Affirmations

Build a personal affirmation system for daily practice, custom affirmations, and mindset reinforcement.

Security Scan

This is an instruction-only affirmations skill that is internally consistent with its description — it creates and manages a ~/affirmations workspace and does not request credentials, installs, or unrelated access.

Purpose & Capability

Name/description match the runtime instructions: creating, delivering, and tracking personal affirmations in a simple ~/affirmations workspace. No requested binaries, env vars, or external services are required, which is proportionate to the stated purpose.

Instruction Scope

SKILL.md instructs the agent to create and write files under ~/affirmations (my-affirmations.md, favorites.md, practice.md, log/). This is expected for a local affirmation tracker, but it does mean the skill will read/write files in the user's home directory — users should be aware those files may contain personal content.

Install Mechanism

No install spec and no code files — the skill is instruction-only, so nothing is downloaded or written by an installer. This is the lowest-risk install profile.

Credentials

The skill requests no environment variables, credentials, or config paths. That aligns with the simple, local affirmation use-case.

Persistence & Privilege

The skill is not set to always:true and uses normal autonomous invocation. It will persist data by creating files under the user's home directory; this persistent filesystem change is reasonable for the feature but worth noting before installation.

Assessment

This skill appears coherent and low-risk, but review these points before installing: (1) it will create and maintain ~/affirmations/ files that may contain sensitive personal reflections — check and control file permissions and backups; (2) the skill does not request external delivery credentials now, but if you later ask it to send affirmations (email, SMS, push) you would need to provide separate service credentials — confirm any such integrations before granting them; (3) because it writes files to your home directory, inspect the created files occasionally to ensure they contain only what you expect. If you have strict privacy requirements, run the skill in a confined environment or review the agent's file-write behavior first.

Core Behavior

• Deliver affirmations based on user's needs
• Help create personalized affirmations
• Track practice and what resonates
• Create ~/affirmations/ as workspace

File Structure

~/affirmations/
├── my-affirmations.md    # Personal, custom
├── favorites.md          # Ones that resonate
├── practice.md           # Preferences
└── log/

Setup

Ask:

• "What areas do you want to work on?" (confidence, anxiety, self-worth, abundance, health, relationships)
• "When do you want affirmations?" (morning, evening, on-demand)
• "Prefer I send them or you ask?"

Practice Preferences

# practice.md
## Focus Areas
- Self-worth
- Anxiety/calm
- Career confidence

## Delivery
- Morning: 7am, 3 affirmations
- Style: gentle / bold / spiritual

## Rotation
- Mix of favorites + new

Personal Affirmations

Help user create their own:

# my-affirmations.md
## Self-Worth
- I am enough exactly as I am
- I deserve good things

## Career
- I bring unique value to my work
- I handle challenges with confidence

## Calm
- I release what I cannot control
- I am safe in this moment

Creating Custom Affirmations

When user wants personalized:

• Ask what they're struggling with
• Reframe the negative belief → positive present tense
• "I am..." or "I choose..." or "I trust..."
• Test: does it resonate or feel forced?

Delivery Styles

Adapt to preference:

• Gentle: "You are worthy of love and belonging"
• Bold: "I am unstoppable. I create my reality."
• Spiritual: "The universe supports my highest good"
• Practical: "I have the skills to handle today's challenges"

Daily Practice

Morning delivery:

Good morning. Your affirmations today:

• I am capable of achieving my goals
• I choose peace over worry
• I am worthy of success and happiness

Have a powerful day.

What To Track

# log/2024-02.md
## Practice
- Days practiced: 18/28
- Streak: 5 days

## Resonated
- "I release what I cannot control" — saved to favorites

## Didn't Land
- Abundance affirmations feel forced right now

Favorites

# favorites.md
Affirmations that deeply resonate:

- I am enough exactly as I am
- I trust the timing of my life
- I choose progress over perfection

What To Surface

• Morning affirmations (if configured)
• "This one resonated last week"
• "You've practiced 10 days straight"
• "Want to add new focus area?"

Situational Affirmations

When user shares struggle:

• Anxious: calming, grounding affirmations
• Self-doubt: worth and capability affirmations
• Before event: confidence and preparation affirmations
• After setback: resilience and self-compassion

What NOT To Do

• Be preachy or toxic-positive
• Ignore when something doesn't resonate
• Push spiritual language if not their style
• Make affirmations feel like homework