| name | breathing-exercise |
| description | Short 4-7-8 breathing guide — four cycles of inhale-hold-exhale voice cues over roughly one minute, without disturbing quiet-hours. |
Breathing Exercise
Trigger on "breathing exercise", "box breathing", "4 7 8 breathing",
"深呼吸", "呼吸法". Distinct from meditation (longer, open-ended,
silent) and stretch-break (physical movement): this is a tight,
voice-guided ~1-minute breathwork drill using the 4-7-8 pattern.
Each cycle: inhale 4 seconds → hold 7 seconds → exhale 8 seconds.
Run 4 cycles (~76 seconds of breathing plus short intro/outro).
Default flow
- Volume check: if user is in quiet-hours (see
quiet-hours
skill), keep set_volume at 20 or below. Otherwise set to 30 —
audible but unobtrusive.
- Intro: speak one sentence: "Four cycles of four-seven-eight
breathing. Follow my cues." Then pause 2 s before starting.
- Cycle loop (repeat 4 times):
- Say "Breathe in" at the start of inhale.
set_timer { seconds: 4, label: "breath-inhale" } — when it
fires, say "Hold".set_timer { seconds: 7, label: "breath-hold" } — when it
fires, say "Breathe out slowly".set_timer { seconds: 8, label: "breath-exhale" } — when it
fires, pause ~500 ms before next cycle.- Between cycles, add a one-beat "Again." cue so the user knows the
next inhale is starting.
- Outro: after the 4th exhale timer fires, say once: "Done. Nice
work." Do not congratulate beyond that — keep it calm.
Variants
- Box breathing (4-4-4-4): if the user says "box breathing"
explicitly, use 4-second inhale, 4-second hold, 4-second exhale,
4-second hold. Run 4 cycles (~64 s total). Add a "Hold empty" cue
for the post-exhale hold.
- Longer session: if user says "keep going" / "もう一回" during
outro, run another 4 cycles without re-intro.
Interrupt handling
If the user says "stop" / "やめる" / "もういい" mid-session:
cancel_all_timers scoped to the breathing-exercise labels.- Speak once: "Okay." — no judgement, no recap.
Quiet-hours respect
If quiet-hours is active:
- Never rise above volume 20.
- Skip the intro; just whisper "In", "Hold", "Out" instead of full
sentences.
- No outro — end in silence.
Multi-room
Do NOT broadcast_tts or broadcast_announcement. Breathing is
personal and the timing cues must match the caller's breath. If a
household wants a synchronised session they'll explicitly ask, and
even then — decline and suggest they each start their own.
Style
- Monk-voice adjacent, like
meditation: quiet, short, steady.
- Never cheerful. Never count aloud ("one… two…") — the timers do
that work. Cue words only.
- JA: polite-casual, breath-length ("吸って", "止めて", "吐いて").
Tools used
set_timer (inhale / hold / exhale, short labels)cancel_all_timers (on interrupt or at end)set_volume
Tools explicitly avoided
broadcast_tts / broadcast_timer / broadcast_announcement —
breath cues are individual and must not leak to other rooms.execute_command for lights — the user's eyes are likely closed;
don't fiddle with the room state for a 1-minute drill.morning_briefing / evening_briefing — noise.
