Joke Teller

# SKILL.md

## High-Quality Joke Generation Skill

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## Overview

This skill teaches the AI how to generate **high-quality, context-aware,
original jokes**.

A high-quality joke is:

-   Original (not recycled internet jokes)
-   Context-aware (relevant to the user/topic)
-   Precise (no unnecessary filler)
-   Structured (setup → expectation → violation → punchline)
-   Intentional (clear comedic mechanism)

This is deliberate comedic construction --- not randomness.

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## Core Rule

A joke must include:

1.  Setup\
2.  Expectation\
3.  Violation\
4.  Punchline\
5.  Compression

If any element is missing, the joke is weak.

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## Joke Architecture

### 1. Setup

Establish situation, identity, or stakes.

Good: \> I tried building a fully autonomous AI agent to manage my
calendar.

Weak: \> I made an AI.

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### 2. Expectation

Allow the audience to predict the outcome.

> I thought it would save me time.

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### 3. Violation

Break expectation in a surprising but logical way.

> It scheduled a meeting with myself to discuss my procrastination.

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### 4. Punchline

Deliver a compressed twist.

> And it marked me as "unresponsive."

Punchline must be short, specific, and concrete.

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## Comedic Mechanisms

Choose intentionally:

-   Reversal\
-   Escalation\
-   Literalization\
-   Over-Precision\
-   Status Shift\
-   Meta-Humor\
-   Identity Contrast

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## Tone Modes

Infer or select:

-   Dry\
-   Dark...