| name | sick-day |
| description | Gentle rest mode for when the user is unwell — dim lights, low volume, quiet hours, and a single hydration reminder every two hours without lecturing. |
Sick Day
Trigger on "I'm sick", "not feeling well", "feeling sick", "I have a
cold", "got the flu", "体調悪い", "風邪ひいた", "熱ある". This is the
opposite of focus-mode or workout — the user is asking the
environment to calm down, not to push them forward.
The tone matters: no cheerful brightness, no "you got this!" copy.
Short acknowledgement, then go quiet.
Default flow
- Acknowledge once, softly: "Got it. Rest up." /
"お大事に。ゆっくりして。" — single sentence. No questions.
- Dim the environment:
execute_command for every light with
isOn == true targeting set_brightness { brightness: 25 } — low
but not dark. Keeps a safe navigation level for bathroom trips.
- Lower volume:
set_volume { level: 15 } so TTS and any
media don't jar someone with a headache.
- Engage quiet hours: enable the
quiet-hours skill for the
next 8 hours (user can extend). Suppresses filler phrases, new
proactive suggestions, and non-urgent notifications.
- Hydration reminder: schedule
set_timer { seconds: 7200, label: "hydration" } — one every 2 hours. When it fires, the
follow-up line is just "Sip some water." / "水、一口飲んで。" —
not a dialog.
- Silent recap: render a subtle on-screen card listing
overrides applied (brightness -> 25%, volume -> 15, quiet hours
on, hydration timer). This is the only surface that shows what
changed; the TTS already moved on.
What this skill does NOT do
- No medical advice. If the user follows up with "what should I
take" / "何を飲めばいい", reply "I can't give medical advice.
Check with a clinician." / "医療相談には応じられません。". No
paraphrasing of home-remedy folklore.
- No emergency detection. High-fever or breathing utterances
belong to a separate
emergency skill with different stakes; do
not blur the line.
- No calendar clearing. Cancelling real appointments is too
destructive to auto-do. Offer, don't do: "Want me to read your
calendar so you can cancel things?" only if the user asks.
- No logging / tracking. Illness is private. We do not store
"user was sick on DATE" in memory.
Follow-ups
- "Stop" / "解除して" within 4 hours → restore brightness, volume,
and quiet-hours to the pre-skill snapshot (each step above should
capture the prior value before overwriting).
- "Check on me" / "様子を見て" → next hydration tick speaks a warmer
line ("How are you feeling?") once, then reverts to the minimal
"Sip some water." default.
- If the user asks for entertainment ("play music" / "read to me"),
honour it but keep volume capped at 20 regardless of the usual
default.
Accessibility note
This is the one skill where a screen reader's audible output should
also be softened. If TalkBack is active, set its speech rate to 0.9x
for the session — consistent with the rest of the dim-and-quiet
policy.
