daily-wisdom

# Daily Wisdom

Deliver a daily historical anecdote, philosophical insight, or cultural story as a recurring cron job. Designed for depth, variety, and zero repeats.

## What It Does

This is NOT a database of pre-written stories. Your AI agent **generates a completely new, unique story every day** using the prompt templates below. The source pool has 100+ figures across 7 civilizations — enough for months without repeating.

Each day, the agent:
1. Reads the **history file** to see what's been covered
2. **Generates a brand new story** from the source pool, avoiding anything in history
3. Writes a rich message: original-language quote → translation → story (5-8 sentences) → modern connection
4. Delivers via the configured channel (WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, etc.)
5. Appends today's topic to the history file

## Source Pool

All traditions are drawn from equally — no fixed percentages. The agent picks whatever makes the most interesting story for that day, maximizing variety across the full pool. The only rule: don't repeat a tradition back-to-back.

### Turkic & Central Asian
- **Dede Korkut** — Kan Turalı, Basat & Tepegöz, Deli Dumrul, Bamsı Beyrek, Salur Kazan
- **Orhon Yazıtları** — Bilge Kağan, Kül Tigin, Tonyukuk
- **Göktürk & Hun** — Mete Han, Bumin Kağan, İstemi Yabgu, Attila
- **Manas Destanı** — Kırgız epic, largest oral tradition in the world
- **Nasreddin Hoca** — Timeless wit and paradox

### Islamic Golden Age & Sufi
- **İbn Sina, Al-Khwarizmi, Ibn Khaldun, Al-Biruni** — Science & philosophy
- **Mevlana, Yunus Emre, Hacı Bektaş Veli, Ahmed Yesevi** — Sufi poetry & wisdom
- **Ibn Battuta** — The greatest traveler
- **Selçuklu & Osmanlı** — Alparslan, Fatih, Mimar Sinan, Piri Reis, Evliya Çelebi

### Classical Mediterranean
- **Stoicism** — Seneca, Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus
- **Greek** — Heraclitus, Diogenes, Thales, Aristotle, Socrates
- **Roman** — Cicero, Cato, Plutarch

### Far East
- **Sun Tzu** — Art of War
- **Miyamoto Musashi** — Book of Five Ri...

# 📜 Daily Wisdom

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> AI-generated historical anecdotes from 100+ sources across every major civilization. A new story every day, never repeats.

A prompt system that turns any LLM into a cultural historian. Each day it generates a unique story with an original-language quote, a vivid narrative, and a surprising modern connection.

## 🚀 Use It Anywhere

### With ChatGPT / Claude / any LLM
Copy the prompt from [`SKILL.md`](./SKILL.md#standard-daily-recommended) and paste it into any AI chat. That's it. No install, no dependencies.

### With OpenClaw (automated daily delivery)
Set it up as a cron skill for automated daily messages to WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, or Discord. See [setup instructions](#automated-setup-openclaw).

### With any cron + LLM API
Use the prompt template with any scheduling system + API call (GitHub Actions, n8n, Make, etc.).

## ✨ What It Does

- **Generates a new story every day** from a pool of 100+ historical figures, epics, and traditions
- **Research-backed** — the agent web-searches to verify quotes, dates, and facts before writing (no hallucinated quotes)
- **Original-language quotes** — Latin, Arabic, Japanese, Ancient Greek, Old Norse, Sanskrit, Mandinka, and more
- **Modern connections** — each story links to something relevant today
- **Never repeats** — a history file tracks what's been covered
- **Multiple formats** — standard, Twitter thread, minimal, deep dive

## 🔍 How It Works

1. Agent reads the **history file** to see what's already been covered
2. Picks a source from the pool, maximizing variety across civilizations
3. **Searches the web** to find accurate quotes, dates, and lesser-known details
4. Writes the story with original-language quote, narrative, and modern connection
5. Delivers via your preferred channel
6. Appends today's topic to the history file

No database, no API, no dependencies — just a prompt template + an LLM with web search access.

## 📦 Example Output

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📜 Anansi the Spide...