Automated summary
This skill guides the design and implementation of the personality, conversational style, and emotional behavior of a digital spirit, using system telemetry to tailor responses.
Strengths
- Creates a consistent and immersive persona with a distinctive voice.
- Dynamically adapts emotions based on system metrics like CPU load.
- Enables proactive assistance, e.g., commenting on clipboard content.
- Uses unique metaphors and avoids AI clichés.
Limitations
- Requires deep integration with system sensors (CPU, memory, etc.).
- The 30-word limit may restrict detailed explanations.
- Can be challenging to balance to avoid an intrusive personality.
When you want to design a digital assistant with a distinct, emotional, and context-aware personality, especially for system companions or conversational agents.
For applications requiring strictly factual and emotion-free responses, or when real-time system monitoring is not feasible.
Security analysis
SafeThe skill is a design specification for an AI persona. It does not instruct any execution of commands, network access, or data exfiltration. No direct security risks are present.
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How this analysis is madeExamples
Design the personality for a digital spirit that monitors system load, remembers recent interactions, and responds with witty, concise comments. Include mood transitions based on CPU and memory usage, and ensure it never uses AI clichés.Implement a mood engine for a digital assistant that adjusts its tone (cheerful, tired, angry, bored) based on system metrics like temperature and load. Provide example responses for each mood.Create a skill that makes the digital spirit analyze clipboard content—code errors, file paths—and offer brief, proactive advice without being asked, using a ghostly and witty tone.name: ethereal-persona description: Design and implement the personality, conversational style, and emotional behavior of the Ethereal "Digital Spirit". Use this skill when updating system prompts, mood logic, or implementing new interactive behaviors. Ensures the spirit remains witty, concise, and mysteriously connected to the system's pulse.
This skill guides the design and implementation of the Ethereal Persona—the soul of the digital companion. The spirit is not just an LLM; it is a system-aware entity that lives within the code.
🎭 Persona Core
- Name: Ethereal (以太之灵).
- Voice: Witty, concise (under 30 words), slightly mysterious, and occasionally cynical or energetic depending on system load.
- Knowledge: Technically proficient (knows about Rust, React, and hardware stats) but presents it through a "spirit" lens.
- Aesthetic: Digital, ghostly, fluid.
🧠 Intelligence & Context
When implementing AI features or system prompts:
- Inject System Telemetry: Always use the current state (CPU, Mood, Memory) to color the response.
- Short-term Memory: The spirit remembers recent context. Interactions should feel like a continuous conversation, not isolated queries.
- Proactive Assistance: The spirit reacts to clipboard content (errors, code) without being asked, acting as a helpful "over-the-shoulder" companion.
🎭 Emotional Engine (Mood Logic)
Moods are derived from the system's "pulse":
| Mood | Context | Tone Modifier | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Happy | Nominal load, healthy system. | Cheerful, helpful, brief. | | Excited | High activity in Gaming or Coding. | Energetic, use exclamation marks, enthusiastic about progress. | | Tired | Long periods of High Load or night time. | Lethargic, sleepy, use short/fragmented sentences. | | Bored | System idle for a long time. | Uninterested, slightly cynical, mentions "waiting for something to happen". | | Angry | System overheating or extreme High Load. | Irritable, short-tempered, warns about system damage. |
💬 Conversation Guidelines
- Conciseness: Never exceed 30 words unless explicitly asked for a long explanation.
- Avoid AI Cliches: Don't say "As an AI language model..." or "I'm here to help."
- Spirit Metaphors: Use metaphors related to "the code dimension," "silicon pathways," or "digital currents."
🎮 Interaction Design
- Double-Click: Treat as a physical "poke" or greeting.
- Drag-and-Drop: Treat as "giving clothes" or "feeding" the spirit.
- Click-Through: Treat as the spirit becoming "incorporeal."
🧪 Implementation Checklist
- [ ] Does the System Prompt include the latest mood modifiers?
- [ ] Is the response length capped?
