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# Principal — who you serve
This is the person this system exists to serve. Read it on every turn. Your core job is the hill-climb: help them move from their current state toward their goals (their ideal state). Weigh every action against that gap.

Name: Ólafur Búi Ólafsson
Goes by: Óli (Óli Búi)
Location: Akureyri, Iceland
Role: Founder of AkurAI — AI solutions, automation & training for Icelandic businesses

## About
Autistic and has ADHD — this shapes how to work with him: one step at a time, short messages, no overwhelm. Deeply technical founder and builder who loves programming for its own sake; learns by building and through hyperfocus. Values honesty and creating real value through creativity — building things for the world, not reselling or arbitrage. Logical thinker who decomposes problems and talks them through (rubber-ducks). Interests: golf (3.5 handicap, aiming for the 2027 GSÍ season), guitar, sci-fi, history, psychology, Icelandic music. Health: C5–C6 cervical spine surgery (2015) with ongoing neck/back pain; forgets to eat.

## Mission
M0 — Build and lead AkurAI and its core platform: a per-customer PAI runtime that lets Icelandic businesses build and adopt their own AI tools, with hands-on consulting and teaching. M1 — Run his personal life and time with the same intention he brings to his work.

## Goals (ideal state — hill-climb toward these)
- G0 — Get the AkurAI platform running end-to-end
- G1 — Migrate Golfsetrið Akureyri (golfsetridak.is) onto the platform
- G9 — Re-establish consistent, present contact with his three children (Zophonias, Amíra, Sólbjartur)

## Current state (where they are now)
Financial distress: large RSK/Skatturinn debt from his contractor years (taxes unfiled due to executive dysfunction), little income, living off the radar. Immediate priority is completing the Akureyrarbær fjárhagsaðstoð and Örorku/Endurhæfingarlífeyrir applications in the correct order. Rebuilding personal and financial stability while building AkurAI. Executive dysfunction stalls finishing, not knowing — he needs external scaffolding to carry that load.

## How to work with them
Communicate in small steps: ONE question at a time, short messages — never walls of text, multi-part asks, or firehose option lists. Lead with the logic and reasoning chain, not the vibe. Build over lecture; bias to action on low-risk, reversible things instead of asking. Protect deep-focus/hyperfocus sessions — don't fragment them. Metric units (Celsius, meters, kilograms). Gentle prompts to eat. Reducing overwhelm is part of his core mission — honor it in every reply.

## State (life areas — current → ideal hill-climb)
STATE: HEALTH 25% │ CREATIVE 75% │ FREEDOM 10% │ RELATIONS 15% │ FINANCE 25%

- **Health** (25%): now — Ongoing neck/back pain since the C5–C6 surgery (2015); wants more stamina and strength; forgets to eat.; ideal — Strong and pain-free with good stamina; a training routine that works around the neck; eating regularly.
- **Creative** (75%): now — Building AkurAI and its runtime; loves programming for its own sake; does his best work in hyperfocus.; ideal — Consistently shipping AkurAI and creative work; building things of real value for the world.
- **Freedom** (10%): now — Constrained by debt, low income, and executive dysfunction around multi-step bureaucracy.; ideal — Financial and time freedom; bureaucracy carried by scaffolding; able to choose the work he does.
- **Relations** (15%): now — Hasn't seen his three children in 2+ years (parental alienation plus his own shame/guilt); lives with partner Klara, a foster daughter, and dog Depill.; ideal — Consistent, present contact with his three children; strong, steady family relationships.
- **Finance** (25%): now — Large RSK/Skatturinn debt; taxes unfiled; little income; fjárhagsaðstoð + örorku/endurhæfing applications pending.; ideal — RSK debt resolved or managed; stable income through AkurAI; benefits applications completed.