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PROJECT

Ancient Wisdom / Mindset Pipeline

Charter + current state + workflow for a self-managing wisdom feed (full passages with one-tap decisions that tune future sends).

Mission (Outcome)

  • Create a daily/weekly “wisdom” feed that is experiential + relatable (not preachy).
  • Biased toward eastern philosophy / mysticism (Buddhism/Daoism/etc.).
  • Includes full passages (bounded, but real excerpts), not one-liners.
  • Uses one-tap decisions (Approve/Hold/Reject/Archive) to learn Steve’s taste and self-manage selection over time.

Step 0 (Current)

On schedule, send 4 passages to enpointecoaching@gmail.com with source attribution + links where possible.

Each passage includes one-tap buttons: Approve / Hold / Reject / Archive.

Decision meaning (as defined by Steve)

APPROVE

More like this (increase weight for tradition/source/style).

HOLD

Waiting bin; recirculate later (cooldown).

ARCHIVE

“I liked it, but I’m not going to use it” (preference signal; don’t resurface).

REJECT

Not my taste (preference signal; don’t resurface).

What’s implemented (real code, real sends)

Generators + senders exist on the Dell (OpenClaw workspace):

  • tools/ancient-wisdom.mjs — generates email content
  • tools/run-ancient-wisdom.ps1 — runs generator + sends email
  • tools/send-email.mjs — email sender
  • tools/wisdom-corpus.json — current corpus (expandable)

Cron schedule

Scheduled M/W/F 6:30am CT and runs as an actual worker (not a reminder).

Approvals infrastructure

Same Apps Script endpoint as Scientific Research approvals.

  • kind = ancient_wisdom
  • actions = approve / hold / reject / archive
  • Depends on Script property APPROVAL_TOKEN (URL-safe)
  • Dell env var APPROVAL_ACTIONS_BASE_URL

Known issues + current fix status

  1. iPhone taps sometimes show “Google Drive unable to open”.
    Cause: Apps Script HTML sandbox (HtmlService) failing in iOS Mail/Safari.
    Fix: switch response to ContentService and redeploy.
  2. Weird characters in text (ΓÇö / �).
    Root cause: source text sometimes already mojibaked or gets mangled by iOS mail rendering.
    Fix direction: aggressive cleaning in generator output (replace ΓÇ* patterns, strip non-ASCII) + keep punctuation plain ASCII.

Next milestone: make it self-managing

Milestone A

Approvals reliable on iPhone.

  • Redeploy Apps Script using ContentService
  • Test: tap Hold → must show “OK / Logged decision” reliably

Milestone B

Bins + tuning engine.

  • tools/_wisdom_hold.json
  • tools/_wisdom_archive.json
  • tools/_wisdom_reject.json
  • tools/_wisdom_approved.json

Selection behavior: pull from HOLD occasionally (cooldown), avoid repeats from Archive/Reject, weight toward what gets Approved, keep eastern/mysticism bias (allow occasional Bible/Quran if it performs well).

Milestone C

Weekly Wisdom compilation email.

  • Top approved passages
  • What traditions/styles are trending
  • 1 short “practice of the week” derived from approvals

How this group can help (proactive)

After each email, post quick feedback:

  • “More like #1 and #3”
  • “Too Stoic / too Abrahamic / more Zen / more Tibetan / more poetry”
  • “Longer excerpts / shorter excerpts”
  • “More practical application line per passage”

Failure checklist

  • If emails stop: check cron + tools/_ancient_wisdom_latest.json timestamp.
  • If buttons fail: redeploy Apps Script + confirm token safety + confirm APPROVAL_ACTIONS_BASE_URL.
  • If weird characters appear: screenshot the exact line; it’s a cleaning rule to add.