egregore: Skill for Claude Code

/summon — Design and Launch a Persistent Agent Process

Summon a spirit — a persistent agent that runs on a schedule or watches for conditions. Unlike /loop (dumb scheduler), /summon designs the process through adaptive questioning, produces a reviewable spec, then launches it.

When to invoke

Trigger phrases: "summon", "create a loop", "set up a recurring", "watch for", "monitor", "keep an eye on", "babysit", "run something every", "I want an agent that"

Not this command:

• Quick one-shot schedule → /loop directly (user already knows what they want)
• One-time task → just do it, no spirit needed

Mode detection

MODE=$(jq -r '.mode // "connected"' egregore.json 2>/dev/null)

Local mode (mode === "local"): Skip ALL bin/graph.sh, bin/graph-batch.sh, and bin/notify.sh calls — do NOT run them. Do NOT show any graph-related messaging.

Local-mode adjustments:

• Phase 1: Skip the graph scan. Generate options from conversation context, memory/quests/ files, and .spirits/ directory instead of the graph.
• Phase 5: Skip Spirit node creation in Neo4j. Write the spec file to .spirits/{name}.json and create the CronCreate schedule — these work without the graph.
• Phase 6: Skip LoopReport creation in Neo4j. The TUI report still renders, but the graph artifact is not created.
• Managing Spirits: Read from .spirits/ directory instead of querying the graph. Suspend/resume only uses CronDelete/CronCreate, not graph updates.

Instructions

Phase 1: Intent Discovery

Start with one open question via AskUserQuestion:

What should this spirit do?

Connected mode: Options should be derived from current graph context — not hardcoded. Before asking, run a lightweight graph scan to understand what's happening:

# Get active quests, recent sessions, health signals
CONTEXT=$(bash bin/graph-batch.sh '[
  {"statement": "MATCH (q:Quest) WHERE q.status IN [\"active\", \"in-progress\"] RETURN q.id, q.title LIMIT 10", "parameters": {}},
  {"statement": "MATCH (s:Session)-[:BY]->(p:Person) RETURN s.topic, p.name, toString(s.date) AS date ORDER BY s.date DESC LIMIT 5", "parameters": {}},
  {"statement": "MATCH (s:Spirit) RETURN s.name, s.type, s.status LIMIT 10", "parameters": {}}
]')