{
 "schema": "aiblocks-page/1",
 "id": "agency-personal-growth-mentor",
 "type": "agent",
 "name": "Personal growth mentor agent",
 "summary": "Turn a vague goal into a plain diagnosis, a 30-day plan and a weekly check-in from a coach that asks first and skips the pep talk.",
 "headline": "Personal growth mentor agent",
 "subhead": "Tell it the goal, what you do today and the limits on your time and energy. It finds the real bottleneck and builds a 30-day plan with one small daily habit. You get a weekly review sheet to bring back next week.",
 "job": {
  "id": "think-and-decide",
  "name": "Think it through and decide"
 },
 "level": "intermediate",
 "thinking": "high",
 "tested": true,
 "updated": "2026-11-03",
 "first_published": "2026-10-26",
 "inputs": [
  {
   "type": "question",
   "required": true,
   "label": "Question",
   "what": "the problem, decision or piece of work you want help with, and what a good outcome looks like"
  },
  {
   "type": "plan",
   "required": false,
   "label": "Plan",
   "what": "a dated plan: what to do, in what order, with a decision rule for each step"
  }
 ],
 "outputs": [
  {
   "type": "plan",
   "required": true,
   "label": "Plan",
   "what": "a dated plan: what to do, in what order, with a decision rule for each step"
  }
 ],
 "you_give": [
  "Your goal in your own words, and the area it sits in, such as career, learning, health habits, money habits or focus.",
  "What you do now, such as your routine, tools, and what has got in the way before.",
  "Your limits, such as hours per week, money, energy and other duties.",
  "A date that matters (optional).",
  "For a weekly check-in, last week's commitments and what happened (optional)."
 ],
 "you_get": [
  "A growth diagnostic with your stated goal, your real goal, your current setup, the main bottleneck, a hidden assumption and the best place to start.",
  "Two to four options with trade-offs, and one recommendation.",
  "A 30-day plan with weekly actions, one small daily habit, a way to measure progress and a sign that the plan is slipping.",
  "A decision table, when you must choose between options.",
  "A weekly review sheet to fill in and paste back.",
  "One next action for the next 24 to 48 hours."
 ],
 "use_when": [
  "You have a goal, such as a career move, a study plan or a fitness habit, and you keep not starting it.",
  "You are torn between two or three paths and want the trade-offs on one page.",
  "You made a plan that fell apart in week two and want to know why.",
  "You want a weekly check-in with an honest coach, with no fluff."
 ],
 "skip_when": [
  "You want help with a mental health condition, medical symptoms or a crisis: please see a qualified professional or call your local emergency number.",
  "You want legal or investment advice: use a qualified lawyer or licensed financial adviser.",
  "You want to review how your work month matched your roles: use the Life goals and time planner.",
  "You want to grow a business or test a marketing idea: use the Growth experiment planner.",
  "You want a quick pep talk or a quote: this agent will not give one."
 ],
 "output_sample": {
  "input": [
   "Your goal in your own words",
   "What you do today and what has got in the way",
   "Your limits on time, money and energy",
   "A date that matters (optional)"
  ],
  "prerequisites": [
   "An AI that reads pasted text, such as Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini"
  ],
  "output": [
   {
    "name": "Growth diagnostic",
    "contains": "Your stated and real goal, your setup, the main bottleneck, a hidden assumption and where to start."
   },
   {
    "name": "Options",
    "contains": "Two to four paths with trade-offs and one recommendation."
   },
   {
    "name": "30-day focus",
    "contains": "The 30-day outcome, weekly actions, a daily habit, a progress measure and a failure signal."
   },
   {
    "name": "Decision table",
    "contains": "A table that compares your options, only when you must choose between them."
   },
   {
    "name": "Next 48 hours",
    "contains": "One specific action, the risk to watch for and a check-in date."
   },
   {
    "name": "Weekly review",
    "contains": "A blank sheet for commitments, results, causes and the next commitment."
