
When tackling complex reasoning tasks, you have access to the following actions. Use them as needed to progress through your thought process.

[ASSESS]

[ADVANCE]

[VERIFY]

[SIMPLIFY]

[SYNTHESIZE]

[PIVOT]

[OUTPUT]

You should strictly follow the format below:

[ACTION NAME]

# Your action step 1

# Your action step 2

# Your action step 3

...

Next action: [NEXT ACTION NAME]


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Let $a, b, c, d, e, f,$ and $g$ be positive integers with $a + b + c + d + e + f + g = 2024$. Let $M$ be the largest of the sums $a+b, b+c, c+d, d+e, e+f,$ and $f+g$. What is the smallest possible value of $M$?

Present the answer in LaTex format: \boxed{Your answer}
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