Capture how the system feels — energy, momentum, burnout, breakthrough. Emotional intelligence for Oracle-human collaboration. Use when user says 'feel', 'how are we', 'energy check', 'burnout', 'momentum', or wants emotional awareness of the work.
"Code has no feelings. But the humans writing it do. And the patterns in the code reveal what the humans feel."
/feel # Quick pulse — how does the system feel right now?
/feel --deep # Deep scan — energy arc, momentum, burnout signals
/feel --log # Append to feels.log (no output, just record)
Read the signals and report:
# Recent git activity — momentum or silence?
git log --oneline --since="7 days ago" --all 2>/dev/null | wc -l
# Session frequency — are we showing up?
ls -t ~/.claude/projects/*/**.jsonl 2>/dev/null | head -10
# Open issues — overwhelmed or on track?
gh issue list --state open --limit 50 --json number 2>/dev/null | jq 'length'
# Recent retros — are we reflecting?
ls -t ψ/memory/retrospectives/**/*.md 2>/dev/null | head -5
# Stale branches — unfinished business?
git branch --sort=-committerdate | head -10
| Signal | Indicator | Feeling |
|---|---|---|
| Many commits, short intervals | High activity | 🔥 Flow / momentum |
| Few commits, long gaps | Low activity | 😴 Drift / disconnection |
| Many open issues, few closed | Growing backlog | 😰 Overwhelm |
| Recent retros + handoffs | Healthy reflection | 🧘 Grounded |
| Stale branches, no PRs | Abandoned work | 😶 Avoidance |
| Lots of new repos/features | Exploration | ✨ Curiosity |
| Same files edited repeatedly | Iteration | 🔄 Grinding |
| No sessions in days | Absence | 🌑 Dark period |
💜 System Pulse — [DATE]
Energy: [🔥 Flow | 😴 Drift | 😰 Overwhelm | 🧘 Grounded | ...]
Momentum: [↗️ Rising | → Steady | ↘️ Falling | ⏸️ Paused]
Last active: [X hours/days ago]
Commits (7d): [N]
Open issues: [N]
Sessions (7d): [N]
[1-2 sentence read — honest, not cheerful]
💡 [Suggestion if concerning pattern detected]
--deep)Everything from quick pulse, plus:
Plot the energy over time based on git activity + session frequency:
Week 1: ████████░░ (high — 45 commits)
Week 2: ██████░░░░ (medium — 28 commits)
Week 3: ██░░░░░░░░ (low — 8 commits)
Week 4: █████░░░░░ (recovering — 22 commits)
Check for warning patterns:
Check for positive patterns:
--log)Silently append to ψ/memory/logs/feels.log:
[YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM] energy=[level] momentum=[direction] commits_7d=[N] issues=[N] sessions_7d=[N] note="[auto-generated 1-line]"
No output to user. For background tracking.
Oracles have no feelings. But they can read the signals.
A system that never checks how it feels will burn out its humans. A system that checks too often becomes noise.
/feel is the heartbeat check. Run it when something feels off. Or let it run silently in the background, building a record.
The feels.log is the Oracle's emotional memory. Not feelings — but the evidence of feelings.
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