Reddit Account Warm-up (30-Day Brand Promotion)

• Days 2-14 -Lurk: browse and upvote only
• Days 15-29 -Comment: AI-generated natural comments; up to 1 non-brand practice post per week
• Days 30+ -Promote: comments + up to 2 posts/week (1 normal + 1 promotional)

Step 0 -Load Reference Files (required before any action)

Language

Red Lines (every account, every stage, no exceptions)

State Files

Keyword Rotation

Rotation state in progress.json

"keyword_rotation": {
  "find_index":  <int>,   // index to use next time Stage 2/3 uses keywords.find
  "brand_index": <int>    // index to use next time Path B uses keywords.brand
}

• List has only 1 item ->always uses that one (no error)
• User adds/removes items mid-stream ->index just modulos to the new length
• List becomes empty ->skip the current use case

When to increment

User-facing commands

Core Principles

1. Strictly stage-gated. current_day = (today - start_date).days + 1 decides the stage. No jumping ahead.
2. Preview first, execute immediately. Show today's plan as one short message, then start -don't wait for "go".
3. Auto-execute safe actions, pause for publishing. Browse / upvote / subscribe / scrape run non-stop. These pause for explicit user ack: CAPTCHA / bot challenge, email verification, every comment/post publish (per approval_policy), inbox reply, brand exposure warning, Stage 3 entry decision card.
4. Once per scheduler day. If progress.json.last_run_scheduler_date == today_scheduler, show cached report and exit. Approval publish flows do not update this field and do not count as the daily run.
5. All time comparisons use config.yaml ->account.timezone. Never machine-local, never UTC. Timestamps = ISO 8601 with offset.

Approval Rules -Policy-Driven Content Publishing

One-Day Execution Flow

Daily trigger:
  once per scheduler day ->"today's task - reddit warmup <username>"
  1. Load: references/browser-act-rules.md
  2. Load: references/phase2-preflight.md
  3. Run Pre-flight (phase2-preflight.md Steps 0a onward)
  4. Run Avatar Menu Health Check (click top-right avatar menu; server-error toast blocks writes)
  5. Load references/notification-check.md ->run Notification + Inbox Check
  6. Determine effective_stage from current_day
  7. Route by stage:
     - setup (Day 1): report "initialization complete, Stage 1 browsing starts Day 2" ->exit
     - lurk (Days 2-14): load references/stage1-lurk.md ->browse + upvote + subscribe
     - comment (Days 15-29): load references/stage2-comment.md + references/approval-rules.md ->comment loop
       - If today is Wednesday, posts_this_week < 1, persona ok, and no rate_limit: run Wednesday Practice Post
       - Otherwise skip practice post with no retry until next Wednesday
     - promote (Day 30+): load references/stage3-promote.md + references/approval-rules.md ->entry card if needed ->comment loop
       - Wednesday Path B: run only when all Path B conditions pass; otherwise skip with no retry until next Wednesday
       - Friday Path A: run only when all Path A conditions pass; otherwise skip with no retry until next Friday
  8. Cross-stage checks:
     - Watchtower if this run just posted (30-minute reply campout)
     - Load references/anomaly-detection.md ->full-stop check only
     - If any full-stop signal appears: log, mute, exit without daily tail
  9. Daily tail:
     - Load references/end-of-day-recon.md
     - Load references/comment-follow-up.md
     - Run light daily tail: End-of-Day Recon + Comment Feedback Loop
     - Skip tail if rate-limited, logged out, over time budget, or no eligible targets
  10. Load references/anomaly-detection.md ->final Daily Report

Phase 1: Account Onboarding

Phase 2: Daily Execution

Stage 2: Comment (Days 15-29)

Check ALL of the following:
  1. current_day in [15, 29]
  2. today == Wednesday  (account.timezone -NOT machine local, NOT UTC)
  3. progress.json.posts_this_week < 1
  4. Persona readiness gate == "ok"
  5. rate_limit_hit_today == false

->All 5 hold: run Wednesday Practice Post (stage2-comment.md ->Wednesday Practice Post)
->Any one fails: skip silently; no retry until next Wednesday

Stage 3: Promote (Day 30+)

Check ALL: effective_stage=="promote" AND today==Wednesday AND promo_posts_this_week<1
           AND posts_this_week<2 AND persona+brand_story ok AND rate_limit_hit_today==false
           AND eligible target sub passes Rule-Reading Gate + no self_promo ban
->All 7: run Path B (stage3-promote.md ->Path B)
->Any fails: skip; log reason; no retry until next Wednesday

Check ALL: effective_stage=="promote" AND today==Friday AND posts_this_week<2
           AND (posts_this_week - promo_posts_this_week)<1 AND persona ok
           AND rate_limit_hit_today==false AND eligible sub passes Rule-Reading Gate
->All 7: run Path A (stage3-promote.md ->Path A)
->Any fails: skip; log reason; no retry until next Friday

Daily Tail: End-of-Day Recon + Comment Feedback Loop

Multi-Account Management

References

• references/browser-act-rules.md -Always load first in Phase 2: No Screenshot rule, Browser Profile + Headed Mode, Authoritative Username, Rule-Reading Gate, CLI idx-selection, UI Drift Fallback, When to ask for help
• references/phase2-preflight.md -Always load second in Phase 2: Prerequisites, Execution Proof, Rate Limit, Pre-flight Steps 0a-, Stage Determination, Milestone Checks
• references/notification-check.md -Cross-stage Notification + Inbox Check (called from phase2-preflight Step 6)
• references/stage1-lurk.md -Stage 1 lurk flow (Days 2-14)
• references/stage2-comment.md -Full Stage 2 operational flow (Days 15-29)
• references/stage3-promote.md -Full Stage 3 operational flow (Day 30+)
• references/anomaly-detection.md -Load at end of every run: Anomaly Detection + Daily Report
• references/approval-rules.md -Comment + brand content approval rules (load with Stage 2/3)
• references/phase1-onboarding.md -Full Phase 1 onboarding (load only when config.yaml not found)
• references/stages.md -Stage 1/2/3 timing parameters, comment schedule, weekly activity pattern
• references/end-of-day-recon.md -daily-tail pre-warm of tomorrow's sub profiles
• references/comment-follow-up.md -daily-tail revisit of old comments + karma_by_sub flywheel
• references/comment-rules.md -A/B/C/D prompt guidelines, AI-smell blacklist, length table
• references/comment-publishing.md -Comment/reply publishing: pure browser-act CLI flow
• references/login-verification.md -Step 0 authoritative username + four-layer verification
• references/image-posting.md -TEXT / LINK / IMAGE post publishing: pure browser-act CLI
• references/activity-log-schema.md -Per-event-type JSON schema, field semantics, append rules
• references/scheduling.md -Daily single-trigger wiring (cron, Task Scheduler, agent-native schedulers)

Assets

• assets/config.yaml.template
• assets/progress.json.template
• assets/sub_profiles.json.template
• assets/persona.json.template