21 Days of Self-Interview: skill pack for Hermes Agent

Hermes Agent skill that asks three questions each night for 21 nights and remembers your answers

What 21 Days of Self-Interview does

21 Days of Self-Interview casts the agent as a seasoned existential-psychology counselor. Each night for 21 nights it asks three carefully sequenced questions, one at a time, and records the answers. On Days 7, 14 and 21 it weaves the user's earlier words into a portrait and shows it back. The README argues that most self-reflection tools fail because they have no memory, and that the aim is to help the user see themselves clearly rather than to hand out advice.

The 21 nights run in three phases of seven days: See, Understand and Choose, ordered on purpose so that questions about who to become come last. The method draws on existential psychology, Socratic questioning, mindful observation, narrative therapy and habit science. A small script, si.py, uses only the Python standard library and handles init, prompt and status. The question banks are plain JSON files in Chinese and English that can be edited, translated or forked into 7-day or 30-day versions. A nightly scheduled task, for example at 22:00, prompts the agent to run the session.

Key features

Three phases of seven nights: See, Understand and Choose
Three questions per night, asked one at a time like a counselor
Reflection of the user's own past words on Days 7, 14 and 21
Chinese and English question banks stored as JSON
Single si.py script that needs only the Python standard library
Designed to run with a nightly cron task

When to use it

Doing a 21-day guided journaling routine through a Hermes Agent chat
Having Hermes remind you at a set time each night to answer the day's questions
Forking the question set into a 7-day or 30-day program in another language

Who it is for: Hermes Agent users who want a guided nightly reflection routine, and developers who want to adapt the question set.

How it fits with Hermes Agent

Built as a Hermes Agent skill that runs alongside a nightly scheduled task; the README's example asks Hermes to install the skill and remind the user at 22:00.

How to install 21 Days of Self-Interview

These commands are copied from the project's README. Check the repository for the latest steps before you run them.

git clone https://github.com/Forlives/21-day-self-interview.git
cd 21-day-self-interview
python si.py init --lang en # or --lang zh for Chinese
python si.py prompt

Requirements: Python (standard library only, no third-party packages) and an AI agent such as Hermes Agent with a nightly scheduled task

Note: It is a reflection tool and not a medical service, and the README tells people in ongoing distress or crisis to seek professional human help.

FAQ

What is 21 Days of Self-Interview?

21 Days of Self-Interview is a Hermes Agent skill that runs a 21-night reflection program. Each night the agent asks three questions as an existential-psychology counselor, remembers the answers and reflects them back on Days 7, 14 and 21.

Does 21 Days of Self-Interview work with Hermes Agent?

Yes. The README describes it as a Hermes Agent skill that runs with a nightly scheduled task, and gives an example prompt for installing it and setting a 22:00 reminder in Hermes.

What do I need to run 21 Days of Self-Interview?

You need Python, since si.py uses only the standard library, and an AI agent such as Hermes with a nightly cron task to trigger each session.