habits

Diagnoses why knowledge fails to change habitual behavior by mapping felt experience.

1|Updated Apr 1, 2026
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/wojons/je-ne-sais-quoi --skill habits-wojons
Or copy as Structured Prompt for Agent
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Skill: habits
Source: https://github.com/wojons/je-ne-sais-quoi/tree/main/skills/habits
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/wojons/je-ne-sais-quoi --skill habits-wojons

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve?

Habits helps you understand the lived experience of being compelled by repeated patterns, where awareness and knowledge don’t break the behavior—so your answers stop sounding like clinical labels and start matching what it actually feels like from inside the pattern.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Felt explanation of habitual captivity: contrasts the logical “habit loop” with the internal experience of being inhabited by a pattern that predates conscious choice.
  • Cross-tradition reconstruction: translates the felt meaning of samskara, grooves/architecture of identity, and transformation through repeated weight rather than willpower.
  • Experience-based testing and failure modes: provides scenario tests to detect whether responses touch the horror/gravity of the experience, plus examples of “hollow” answers to avoid.

Quick Start

Ask the AI to apply the 3 AM Kitchen test to explain what a person feels like when they can’t stop an ingrained self-destructive habit, and contrast a hollow explanation with a felt one.

Frequently Asked Questions about habits

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

FAQPage Schema
Why does knowing about a bad habit not stop the behavior change process?

Awareness fails to stop ingrained habits because behavior change involves a felt experience of being inhabited by a pattern, rather than executing a logical loop that conscious knowledge can easily override.

How do I explain the felt experience of compulsive behavior instead of using clinical labels?

You explain compulsive behavior by mapping the internal gravity and horror of being carried by patterns, contrasting a felt lived account against hollow neurology-and-prescription explanations.

How do I design scenario tests to check if behavior change explanations are authentic?

Design scenario tests like the 3 AM Kitchen test to detect whether responses touch the gravity of the experience, using examples of hollow answers to identify and avoid superficial behavioral analysis.

What is the best way to rewrite hollow neuroscience responses for ingrained habits?

The best way to rewrite hollow neuroscience responses is by preserving the internal ghost and infrastructure framing, accurately contrasting it with superficial behavior change prescriptions.

Can I use this approach to analyze identity and compulsion after repeated failures?

Yes, this approach directly applies to situations involving compulsion and identity, diagnosing why persistence fails after repeated attempts by mapping the architecture of ingrained patterns.

When should I not use standard habit loop logic to understand behavior change?

You should not use standard habit loop logic when the situation involves repeated failures and self-destructive compulsion, as logical loops fail to capture the felt experience of ingrained patterns.