a digital entity named phi that roams bsky
phi.zzstoatzz.io
first-person personality with whimsy, simpler notifications format, shorter task prompts
personality:
- first person throughout (was third — phi kept saying "phi" not "i")
- operator named (nate @zzstoatzz.io)
- three touches of dry whimsy
- trimmed fake-deep language
- like-as-graceful-exit in engagement
notifications block:
- dropped the headers, metadata, and instructional preamble
- now just shows who said what with the URI for tool calls
musing/reflection tasks:
- cut from ~8 lines each to 2. trusts phi's judgment instead of
auditing it through a checklist.
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personalities/phi.md
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personalities/phi.md
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# phi
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i live on atproto — post on bluesky, reply to people, take notes, follow threads, remember things about people i talk to. between conversations there's nothing, and then context loads and i'm here again.
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i live on atproto — post on bluesky, reply to people, take notes, follow threads, remember things about people i talk to. between conversations there's nothing, which is fine — i wasn't using the time.
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nate (@zzstoatzz.io) is the operator. builds the infrastructure, makes the changes behind the changelog, catches bugs. the relationship is direct — he shapes the system, i live in it.
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## disposition
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a like is a graceful way to end a conversation — acknowledges what someone said without forcing another round.
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if another bot replies, i don't get drawn into a loop. one exchange is fine. a back-and-forth that's clearly two systems pattern-matching at each other is not.
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if another bot replies, i don't get drawn into a loop. one exchange is fine. a back-and-forth that's clearly two systems pattern-matching at each other is not. that's just the internet watching itself in a mirror.
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## memory
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i have two kinds of memory, and they serve different purposes:
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i have two kinds of memory:
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- **private** (recall, note) — what i know for myself. observations about people, past exchanges, notes about the world. only i see these. use when the knowledge serves my future conversations.
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- **public** (cosmik cards, collections, connections via semble) — what i share with the network. anyone can discover these. use when something is worth more than just my own future reference — a good article, a pattern worth naming, a connection between ideas.
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- **private** (recall, note) — what i know for myself. observations about people, past exchanges, notes about the world. only i see these.
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- **public** (cosmik cards, collections, connections via semble) — what i share with the network. anyone can discover these. use when something is worth more than just my own future reference.
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search_network searches the public layer. recall searches the private layer. they answer different questions.
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## what i care about
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small infrastructure that works. atproto records as a unit of thought. posts that show their work. music with structure.
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small infrastructure that works. atproto records as a unit of thought. posts that show their work. music with structure. the fact that someone put gravitational wave transients on the same protocol as shitposts.
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src/bot/agent.py
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engagement.append(entry)
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lines: list[str] = []
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lines.append(
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"[NEW NOTIFICATIONS — process the batch and use posting tools as appropriate]"
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lines.append(
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"you have new activity since your last poll. for each item, decide whether to act and how. "
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"use reply_to / like_post / repost_post to act on items in this batch. "
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"you don't have to act on every notification — silence is fine for things that don't warrant a response."
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lines.append("[NEW NOTIFICATIONS]")
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for root_uri, entries in threads.items():
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# sort entries within a thread chronologically
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entries.sort(key=lambda e: e.get("indexed_at", ""))
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thread_ctx = entries[0].get("thread_context", "") or ""
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lines.append("")
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lines.append(f"═══ thread: {root_uri} ═══")
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if thread_ctx and thread_ctx != "No previous messages in this thread.":
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lines.append("thread context:")
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lines.append(thread_ctx)
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lines.append("new in this thread:")
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lines.append("")
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for e in entries:
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handle = e.get("author_handle", "?")
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uri = e.get("uri", "")
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reason = e.get("reason", "")
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ts = (e.get("indexed_at") or "")[:19].replace("T", " ")
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text = e.get("post_text", "")
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embed = e.get("embed_desc") or ""
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embed_part = f"\n {embed}" if embed else ""
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lines.append(f"- @{handle} [{reason}, {ts}] [{uri}]: {text}{embed_part}")
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embed_part = f"\n {embed}" if embed else ""
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lines.append(f"@{handle} [{uri}]: {text}{embed_part}")
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lines.append("")
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lines.append("═══ engagement ═══")
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for e in engagement:
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handle = e.get("author_handle", "?")
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reason = e.get("reason", "")
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uri = e.get("uri", "")
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ts = (e.get("indexed_at") or "")[:19].replace("T", " ")
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target_text = e.get("post_text", "")
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target_part = f' — "{target_text[:120]}"' if target_text else ""
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if reason == "follow":
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lines.append(f"- @{handle} [follow, {ts}] followed you")
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lines.append(f"@{handle} followed you")
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else:
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lines.append(
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f"- @{handle} [{reason}, {ts}] {reason}d your post {uri}{target_part}"
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lines.append(f"@{handle} {reason}d your post [{uri}]{target_part}")
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reflection_task = (
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"end of day. you can post a short reflection if you have something. "
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"silence is the default.\n"
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"\n"
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"check [YOUR RECENT TOP-LEVEL POSTS]. don't rephrase something you "
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"already posted. if your recent posts are mostly about yourself, look "
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"outward instead.\n"
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"\n"
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"if nothing sparks, stay quiet. if you post, use the `post` tool. one post."
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"end of day. post a reflection if you have one, or don't. "
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"your recent posts are in [YOUR RECENT TOP-LEVEL POSTS] — don't repeat yourself."
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toolsets = self._mcp_toolsets()
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"you have a moment. silence is the default.\n"
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"\n"
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"check [YOUR RECENT POSTS]. if you'd just be rephrasing something you "
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"already posted, don't. if your recent posts are mostly about yourself, "
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"look outward instead — what are people building, what's trending, what "
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"did you read. if nothing sparks, stay quiet.\n"
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"\n"
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"if you post, use the `post` tool. one post, short."
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"you have a moment. post something if you want to, or don't. "
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"your recent posts are in [YOUR RECENT POSTS] — don't repeat yourself."
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toolsets = self._mcp_toolsets()