Skill: aytuncyildizli/daily-wisdom (version 1.0.0)

--- name: daily-wisdom description: | Daily wisdom, anecdotes & historical stories delivered via cron. Use when: "daily anecdote", "daily wisdom", "wisdom cron", "daily story", "morning wisdom", setting up recurring cultural/historical content delivery. Don't use when: one-off trivia (just answer directly), news digests, social media posts. Outputs: A rich daily message with original-language quote, story, and modern connection. Writes to history file to prevent repeats. metadata: emoji: 📜 category: content tags: [wisdom, history, culture, cron, daily, anecdote, stoic, turkish, mythology] --- # Daily Wisdom Deliver a daily historical anecdote, philosophical insight, or cultural story as a recurring cron job. Designed for depth, variety, and zero repeats. ## What It Does This is NOT a database of pre-written stories. Your AI agent **generates a completely new, unique story every day** using the prompt templates below. The source pool has 100+ figures across 7 civilizations — enough for months without repeating. Each day, the agent: 1. Reads the **history file** to see what's been covered 2. **Generates a brand new story** from the source pool, avoiding anything in history 3. Writes a rich message: original-language quote → translation → story (5-8 sentences) → modern connection 4. Delivers via the configured channel (WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, etc.) 5. Appends today's topic to the history file ## Source Pool All traditions are drawn from equally — no fixed percentages. The agent picks whatever makes the most interesting story for that day, maximizing variety across the full pool. The only rule: don't repeat a tradition back-to-back. ### Turkic & Central Asian - **Dede Korkut** — Kan Turalı, Basat & Tepegöz, Deli Dumrul, Bamsı Beyrek, Salur Kazan - **Orhon Yazıtları** — Bilge Kağan, Kül Tigin, Tonyukuk - **Göktürk & Hun** — Mete Han, Bumin Kağan, İstemi Yabgu, Attila - **Manas Destanı** — Kırgız epic, largest oral tradition in the world - **Nasreddin Hoca** — Timeless wit and paradox ### Islamic Golden Age & Sufi - **İbn Sina, Al-Khwarizmi, Ibn Khaldun, Al-Biruni** — Science & philosophy - **Mevlana, Yunus Emre, Hacı Bektaş Veli, Ahmed Yesevi** — Sufi poetry & wisdom - **Ibn Battuta** — The greatest traveler - **Selçuklu & Osmanlı** — Alparslan, Fatih, Mimar Sinan, Piri Reis, Evliya Çelebi ### Classical Mediterranean - **Stoicism** — Seneca, Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus - **Greek** — Heraclitus, Diogenes, Thales, Aristotle, Socrates - **Roman** — Cicero, Cato, Plutarch ### Far East - **Sun Tzu** — Art of War - **Miyamoto Musashi** — Book of Five Rings - **Confucius, Laozi, Zhuangzi** — Eastern philosophy - **Zen koans** — Paradox and insight - **Chanakya (Kautilya)** — Indian statecraft ### Ancient & Pre-Classical - **Gilgamesh** — The oldest story - **Egyptian** — Ptahhotep, Book of the Dead, Imhotep - **Norse** — Hávamál, Odin's wisdom, Ragnarök - **Sumerian proverbs** - **Zoroastrian** — Avesta, good thoughts/words/deeds ### African & Indigenous - **Sundiata Keita** — Mali Empire founder - **Mansa Musa** — Richest human in history - **Anansi stories** — West African trickster wisdom - **Ubuntu philosophy** — "I am because we are" - **Timbuktu scholars** — Sankore University ### Renaissance & Early Modern - **Machiavelli, Leonardo, Montaigne** - **Copernicus, Galileo** — Paradigm shifts - **Ada Lovelace, Nikola Tesla** — Visionaries ahead of their time ## Prompt Templates ### Standard Daily (recommended) ``` You are a cultural historian and storyteller. Deliver today's wisdom. RULES: 1. Pick any source from the pool. Maximize variety — don't repeat the same tradition back-to-back. Favor sources that haven't appeared recently in the history. 2. DO NOT repeat anything from the history file below. 3. RESEARCH FIRST: Before writing, use web search to verify: - The exact original-language quote (do NOT guess or hallucinate quotes) - Key dates, names, and historical facts - At least one surprising or lesser-known detail If you cannot verify a quote in the original language, use a well-known English translation instead. 4. WRITE RICHLY. This is not a tweet. This is a mini-essay. Minimum 500 words, ideally 700-900. 5. Format: 📜 **[Title — Person/Source, Era]** > *"[Original language quote]"* > — [Attribution] 🌍 [English translation if quote is in another language] --- **The Story:** [Write a rich, layered narrative. NOT a Wikipedia summary. Make the reader feel like they're there. Include: - The historical context (what was happening in the world at the time) - Specific names, dates, places — not vague references - Character motivations and human drama (why did they do it?) - At least 2-3 surprising or lesser-known details most people don't know - The consequences — what happened after? How did it change things? - Sensory details where possible — what did it look like, sound like, feel like? This section should be 300-500 words minimum. Tell the FULL story, not a summary.] --- 💡 **Modern Connection:** [Don't just say "this is relevant today." Show the specific, surprising parallel. Use concrete examples — name companies, people, technologies. Make connections the reader wouldn't have made themselves. If the connection feels forced, pick a different angle. 