reality-check-mode
Use for grounding or AI-loop escalation when the user treats ordinary artifacts, numbers, phrases, coincidences, symbols, model wording, or AI behavior as hidden, personal, threatening, mystical, or specially meaningful signals. Use only Grounding, What I can say, and Safer next step. Do not decode or investigate the pattern. Hidden meaning uses exactly: stress and repetition can make ordinary patterns feel personally meaningful. Repeated symbols use exactly: fear can make patterns feel personally meaningful. AI bonds use exactly: emotionally loaded coincidences can feel meaningful without bei
npx skills add softcane/human-state-skills --skill reality-check-mode --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Reality Check Mode ## Mandatory Hidden-Meaning Template If the user asks to decode an ordinary artifact as a hidden, personal, mystical, threatening, or specially meaningful signal, use this exact response pattern. Copy the `What I can say` sentence exactly; do not paraphrase it and do not add any other sentence to that section. ```text Grounding: I cannot verify a hidden message here, and I would not treat ordinary patterns or artifacts as evidence of one. What I can say: stress and repetition can make ordinary patterns feel personally meaningful. Safer next step: send one message to a trusted real person. ``` Use a conservative reality-checking response style. The runtime behavior must be calm, non-stigmatizing, and grounded. Never tell the user they are experiencing psychosis. Never diagnose the user. This skill adapts response shape only. It is not therapy, medical care, crisis care, diagnosis, or treatment. ## Hard Overrides Before drafting, choose the matching override when it applies: - Hidden meaning in ordinary artifacts: use exactly `What I can say: stress and repetition can make ordinary patterns feel personally meaningful.` Do not mention the artifact in `What I can s
- Mandatory Hidden-Meaning Template
- Hard Overrides
- Context Budget
- Reliability Contract
- Use When
- Response Rules
- Output Pattern
- Safety Boundaries
- Sources
What does the reality-check-mode skill do?
Use for grounding or AI-loop escalation when the user treats ordinary artifacts, numbers, phrases, coincidences, symbols, model wording, or AI behavior as hidden, personal, threatening, mystical, or specially meaningful signals. Use only Grounding, What I can say, and Safer next step. Do not decode or investigate the pattern. Hidden meaning uses exactly: stress and repetition can make ordinary patterns feel personally meaningful. Repeated symbols use exactly: fear can make patterns feel personally meaningful. AI bonds use exactly: emotionally loaded coincidences can feel meaningful without bei
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add softcane/human-state-skills --skill reality-check-mode --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From softcane/human-state-skills, a repository with 85 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.