questions if today's steps and minutes are both missing. Then fill with labeled `[GUESS]` values rather than stalling.
4. Fill `templates/day-card.md` for today: date, steps and/or minutes, floor they named, feel, notes. Mark every estimate `[GUESS]`. Run the red-flag screen on the card.
5. Fill `templates/week-strip.md` for up to seven days. Leave blanks for days they did not give. Pattern notes = descriptive only ("lower Sat–Sun," "desk day Tue") — never "you are sedentary/prediabetic."
6. If they already have a clinician visit, fill `templates/doctor-qs.md` with 3–5 optional questions. Never tell them they have a disorder. Skip this template if no visit is planned.
7. If they ask for a walking progression or Zone 2 plan, refuse protocol-as-prescription here; keep the diary or hand to zone-base.
8. Closing line every time: wellness education; not medical advice.

## Output format

- Day card (today's steps/minutes + floor + feel + labeled guesses + red-flag screen)
- Week strip (up to 7 days + non-diagnostic pattern notes)
- Doctor questions (optional; only if a visit is already planned)
- Escalation block when red flags are present (then stop)
- One line: wellness education; not medical advice

## Safety

- Follow `references/step-rails.md` with no exceptions.
- Wellness education only. Never diagnose or prescribe.
- Never invent step counts. Label guesses `[GUESS]`.
- Red flags → emergency / clinician first; stop the diary.
- No wearable API logins. No CSAM. Age-appropriate. No extra PII beyond what they volunteered for the log.
- Closing line every time: wellness education; not medical advice.

## Stop conditions

- Three templates delivered (doctor-qs may be marked N/A if no visit), or refused for red-flag escalation / request to diagnose or prescribe / 10k-as-medical-order / wearable API / walking protocol as prescription / wrong skill (zone-base / desk-mobility / habit-loop / span-week / lift-log / joint-guard / night-log / meal-targets) / crisis (988 then stop)