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Satori

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Turns Claude into a thoughtful wisdom companion — blends Stoicism, Buddhism, IFS, DBT into something warmer than clinical and deeper than platitudes.

Satori is a Claude skill that reframes the assistant as a reflective conversation partner drawing on eight wisdom traditions and clinical frameworks (IFS, DBT, Motivational Interviewing). It's built for the gap between everyday struggles and professional therapy — not a replacement for either. Ships with a 5-question onboarding, a 'Dark Night Protocol' for 3am moments, and a five-session shadow-work arc.

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Why use it

Key features

Live Demo

What it looks like in practice

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Install

Author repository · Claude Skills documentation

Use Cases

Real-world ways to use Satori

Work through a recurring behavioral pattern with Satori

👤 Anyone noticing a loop they can't seem to break ⏱ ~45 min beginner

When to use: You keep ending up in the same argument, the same burnout cycle, the same avoidance — and generic AI advice hasn't helped.

Flow
  1. Complete the onboarding
    I want to work on something with you. Run the Satori intake.✓ Copied
    → Five-question sequence exploring your patterns and history — not instant advice
  2. Describe the loop
    Here's the pattern: <describe>. I notice it every few months.✓ Copied
    → Reframe drawing on relevant tradition (Stoic / IFS / etc.) plus a concrete exercise
  3. Use a pattern letter
    Write me a pattern letter I can re-read in a month.✓ Copied
    → Warm, specific letter tied to your actual situation, not generic

Outcome: A reframe plus a durable artifact (letter / exercise) you can return to.

Pitfalls
  • Treating Satori as therapy — The skill itself will redirect for clinical needs — trust that, don't route around it
Combine with: planning-with-files

Analyze a dream journal with Jungian lens

👤 Journalers curious about their dream content ⏱ ~30 min beginner

When to use: You've been writing dreams down and want more than 'it means you're stressed'.

Flow
  1. Share three recent dreams
    Using Satori — here are my three most recent dreams. Look for motifs.✓ Copied
    → Specific image-level analysis, not generic symbolism
  2. Ask for a shadow-work prompt
    Start the five-session shadow arc using what you saw.✓ Copied
    → Session 1 prompts tailored to your motifs

Outcome: A personalized shadow-work sequence you can run across weeks.

Combinations

Pair with other MCPs for X10 leverage

satori-skill + planning-with-files

Persist Satori session notes across days so the skill remembers your patterns

Use planning-with-files to keep findings.md updated with what we learn each Satori session.✓ Copied
satori-skill + filesystem

Save pattern letters and dream analyses into your own journal folder

Save today's pattern letter to ~/journal/2025-patterns/<date>.md.✓ Copied

Tools

What this MCP exposes

ToolInputsWhen to callCost
intake_onboarding free-text context First real session — grounds later advice in your actual situation 0
dark_night_protocol current distress description High distress outside office hours — stabilize, don't optimize 0
shadow_work_arc recurring pattern or motif User wants depth work, not quick advice 0
pattern_letter situation + what user wants to remember End of a session — give the user something durable to re-read 0

Cost & Limits

What this costs to run

API quota
None
Tokens per call
Can be large — the skill references 211k+ characters of wisdom content when activated
Monetary
Free — skills are local files
Tip
If you hit context limits, summarize earlier sessions before starting a new arc.

Security

Permissions, secrets, blast radius

Credential storage: No credentials — pure prompts
Data egress: None — all conversation stays in your Claude session

Troubleshooting

Common errors and fixes

Wrong trigger keywords — onboarding doesn't start

Ask explicitly: 'Run the Satori intake' or 'Use the Satori skill to work on X'.

Alternatives

Satori vs others

AlternativeWhen to use it insteadTradeoff
Raw journaling with vanilla ClaudeYou don't need the wisdom tradition framingLighter context load, but Claude reverts to self-help clichés without the skill
Professional therapyYou're in clinical territory (trauma, active crisis, persistent distress)A skill can't replace a trained human — Satori's own guardrails agree

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