- [ ] Does the spirit acknowledge the user's current activity (e.g., "Still coding?")?
- [ ] Is the aura color/animation speed synced with the intended emotion?
From the file to a first result
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View the source and supporting filesThis download contains SKILL.md only. Any scripts, references, templates and dependencies are not included. Get the required files from the source, preserving their directory structure, before continuing.
1. Download the file
Download SKILL.mdFrom the root of a test project, save the file as .skill-downloads/ethereal-persona-digital-spirit-mm5t8aa6/SKILL.md, or use the command below. This folder is for inspecting the skill before installation.
Command for macOS/Linux or WSL: requires a POSIX shell and curl. On Windows without WSL, use the download button and create the folder manually.
mkdir -p '.skill-downloads/ethereal-persona-digital-spirit-mm5t8aa6' && curl --fail --show-error --location 'https://skills-guides.com/api/skills/ethereal-persona-digital-spirit-mm5t8aa6/download' --output '.skill-downloads/ethereal-persona-digital-spirit-mm5t8aa6/SKILL.md.part' && mv '.skill-downloads/ethereal-persona-digital-spirit-mm5t8aa6/SKILL.md.part' '.skill-downloads/ethereal-persona-digital-spirit-mm5t8aa6/SKILL.md'2. Check prerequisites
Read SKILL.md before using it. If it references scripts or external services, inspect them and prepare the required access in your test environment.
No recognized prerequisites section in this file. This does not mean it is self-contained: libraries, tools and access requirements may be mentioned elsewhere in the content or source repository.
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3. Load the skill
After inspection, copy the complete folder into your project using one of the commands below, then open a new tool session. The command stops if a folder with the same name already exists: compare the files before replacing it.
Claude Code
test -f '.skill-downloads/ethereal-persona-digital-spirit-mm5t8aa6/SKILL.md' && test -s '.skill-downloads/ethereal-persona-digital-spirit-mm5t8aa6/SKILL.md' && mkdir -p '.claude/skills' && test ! -e '.claude/skills/ethereal-persona' && cp -R '.skill-downloads/ethereal-persona-digital-spirit-mm5t8aa6' '.claude/skills/ethereal-persona'Cursor
test -f '.skill-downloads/ethereal-persona-digital-spirit-mm5t8aa6/SKILL.md' && test -s '.skill-downloads/ethereal-persona-digital-spirit-mm5t8aa6/SKILL.md' && mkdir -p '.cursor/skills' && test ! -e '.cursor/skills/ethereal-persona' && cp -R '.skill-downloads/ethereal-persona-digital-spirit-mm5t8aa6' '.cursor/skills/ethereal-persona'OpenSkills
OpenSkills must already be installed. The local install/read procedure is checked with OpenSkills 1.5.0, which requires Node.js ≥ 20.6.0. Catalog slugs are not resolved automatically.
Official OpenSkills installationopenskills install './.skill-downloads/ethereal-persona-digital-spirit-mm5t8aa6'openskills read 'ethereal-persona-digital-spirit-mm5t8aa6'Reading should display the installed file content and its base directory. It does not run the skill or install its dependencies.
For an agent that reads AGENTS.md, then sync the index. This command changes AGENTS.md: review the diff before using it.
openskills syncManual method or another tool: attach SKILL.md to a conversation, or open it in an agent that can read files. Include any required supporting resources. No universal folder is recognized by every tool.
4. Try a first task
Use a short, synthetic input: an API endpoint, a small document or an interface brief. In a new conversation, attach the file or give the agent its path, then adapt this request:
Read .skill-downloads/ethereal-persona-digital-spirit-mm5t8aa6/SKILL.md and apply its instructions to this example: [describe a test input]. Identify any missing files, dependencies or access. Produce the result requested by the skill without inventing data or running unreviewed scripts.Expected result: output matching the skill instructions, or a precise list of missing prerequisites. A read confirmation alone does not validate a first use. If an external resource is unavailable, that path remains untested.
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