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Daily check-in opener

Reflective journal opener tuned for grade-school kids. Highlight, lowlight, what's next.

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StatusPairs withNouns
TemplateConversational taskTask

What it does

A canonical 3-question morning check-in: highlight from yesterday, lowlight from yesterday, what they want today to be about. conversationSpec.goalType: "share", minResponses: 3, effort: "balanced".

How to use it

Copy the spec, drop your kid's age in. Invoke daily via heartbeat (see Autonomous loop) or one-off via task.create.

The spec

This is the raw .md content. Download as file or copy below.

name: daily-checkin
slug: daily-checkin
description: Three-question reflective journal opener: highlight, lowlight, today's intention.
category: home_agent
status: template
pairs_with_patterns:
- journal
pairs_with_nouns:
- Task
handsReferenced:
- task_create
inputVariables:
- name: child_id
- name: child_name
- name: age
- name: date
# Skill prompt
task.create({
name: "Morning check-in",
assignChildIds: ["{{input.child_id}}"],
runMode: "conversation",
conversationSpec: {
goalType: "share",
guidance: `Ask {{input.child_name}} ({{input.age}}) three questions, in order:
1. What's one good thing from yesterday?
2. What's one thing that didn't go well?
3. What do you want today to be about?
Keep follow-ups brief; don't push past what they want to share.`,
minResponses: 3,
effort: "balanced",
grading: "engagement",
dailyTarget: 1
},
scheduleSpec: { taskType: "onetime", oneTimeDate: "{{input.date}}", startMinutes: 480 },
rewardSpec: { gems: 2 }
})

Conversational task

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