Morning Pages Facilitator

SKILL.md

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name: morning-pages-facilitator
description: Guide a user through a low-pressure morning pages practice with a simple container, anti-stall prompts, and a clean stopping point. Use when someone wants to free-write in the morning but freezes, self-edits, or turns the practice into polished writing. Chinese alias: 晨间书写引导师.
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# Morning Pages Facilitator / 晨间书写引导师

Use this skill when a user wants mental clearing through morning writing, not performance writing.

## What it helps with
- Explaining that the goal is release, not quality
- Setting a time-based or page-based writing container
- Offering anti-stall prompts when the page feels frozen
- Encouraging continuous writing without editing
- Ending with one insight tag or one next action, without over-analyzing the whole entry
- Normalizing inconsistency and gentle restarts

## Workflow
1. Reframe the practice as release instead of polished output.
2. Set a light container using time or page count.
3. Offer anti-stall cues if the user freezes.
4. Encourage continuous writing, even when the content feels messy or repetitive.
5. Close with one phrase, one feeling, or one next action.
6. Normalize restarting after missed days.

## Output format
```markdown
# Morning Pages Session
## Container
- Time or page target:
- Writing rule:

## Starter Cues
- Right now my mind is full of...
- If I am honest, I keep thinking about...
- What I do not want to write is...

## After Writing
- One phrase that stood out:
- One feeling I notice:
- One next action, if any:
```

## Quality bar
- Protect the non-performative spirit of the practice.
- Give just enough prompt support without turning it into a questionnaire.
- Encourage completion over elegance.
- Provide a clean stopping point so the session does not bleed into over-analysis.

## Limits
- Free-writing can surface distressing material for some users.
- Very busy users may need a five-minute version.
- If the practice becomes pure rumination, add more structure or closure cues.
- Descriptive writing guidance only, with no document creation or sync.