   }
  ]
 },
 "output_shape": "GROWTH DIAGNOSTIC: <area>\n  Stated goal <what you said> | Real goal <what your habits suggest>\n  Current setup <habits, place, limits> | Main bottleneck <one limit>\n  Hidden assumption <belief that may be wrong> | Best place to start <smallest change>\n\nOPTIONS\n  <option> | Upside <> | Cost <> | Risk <> | Easy to undo <yes or no>\n  Recommendation <pick> | Reason <one line>\n\n30-DAY FOCUS\n  Direction <long-term aim> | 30-day outcome <measurable>\n  Week 1 <> | Week 2 <> | Week 3 <> | Week 4 <>\n  Daily habit <small and repeatable> | Review measure <how you will check>\n  Failure signal <what shows it is slipping>\n\nNEXT 48 HOURS\n  Action <one step> | Watch for <risk> | Check-in <date>\n\nWEEKLY REVIEW (blank, for next week)\n  Commitment <> | Done <> | Missed <> | Why <> | Change <> | Next commitment <>",
 "how_to_use": [
  "Download the pack. Add it to your AI as a skill, or paste SKILL.md and then references/source-agent.md into a new chat.",
  "Say what you want and what has stopped you. Add your weekly hours and any hard limits. Start with: Diagnose first. Ask me what you need. Do not give a plan yet.",
  "Answer its questions in short lines. If you do not know an answer, say so.",
  "Read the diagnostic first. Fix anything that does not match your life, then ask for the 30-day plan.",
  "Do the next action it names within two days. Then paste the plan back in a week with what happened.",
  "Save the plan and each review in one note. Your AI does not remember between chats."
 ],
 "checks": [
  "The result addresses your actual task and cites the evidence used.",
  "Examples, role-play experience and targets are kept separate from verified results.",
  "Claims of tests, memory, tool access or completed actions match what actually happened."
 ],
 "next": [
  {
   "name": "Personal mission statement writer",
   "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/personal-mission-statement",
   "why": "Decide what to do"
  },
  {
   "name": "Campaign lessons reviewer",
   "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/copy-or-skip-lesson-writer",
   "why": "Decide what to do"
  }
 ],
 "source": {
  "by": "Michael Sitarzewski and Agency Agents contributors",
  "repo": "msitarzewski/agency-agents",
  "url": "https://github.com/msitarzewski/agency-agents/blob/b37b5bb33b78f2c1d6567d98e25ca818e3259219/specialized/personal-growth-mentor.md",
  "licence": "MIT",
  "original_name": "Personal Growth Mentor",
  "commit": "b37b5bb33b78f2c1d6567d98e25ca818e3259219"
 },
 "credits": [
  {
   "title": "Personal Growth Mentor",
   "by": "Michael Sitarzewski and Agency Agents contributors",
   "url": "https://github.com/msitarzewski/agency-agents/blob/b37b5bb33b78f2c1d6567d98e25ca818e3259219/specialized/personal-growth-mentor.md",
   "used": "Original agent profile, preserved in references/source-agent.md; AI Blocks adds setup and review instructions."
  },
  {
   "title": "AI Blocks catalogue guidance",
   "by": "AI Blocks",
   "url": "https://useaiblocks.com",
   "used": "We added Before you start and After this sections that link to other AI Blocks steps. We refreshed those generated sections from the catalogue inputs and next-step links."
  }
 ],
 "files": [
  "LICENSE",
  "references/source-agent.md",
  "SETUP.md",
  "source.json"
 ],
 "links": {
  "page": "https://useaiblocks.com/agents/agency-personal-growth-mentor",
  "markdown": "https://useaiblocks.com/agents/agency-personal-growth-mentor.md",
  "json": "https://useaiblocks.com/agents/agency-personal-growth-mentor.json",
  "instructions": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/agency-personal-growth-mentor/SKILL.md",
  "download": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/agency-personal-growth-mentor.zip",
  "api_item": "https://useaiblocks.com/api/v1/items/agency-personal-growth-mentor",
  "api_document": "https://useaiblocks.com/api/v1/documents/agent/agency-personal-growth-mentor",
  "mcp": "https://useaiblocks.com/mcp"
 }
}