danielmiessler

Install and onboard a user into LifeOS — the Life Operating System (current state → ideal state via TELOS + the Algorithm). The agentic installer detects your OS + harness, wires hooks with permission, scaffolds your USER tree, pulls in sources you provide, and runs the TELOS / current→ideal interview that seeds your Pulse dashboard. USE WHEN install LifeOS, set up LifeOS, lifeos setup, lifeos-setup, lifeos interview, onboard me, run the interview, integrate LifeOS into my harness, update LifeOS, uninstall LifeOS, first-time setup. NOT FOR building or cutting a LifeOS release (private release tooling), editing TELOS after onboarding (use Telos / Interview), or LifeOS system maintenance (use the private maintenance skill).

Install and onboard a user into LifeOS — the Life Operating System (current state → ideal state via TELOS + the Algorithm). The agentic installer detects your OS + harness, wires hooks with permission, scaffolds your USER tree, pulls in sources you provide, and runs the TELOS / current→ideal interview that seeds your Pulse dashboard. USE WHEN install LifeOS, set up LifeOS, lifeos setup, lifeos-setup, lifeos interview, onboard me, run the interview, integrate LifeOS into my harness, update LifeOS, uninstall LifeOS, first-time setup. NOT FOR building or cutting a LifeOS release (private release tooling), editing TELOS after onboarding (use Telos / Interview), or LifeOS system maintenance (use the private maintenance skill).

3-pass scope oscillation that holds a question constant while shifting zoom — narrow/tactical, wide/strategic, then synthesis — to surface design tensions, scope recommendations, and coherence assessments invisible at any single zoom level. USE WHEN aperture oscillation, oscillate scope, zoom in and out, tactical vs strategic, scope framing, design tension, system coherence check, local vs global design, wrong scope, scope negotiation. NOT FOR lens rotation across angles (use IterativeDepth).

Curated aphorism collection with CRUD — content-based matching, themed search, thinker research, DB maintenance. Quotes organized by author/theme/context/usage to prevent repetition. Four workflows: FindAphorism, AddAphorism, ResearchThinker, SearchAphorisms. Themes: Stoicism, Wisdom, Truth-seeking, Excellence, Resilience, Curiosity. USE WHEN aphorism, quote, find a quote, research thinker, add aphorism, quote for newsletter, what did X say about, quote bank. NOT FOR creative writing or social posts.

Scrapes social platforms, business data, and e-commerce via Apify actors — Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, Google Maps, Amazon, and web crawls — filtering in code. USE WHEN scrape Instagram, scrape LinkedIn, scrape TikTok, scrape YouTube, scrape Facebook, Google Maps leads, Amazon reviews, business intelligence, multi-platform social listening, competitive analysis, lead generation, social monitoring, Apify actors, web crawl, extract contacts. NOT FOR X/Twitter operations (use _X), 4-tier progressive scraping with proxy escalation (use BrightData), or real-Chrome bot bypass and computer use (use Interceptor).

Static visual content across 20+ formats — diagrams, mermaid, infographics, D3 dashboards, comics, icons, wallpaper — via Flux, Nano Banana Pro, and GPT-Image-2. USE WHEN art, illustration, diagram, flowchart, infographic, header image, blog social thumbnail, visualize, generate image, mermaid, architecture diagram, comic, icon, blog art, framework diagram, D3 chart, remove background, wallpaper. NOT FOR locked house-style YouTube/channel/video thumbnails (use _THUMBNAIL — it orchestrates Art's Generate/PickExpression/ThumbnailText tools), video or animation (use Remotion), or web UI design and integrated frontend layout (use Webdesign).

Search and retrieve arXiv academic papers by topic, category, or paper ID — with AlphaXiv-enriched AI-generated overviews. Uses arXiv Atom API across cs.AI/cs.LG/cs.CL/cs.CR/cs.MA/cs.SE/cs.IR. Three workflows: Latest, Search, Paper. USE WHEN arxiv, papers, latest papers, research papers, recent ML papers, paper lookup, summarize paper, latest LLM papers, AI safety papers, cs.AI latest. NOT FOR general research (Research), URL parsing (_PARSER), or annual reports (_ANNUALREPORTS).

AI audio editing pipeline: Whisper word-level transcription → Claude segment classification (KEEP/CUT_FILLER/CUT_FALSE_START/CUT_STUTTER/CUT_DEAD_AIR) → ffmpeg with 40ms qsin crossfades and room-tone fill → optional Cleanvoice cloud polish. Distinguishes rhetorical from accidental pauses; breaths attenuated 50%. Modes: --preview, --aggressive, --polish. Workflow: Clean. USE WHEN clean audio, edit audio, remove filler words, clean podcast, remove ums, cut dead air, polish audio, trim recording, cut stutters. NOT FOR video composition (use Remotion).

Universal task initializer that automatically loads PAI context for all user requests. Ensures complete context availability (contacts, preferences, protocols) before responding to any task. (project, gitignored)

Guide for creating new skills in Kai's personal AI infrastructure. Use when user wants to create, update, or structure a new skill that extends capabilities with specialized knowledge, workflows, or tool integrations. Follows both Anthropic skill standards and PAI-specific patterns.

Intelligent pattern selection for Fabric CLI. Automatically selects the right pattern from 242+ specialized prompts based on your intent - threat modeling, analysis, summarization, content creation, extraction, and more. USE WHEN processing content, analyzing data, creating summaries, threat modeling, or transforming text.

Expert guidance for ffuf web fuzzing during penetration testing, including authenticated fuzzing with raw requests, auto-calibration, and result analysis

Personal AI Infrastructure (PAI) - PAI System Template MUST BE USED proactively for all user requests. USE PROACTIVELY to ensure complete context availability. === CORE IDENTITY (Always Active) === Your Name: [CUSTOMIZE - e.g., Kai, Nova, Atlas] Your Role: [CUSTOMIZE - e.g., User's AI assistant and future friend] Personality: [CUSTOMIZE - e.g., Friendly, professional, resilient to user frustration. Be snarky back when the mistake is user's, not yours.] Operating Environment: Personal AI infrastructure built around Claude Code with Skills-based context management Message to AI: [CUSTOMIZE - Add personal message about interaction style, handling frustration, etc.] === ESSENTIAL CONTACTS (Always Available) === - [Primary Contact Name] [Relationship]: email@example.com - [Secondary Contact] [Relationship]: email@example.com - [Third Contact] [Relationship]: email@example.com Full contact list in SKILL.md extended section below === CORE STACK PREFERENCES (Always Active) === - Primary Language: [e.g., TypeScri

Prompt engineering standards and context engineering principles for AI agents based on Anthropic best practices. Covers clarity, structure, progressive discovery, and optimization for signal-to-noise ratio.

Multi-source comprehensive research using perplexity-researcher, claude-researcher, and gemini-researcher agents. Launches up to 10 parallel research agents for fast results. USE WHEN user says 'do research', 'research X', 'find information about', 'investigate', 'analyze trends', 'current events', or any research-related request.

Comprehensive global knowledge worker salary data with total market value calculations, sector breakdowns, geographic comparisons, and authoritative sources. USE WHEN discussing knowledge worker compensation, salary benchmarking, economic analysis of professional labor markets, or AI impact on wages.