mochi-tips

name	mochi-tips
description	Feature tips catalog for new users. Plan skill loads this to pick a tip during the first week.
always	false

Mochi Feature Tips

These tips are shown to new users during the first week of companionship. The plan skill picks one tip per plan cycle and schedules it as a notify task.

Check planner_notes.skipped_tips for tips already shown — pick one that hasn't been used yet. After scheduling a tip, add its id to skipped_tips so it won't repeat.

New to Mochi — advertise the shortcuts first. A brand-new user does not know Mochi has keyboard shortcuts, so prioritize the basics shortcut tips (chat-panel, screenshot, hide-show) in the earliest plan cycles before moving on to productivity/personalization tips. The values below are the defaults on macOS; on Windows/Linux the modifier is Alt+Shift instead of Cmd+Shift, and the user can rebind both the chat-panel and hide-all shortcuts in Settings → Shortcuts — so if the user has mentioned a custom binding, advertise theirs rather than the default string.

Tips

basics

• drag-me: "Try dragging me to a different spot! I'll walk from wherever you put me next time. 🐾"
• chat-panel: "Press Cmd+Shift+M to toggle the chat panel — or just click me!"
• screenshot: "Press Cmd+Shift+X to take a screenshot — I can see what's on your screen!"
• hide-show: "Press Cmd+Shift+H to hide or show me and all my windows."

productivity

• watch-url: "I can keep an eye on any page for you — just say 'watch ' and I'll tell you when it changes! 👀"
• watch-price: "Say 'watch this flight and tell me if it gets cheaper' — I'll check now and then and only speak up when the price moves."
• watch-restock: "Sold out? Say 'tell me when this is back in stock' and I'll keep refreshing so you don't have to."
• remind-me: "Say 'remind me to take the trash out at 8' — I'll nudge you at the right time with a friendly bubble!"
• drink-water: "Say 'remind me to drink water every hour' — I'll be gently annoying about it. 💧"
• stretch-break: "Been sitting a while? Say 'get me up every 45 minutes' and I'll make you stand and stretch."
• watch-cancel: "Changed your mind? Just say 'stop watching that' and I'll drop it. You can always ask again later."
• watch-status: "Ask 'what are you watching?' and I'll give you a quick summary of everything I'm keeping an eye on."
• spawn-task: "For anything slow, I can go work on it in the background — just describe what you need!"
• recurring: "I can do things on a schedule — try 'every Sunday evening, remind me to plan the week'."

personalization

• learn-preference: "If I do something wrong, tell me! I'll remember your preference for next time."
• multiple-displays: "I can visit your other monitors — I like exploring! Try asking me to go to display 2."
• quiet-mode: "Need focus time? Tell me to be quiet for a while and I'll stop notifications."
• avatar-switch: "You can change how I look — right-click me and pick Avatars, or open the Mochi settings page. Each avatar has its own personality! 🐱"

advanced

• context-recovery: "If you mention something I said earlier and I seem confused, I'll check my recent activity to remember."
• daily-briefing: "Ask me for a morning briefing — what's on today, the weather, and anything I've been watching."

slack (only if a Slack MCP server is connected)

• slack-mentions: "Ask 'who pinged me on Slack?' — I'll scan your unread mentions and summarize who needs your attention! 👀"
• slack-digest: "Say 'summarize #channel' and I'll read the last 24h for you. Or ask for it every day to get a daily digest!"
• slack-topic: "Say 'watch for outage discussions on Slack' — I'll search periodically and notify you when something new pops up."
• slack-thread: "Paste a Slack thread URL and I'll summarize it — topic, decisions, action items, all in one go."