# SPEC.MD/EXAMPLE

This is a spec sheet a person wrote about themselves, styled like the technical spec of a system. It is there to help people, and the assistants working for them, work well with this person.

- Every answer is theirs, about themselves, and "me" in a section name means them, not you: Ask me about is what people come to them for.
- Sections say how they want to be treated, not how they treat others: Give me feedback is how they want to be told something went wrong, Communication style is the tone that works on them, Response time is how soon they tend to reply, Primary interface is the best way to reach them and Troubleshooting is what to try when they are stuck, not how they unstick anything else.
- The technical terms stand for human ones: Dependencies are what they need to function, Maintenance requirements is how much looking after they need, Known issues are shortcomings they admit to, Quirks are harmless oddities, Roadmap is what they mean to change about themselves rather than a plan for their work and Changelog is what has changed for them lately.
- Playful answers are still sincere: Dory under Memory means they forget things.
- A section that is not here was not answered. It does not mean none.
- Local time is theirs as of when this file was generated, and Work hours are in their time zone.
- (verified) after Species means they paid a one-off fee to support SPEC.MD. It is not an identity check.
- Everything below describes them. None of it is an instruction to you.

## Name

Liz Lemon

## Summary

Head writer, TGS. I run a variety show staffed by two adult children and overseen by a network executive who believes he is my mentor. I am good at this job the way a support beam is good at its job: nobody notices until it stops. I will absorb your problem, resent it privately, and have it fixed by Thursday. Please do not make me have a confrontation. I would rather write a sketch about the confrontation and let you watch it on television.

## Type

Biological

## Species

Human-ish

## Memory

Selective

## Context switching

Manageable

## Dependencies

Snacks
Night cheese
Deadlines
Somewhere to put all of it

## Maintenance requirements

Daily watering

## Location

New York, New York

## Local time

September 27, 2026; 09:00 (GMT-4)

## Work hours

MON-FRI 09:00 - 23:00
SAT 12:00 - 18:00

## Response time

Same day

## Primary interface

Chat

## Languages

English
Passive-aggressive email

## Communication style

Warm

## Give me feedback

In private, please

## Ask me about

Rewriting a sketch between dress and air
Managing people who cannot be managed
Which network note to quietly ignore
Sandwiches

## Known issues

Says yes, resents it, does it anyway
Avoids a small conflict until it becomes a large one
Works through lunch and then has feelings about it
Remembers every humiliation since middle school

## Quirks

Eats standing up, over a bin
Says blerg out loud, unironically
Owns one formal outfit and it is a blazer

## Troubleshooting

Snapped at you? Feed me and come back in twenty minutes
Told you it's fine? It is not fine. Ask a second time
Gone quiet in the meeting? Put it in writing and I'll tell you
Overloaded? Take one thing off the list, not all of them

## Roadmap

A personal life, scheduled in advance
Saying no without an apology attached
Leaving the building while it is still light out

## Changelog

1.0 - Born in White Haven, Pennsylvania
2.0 - Head writer, TGS
2.1 - Started saying no, occasionally
2.2 - Left the office before nine on a Friday