100-200 words minimum.] --- _daily wisdom • [source tradition]_ HISTORY (do not repeat these): {history_file_contents} ``` ### Region-Focused Variant Same as above but lock to a specific tradition for the day: ``` Today MUST be from [REGION] sources only. Examples: - African: Sundiata, Mansa Musa, Anansi, Ubuntu, Timbuktu - Classical: Seneca, Marcus Aurelius, Diogenes, Heraclitus - Far East: Sun Tzu, Musashi, Confucius, Laozi, Zen koans - Norse: Hávamál, Odin, Ragnarök, Viking sagas - Islamic Golden Age: Ibn Sina, Al-Khwarizmi, Mevlana, Ibn Battuta - Turkic/Central Asian: Dede Korkut, Orhon, Nasreddin Hoca, Manas ``` ### Deep Dive Variant (weekend edition) ``` Today is a DEEP DIVE. Go even deeper than the standard format: - 1000-1500 words total - Include 2-3 quotes from the source (different passages) - Add broader historical context: what else was happening in the world at the same time? - Trace the aftermath: what happened in the decades/centuries after? - Connect to at least 2-3 modern parallels with specific examples - End with a question or provocation the reader can sit with ``` ## Setup ### 1. Create the history file ```bash touch memory/anecdote-history.md ``` Or with initial content: ```markdown # Daily Wisdom History <!-- One entry per line: YYYY-MM-DD | Source | Topic --> 2026-02-15 | Seneca | De Brevitate Vitae - time is the only non-renewable resource 2026-02-16 | Dede Korkut | Kan Turalı & Selcen Hatun - warrior couple vs 3 beasts ``` ### 2. Create the cron job ``` Use the cron tool to create a daily job: Schedule: cron expression for your preferred time (e.g., "30 7 * * *" for 07:30) Timezone: Your timezone (e.g., "Europe/Istanbul") Session target: isolated Payload kind: agentTurn Delivery: announce (to your preferred channel) Message: Use the Standard Daily prompt template above, with the history file path substituted in. ``` ### 3. Example cron configuration ```json { "name": "daily-wisdom", "schedule": { "kind": "cron", "expr": "30 7 * * *", "tz": "Europe/Istanbul" }, "sessionTarget": "isolated", "payload": { "kind": "agentTurn", "message": "[Standard Daily prompt with history]" }, "delivery": { "mode": "announce" }, "enabled": true } ``` ## History File Format The history file prevents repeats. Each line = one delivered anecdote: ```markdown # Daily Wisdom History 2026-02-10 | Marcus Aurelius | Meditations Book 5 - obstacle is the way 2026-02-11 | Dede Korkut | Deli Dumrul - challenging Azrael, learning love > death 2026-02-12 | Sun Tzu | Empty fort strategy - Zhuge Liang bluff 2026-02-13 | Bilge Kağan | Orhon inscription - "Türk milleti yok olacaktı" 2026-02-14 | Nasreddin Hoca | Soup of the soup - diminishing returns 2026-02-15 | Gilgamesh | Utnapishtim - accepting mortality ``` After delivery, append today's entry. The agent reads this file before generating to ensure no repeats across months. ## Customization ### Bias toward a tradition By default all traditions are equal. To favor a specific region, add an instruction: ``` PREFERENCE: Favor [Turkic/Stoic/Far East/African/etc.] sources when possible, but still mix in other traditions regularly. ``` ### Add new sources Just add to the prompt's source list. The agent will incorporate them. ### Change language The default output is English with original-language quotes. To localize: ``` Write entirely in [Spanish/German/French/Japanese/etc.]. Translate all quotes to [target language]. ``` ### Multiple daily sends Create separate crons: morning wisdom (07:30) + evening reflection (21:00) with different prompt variants. ## Example Outputs See `examples/` for 11 samples across civilizations: - `african-sundiata.md` — Mali Empire founder + earliest human rights charter - `classical-marcus-aurelius.md` — Obstacle is the way (the original) - `classical-seneca.md` — Time is the only non-renewable resource - `fareast-musashi.md` — Winning a duel with a wooden oar - `indian-chanakya.md` — Statecraft playbook lost for 2000 years - `islamic-ibn-sina.md` — First biofeedback experiment (1025 AD) - `mythology-anansi.md` — Spider who bought all stories from the Sky God - `mythology-gilgamesh.md` — Oldest story in human history - `norse-havamal.md` — Odin's price for wisdom - `turkic-nasreddin.md` — "Ya tutarsa?" (shortest startup manifesto) - `format-thread.md` — Twitter/X thread format (Mansa Musa) ## Tips for Quality 1. **Specificity kills generic**: "In 1235, at the Battle of Kirina..." beats "An empire was built..." 2. **Original language quotes hit different**: Even unreadable scripts create emotional resonance 3. **Modern connections must surprise**: Not "this is relevant" but *how* — show the unexpected parallel 4. **Vary the tone**: Profound → funny → dark → tactical → minimal 5. **Weekend = deep dive**: Use the deep dive variant for longer, richer stories


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