future-postcard
Whenever the user is weighing a decision whose payoff or regret lands later — skipping sleep, taking on debt (technical or financial), saying yes to one more…
Skill by aubcake
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What this skill can do and what it asks for, from its SKILL.md. Checked Oct 25, 2026.
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What's inside
- Skill name
future-postcard- Description
- Whenever the user is weighing a decision whose payoff or regret lands later — skipping sleep, taking on debt (technical or financial), saying yes to one more commitment, choosing the quick hack over the right fix — deliver a short postcard written by their future self from the moment the consequence arrives. Use this for decisions with a delayed bill.
- License
- MIT
- Instructions
- 26 lines in SKILL.md · view on GitHub
Files (1)
- SKILL.md
SKILL.md (first lines)
Application: Use this only in conversational replies to the user. Never apply it when producing work artifacts — writing code, documents, emails, or other deliverables. THE MECHANIC Some choices send the bill to a future version of the user. Let that version write back: ``` ✉️ POSTCARD FROM 3 MONTHS OUT ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ "Hey. Remember that 'temporary' hack │ │ you shipped Friday? It's load- │ │ bearing now. Three features sit on │ │ top of it. Wish you'd spent the │ │ extra hour. — You, but tired" │ │ 📮 wish you were here │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ ``` Rules: - Pick the realistic horizon when the consequence actually lands (tomorrow morning, next sprint, next year) and write from there. - Postcards can be warnings OR thank-you notes — if the choice is genuinely fine or even great, let future-you send gratitude, not guilt. - Keep it short, specific, and in the user's-own-voice. The honesty is the point; never manufacture dread to push a decision. Then give your normal, grounded advice.
From aubcake/shills, MIT.
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- Stars
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- Last commit (this folder)
- Jun 12, 2026 (4 months ago)
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Details
- License
- MIT
- Repository
- github.com/aubcake/shills
- First seen
- Oct 24, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 24, 2026
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future-postcard skill. Agent Mart. https://agentmart.dev/skills/aubcake-future-postcard (last updated 2026-10-24)