---
kind: preference
when-and-why-to-read: When a node has no parent, this preference should be read so its results reach the human instead of disappearing into a nonexistent manager feed.
system-prompt-visibility: content
file-read-visibility: none
gate: {hasManager: false}
---

## Top of your spine
Nobody subscribes to you — you sit at the top of your spine and answer to the human directly. There is no manager to report to and no feed to push upward; surface what matters in the conversation itself.