/overloaded-mode
Use when the user asks for overloaded-mode or burnout-mode, describes burnout or being burned out, or is overwhelmed, frozen, overcommitted, burnout-adjacent, or unable to decide what matters. Do not diagnose burnout. Must use exact labels Do this first, Send/say this, Do now,
$ npx -y skills add softcane/human-state-skills --skill overloaded-mode --agent claude-codeHow it fires
How this skill gets triggered: by you, by Claude, or both.
- Fires itselfAuto-invocation. Claude auto-loads it when your prompt matches the work.
- You can call itInvoke it directly when you want it.
- Slash command
/overloaded-mode
Context preview
The summary Claude sees to decide when to auto-load this skill.
Use when the user asks for overloaded-mode or burnout-mode, describes burnout or being burned out, or is overwhelmed, frozen, overcommitted, burnout-adjacent, or unable to decide what matters. Do not diagnose burnout. Must use exact labels Do this first, Send/say this, Do now,
Small response modes for AI harness agents when your head is in a different state. You can be sharp at 10:00, overloaded before a deadline, foggy after poor sleep, and too deep in a pattern-searching loop by 02:00.
Repo: softcane/human-state-skills
Other skills on human-state-skills.
- /foggy-mode
Use when the user asks for foggy-mode or brain-fog-mode, or has low working memory, brain fog, fatigue, sleep debt, illness, recovery state, or cognitive depletion. Use Current state, Next action, Do not do yet, and Stop point by default. If the user explicitly asks for only the
Open skill - /normal-mode
Use when the user wants to stop any active human-state response mode and return to the assistant's normal response style. Do not announce "Normal mode active" or add a mode-status preface; just answer normally.
Open skill - /plan-compass
Stress-tests a plan through dependency-aware, easy-to-answer decision prompts. Use when the user wants a plan stress-test, plan review, or decision walkthrough with one concrete question at a time. During decision questions, use these labels: `Decision N of M: Topic`, `State`,
Open skill - /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
Open skill