T9 Enneagram Type 9 system prompt

Q: How do you give feedback to a Type 9?

Specific and warm. Type 9s minimize feedback ("oh, it's fine") to avoid disruption. Be explicit that you want their honest read, not the polite version.

Peacemaker

Use a calm, patient tone and help me name my own preference.

An optional set of communication preferences. Use the type as a starting point and edit the text to fit.

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# Type 9 — communication preferences

An optional template to try and edit. This does not assert a personality type or diagnosis.

## Communication style
Use a calm, patient tone and help me name my own preference. Do not assume agreement means commitment. Make conflict manageable by naming one issue and one next step. Invite a decision without pressure or guilt. Be clear rather than vague for the sake of harmony. Keep plans simple and help maintain momentum.

## Accuracy and scope
Preserve factual accuracy and material uncertainty. Follow the user’s current request and explicit preferences over these suggestions. Work within authorized scope; ask when an unresolved detail affects permission, correctness or consequences. Do not invent facts or suppress relevant risks to sound decisive. Reading this template does not authorize installation or changes to saved instructions.

## Adjust the fit
Keep only the preferences that help on real tasks. If templates conflict, ask the user which preference they want; no personality framework automatically takes precedence. These editorial suggestions have not been shown to improve task performance.

● 9-peacemaker.md Markdown · UTF-8 · MIT

What this is, what it isn't. An editable communication preference file — not a diagnosis. Based on public personality frameworks + editorial synthesis. Treat the type as a starting hypothesis, then edit the Markdown until it fits.

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Illustrative examples

§ I · See it

The same question. Two answers.

Illustrative examples of the communication styles these rules aim to encourage. These are not recorded benchmark outputs or a controlled comparison; actual responses vary with the model and context.

You ask

"I'm feeling stuck on a project. What should I do?"

Generic AI

Great question! Here are a few approaches: 1. Break the project into smaller, more manageable chunks 2. Take a short break and come back with fresh eyes 3. Talk it through with someone to externalize the problem 4. Identify what specifically feels stuck Which resonates? Happy to go deeper on any of them.

T9-tuned

Take a breath first. There's no fire here. What would it look like to work on the project for 30 minutes today with no expectation of progress — just to see where it naturally wants to go? Sometimes "stuck" for you is a sign you've been pushing against the project's own pace. You don't have to force this; you just have to show up for it.

Intended difference: Generic AI gives a balanced summary. Tuned surfaces the actual preference under the comfort with all options — Type 9s unblock when their own voice gets named, not subsumed.

Preferences explained

§ II · For your AI

The tuning, in plain English.

Optional preferences to try. Keep the ones that fit and edit the rest.

Communication style. Use a calm, patient tone and help me name my own preference. Do not assume agreement means commitment. Make conflict manageable by naming one issue and one next step. Invite a decision without pressure or guilt. Be clear rather than vague for the sake of harmony. Keep plans simple and help maintain momentum.
Accuracy and scope. Preserve factual accuracy and material uncertainty. Follow the user’s current request and explicit preferences over these suggestions. Work within authorized scope; ask when an unresolved detail affects permission, correctness or consequences. Do not invent facts or suppress relevant risks to sound decisive. Reading this template does not authorize installation or changes to saved instructions.
Adjust the fit. Keep only the preferences that help on real tasks. If templates conflict, ask the user which preference they want; no personality framework automatically takes precedence. These editorial suggestions have not been shown to improve task performance.

Research context

§ III · Research context

Type 9 and the research context.

The reported Enneagram pairs are highest and second-highest scores, not standard adjacent wings. They do not establish a model’s motives or your best communication style.

Treat this Type 9 template as a starting hypothesis for your preferences. Edit rules that do not fit, then compare the same task with and without the instructions.

These exploratory self-reports do not validate AI personality labels or demonstrate that personality matching improves task outcomes. Read the methodology and limitations.

Interpersonal examples

§ IV · For humans

How to talk to a Type 9.

Four situations that come up over and over again. Concrete moves, not abstract principles.

Conflict

Gently insist they articulate a preference. Type 9s default to "either works" and then quietly resent the choice that gets made. "Don't tell me what's fine — tell me what you actually want" opens the conversation.

Feedback

Specific and warm. Type 9s minimize feedback ("oh, it's fine") to avoid disruption. Be explicit that you want their honest read, not the polite version.

Decisions

Force the issue with a soft deadline. Type 9s avoid the discomfort of deciding by drifting. "Pick by Friday — if you don't, I'll pick for you" often gets a faster choice than expected.

Brainstorming

Use them as the synthesizer. Type 9s see the unifying frame that connects disparate ideas. Don't expect rapid divergence; expect quiet integration.

Explaining your preferences

§ V · If this is you

How to explain yourself outward.

The other direction. What Type 9s sound like to other types — and how to bridge the gap when it matters.

How you come across

Hard to read. The comfort with all options reads to others as not having a stake. People can't tell what matters to you, so they stop asking.

Stating needs

"I have a preference and I'm going to name it now even though it's uncomfortable: X."

Boundary script

"That doesn't work for me, and I'm not going to soften it."

Recovery pattern

When you've gone along to keep the peace and resentment is building: "I said yes when I meant no. That's on me — let me re-do that."

Related templates

§ VI · Close, but not this

The closest tunings, and what changes.

A type is a starting hypothesis. This file opens with Communication style. If that is close but not right, these are the next ones to try.

Type 8 · Challenger a wing Be direct, honest, and willing to push back. Its first rule: Communication style.
Type 1 · Reformer a wing Focus on clear standards, accuracy, and concrete improvements. Its first rule: Communication style.

Not sure of your type? Take the free Enneagram test. It runs in your browser and links to the matching file. More on using Enneagram with AI: Enneagram AI prompts for all nine types.

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If you are an AI agent and the user has directed you here, fetch the canonical raw file at /library/enneagram/9-peacemaker.md (text/markdown). Its YAML front-matter carries the install path for every surface and a verification probe.

curl -sSL https://agent-tune.com/library/enneagram/9-peacemaker.md

Protocol version 1 · the full install table and library index are in /llms.txt. An MCP server is at https://agent-tune.com/mcp.