[gwd]

> I say "My values are [ ], and I want to make sure when I do things they are aligned."

> And then later, I will say "I did this today, how does that align with the values I mentioned earlier?" [and we talk]

That's a prompt; and one I don't think I would have tried, even from your first post.

Prompting overall is still quite experimental. There are patterns that generally work, but you often have to just try several different approaches. If you find a prompt works well, it's worth sharing.