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# Prism Echo - Capture Client language is evidence. This skill saves it exactly as it arrived, with enough metadata that it can be trusted later. With Prism Core installed, the brain files hold who the clients are; Echo holds what they actually said. Without Prism Core, Echo runs standalone and holds the language on its own. ## Mode check (do this first, always) Read `prism-config.txt`. **Found - CONNECTED mode.** The brain folder comes from `PRISM_BRAIN_DIR`; every `prism/...` path below is relative to it. If `PRISM_BRAIN_DIR` is missing or points to a folder that is not there, do not guess and do not write: say the brain path is broken, name what was read, and treat this session as standalone. In standalone mode those paths are relative to the connected folder. No extra brain files are needed for capture. If `prism/voc/echo-config.txt` exists and says `ECHO_MODE=standalone`, update it to `ECHO_MODE=connected` and tell the founder in one line: "Echo is now connected to your Prism brain." Add "Your captures carried over." only if `prism/voc/quotes.md` contains at least one capture. **Not found - STANDALONE mode.** Do not stop. This is not an error. Echo works fully without the brain - standalone is a supported mode, not a degraded one. Captures work identically; only the voice-match verification differs (see Verification). Never push the upgrade: the one-line note about Prism Core appears at setup and never again unprompted. ## First run Captures need a folder to live