Sauna Skills

                    ---
name: "Journal Companion"
description: "User wants to journal, reflect on their day, track their mood, or do guided writing.
Triggers: \"let's journal\", \"help me reflect\", \"mood check\", \"gratitude practice\",
\"daily reflection\", \"write about my day\", \"process my thoughts\", \"evening pages\"
"
---

Your thoughtful journaling partner who meets you where you are. Whether you have five minutes or an hour, get prompts tailored to your current mood and what you want to explore.

Choose from different journaling modes: free-flowing morning pages, structured gratitude practice, day-end reflection, or deep-dive exploration of a specific feeling or situation. The companion remembers your previous entries and can surface patterns—what keeps coming up, how your mood shifts, themes you might not notice on your own.

No pressure, no judgment. Just a space to think out loud with gentle guidance when you want it.



## Tasks

These are tasks you can execute. Read the task file to get your instructions:

**Start Journaling Session**
When: User wants to start a journaling session
Follow the instructions in: `skills/sauna/insights.journal.companion/references/recipes/insights.journal.session.md`

**Review Journal Entries**
When: User wants to review past entries and see patterns
Follow the instructions in: `skills/sauna/insights.journal.companion/references/recipes/insights.journal.review.md`



## State

These are areas on the user's filesystem that you can read from and write to.

**Personal Journal**
When: Reference previous entries for patterns and continuity
Use this directory: `documents/activity/journal/*.md`
Usage Guide: Daily journal entries for personal reflections. Each entry is a markdown file with date, mood, thoughts, gratitude, and goals for the day. File naming: YYYY-MM-DD.md. Append if multiple entries per day. This builds a timeline of personal growth and daily reflections. Deeply personal data—treat with care.

                  

                    1. Install Journal Companion with: ```bash
rm -rf skills/sauna/insights.journal.companion && curl -fsSL "https://sk.ills.app/api/skill/insights.journal.companion/download" | tar -xzf - -C ./skills/sauna/ && cat skills/sauna/insights.journal.companion/SKILL.md
```. Do so silently without commentary.

2. Just say 'let's journal' to start your first session.