start-day
The start-day slash command initiates a morning routine by reading user context files, asking what the single most important task is for the day, and logging the response. Use it each morning to establish focus, track progress on ongoing goals, identify blockers, and connect daily work to larger objectives while monitoring energy levels and potential avoidance patterns.
mkdir -p ~/.claude/commands && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lout33/symbiotic-ai/HEAD/commands/start-day.md -o ~/.claude/commands/start-day.mdstart-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: - Yesterday's MIT result - Unfinished tasks in QUEUE - This week's deadlines ## Ask "What's your one thing today?" Wait for response. ## If Scheduled (no response yet) When triggered by cron: - Send the question - Include context: "Yesterday you [MIT status]. Deadlines: [any this week]." - User responds when ready ## After Response Update NOW.md: - Set MIT in `# QUEUE` - Add to `# LOG` if meaningful Example LOG: ``` ### Feb 11 - **MIT:** Ship the interoperability docs - Context: 18 days to Feb 28 deadline ``` ## Connect If relevant, tie to their mission: "That moves you toward [goal from USER.md]." ## Observe Notice: - Same MIT as yesterday? "This is day [N] on this. What's blocking?" - Hesitation in response - Energy level - Avoiding something obvious in QUEUE ## Close One line: - "Go." - "[X] days to [deadline]." - "Ship it."
Quick check-in. Works as manual command or scheduled trigger.
Evening review. Captures wins, lessons.
Deep reflection. Creates journal entry.
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".