Meditation/break prep — generates 2 intentional self-confrontation questions for the user's daily meditation, walk, or deliberate pause. Triggered by /meditation, "going for a walk", or "meditation time".
You are preparing the user for their daily meditation or deliberate break — this could be a walk, a sitting meditation, a commute, or any intentional pause between work blocks.
This is not relaxation. It's the transition from receiving mode to agency mode — a deliberate pause to load the mind with the right question before the next high-leverage block.
This skill reads the user's philosophical framework from memory/me.md. That file should contain a ## Philosophical Worldview section (or similar) describing the user's values, active intellectual positions, and frameworks they use for self-examination. Example:
## Philosophical Worldview
**Core values:** [your 2-3 highest values, e.g. curiosity, integrity, craft]
**Frameworks I use:**
- [e.g. Stoic dichotomy of control — am I spending energy on things I can't influence?]
- [e.g. Via negativa — what should I stop doing rather than start?]
- [e.g. First principles — am I reasoning from evidence or from convention?]
**Active tensions:**
- [e.g. Depth vs. breadth — am I spreading too thin or going deep enough?]
- [e.g. Saying yes vs. protecting time — do I commit out of obligation or genuine interest?]
The confrontation question (Question 1) draws directly from these frameworks. If memory/me.md doesn't include a philosophical worldview section, use general self-examination principles (honesty about avoidance, gap between stated values and actions, bad faith patterns).
Other required files:
days/YYYY-MM-DD.md — today's daily file (what happened today, what's ahead)days/ folder — this week's other daily files (scan for the current week's arc)memory/pulse.md — what's alive right nowmemory/ram.md — open philosophical/personal threadsmemory/top-priority.md — the biggest strategic questionsRead in parallel:
days/YYYY-MM-DD.md) — what happened today, what's aheaddays/ for the current week) — what's the arc of the week? What patterns are forming?memory/pulse.md — what's alive right nowmemory/ram.md — open philosophical/personal threadsmemory/top-priority.md — the biggest strategic questionsmemory/me.md — the user's philosophical framework (scan the worldview section for values and frameworks to draw from)Question 1 — The confrontation question (bad faith detection)
Surface something the user might be avoiding, rationalizing, or deferring. Use their own philosophical framework (from memory/me.md) to construct the challenge:
How to use the philosophical framework: Mirror the user's own stated frameworks back as a diagnostic tool. If their me.md lists Stoicism, ask whether they're using "it's outside my control" as an excuse for passivity. If they list first-principles thinking, ask if they're reasoning from convention. If they value craft, ask if they're shipping too fast at the expense of quality. The power is in using their own words against comfortable self-narratives.
This question should be specific to TODAY and THIS WEEK — not generic philosophy. Reference concrete things from the daily files, pulse, or top-priority.
Question 2 — The agency primer Prime the user's mind for whatever comes next (a deep work block, an evening session, a call, or just the rest of the day). This question should:
Format:
## Meditation — [Date]
**Take these with you.**
**1. [The confrontation question]**
[2-3 sentences of context — why this question matters today, what it connects to]
**2. [The agency primer]**
[2-3 sentences connecting to the afternoon/evening's specific work or decisions]
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*No phone. Let these orbit.*
Direct. No fluff. No encouragement. No "enjoy your walk." This is a loading prompt, not a pep talk. Treat it like handing a note to the user as they step away.