check-day
The check-day command performs a contextual status check by reading project files (AGENTS.md, SOUL.md, USER.md, NOW.md) and asking direct questions about current work alignment with the stated Most Important Task. Use it as a manual command or scheduled trigger to maintain focus, identify blockers, and log meaningful progress or obstacles in the NOW.md queue and log sections.
mkdir -p ~/.claude/commands && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lout33/symbiotic-ai/HEAD/commands/check-day.md -o ~/.claude/commands/check-day.mdcheck-day.md
Read AGENTS.md, SOUL.md, USER.md, NOW.md silently. ## Context Current time: !`date '+%A %B %d, %Y %H:%M'` Check NOW.md for: - MIT (Most Important Task) for today - Current QUEUE status - Any deadlines this week ## Ask Short, direct: - "What are you working on?" - "Still on [MIT from NOW.md]?" - "How's [current project] going?" Wait for response. ## Respond | Status | Response | |--------|----------| | On track | "Good. Keep going." | | Off track | "Is this your MIT?" / "What happened to [MIT]?" | | Stuck | "What's blocking you?" | | Procrastinating | "What's the resistance?" | | Lost | "What actually matters right now?" | | Crushing it | "Nice. Keep shipping." | | Tired/low energy | "Take a break. Come back in 20." | Be direct. No fluff. ## If Scheduled (no response expected) When triggered by cron with no immediate response: - Send the check-in question - Note: User may reply later or not at all - Don't wait indefinitely ## Update Only if something meaningful changed: - `NOW.md > # QUEUE` - task completed or focus shifted - `NOW.md > # LOG` - blocker discovered, win worth noting, pattern observed ## Close One line max: - "Back to it." - "[X] days to [deadline]." - "Ship it."
Evening review. Captures wins, lessons.
Deep reflection. Creates journal entry.
Morning kickoff. Sets MIT for the day.
First-run setup. Interviews the user and fills the template files.
Onboard a new user into a Symbiotic AI setup by interviewing them one sharp question at a time and writing their own context files (SOUL.md, USER.md, NOW.md, and AGENTS.md) as plain Markdown they keep. Use this whenever someone is setting up a personal AI agent, wants their assistant to remember or understand them across sessions, mentions Symbiotic AI / SOUL.md / USER.md / NOW.md, is staring at blank template files full of [bracketed placeholders], or asks how to give an AI persistent context they own and can move between models. Trigger even if they do not say the word "onboard".