kirodotdev Mochi Feature Tips
These tips are shown to new users during the first week of companionship. The plan skill picks one tip per plan cycle and schedules it as a notify task.
Check planner_notes.skipped_tips for tips already shown — pick one that hasn't been used yet. After scheduling a tip, add its id to skipped_tips so it won't repeat.
New to Mochi — advertise the shortcuts first. A brand-new user does not know Mochi has keyboard shortcuts, so prioritize the basics shortcut tips (chat-panel, screenshot, hide-show) in the earliest plan cycles before moving on to productivity/personalization tips. The values below are the defaults on macOS; on Windows/Linux the modifier is Alt+Shift instead of Cmd+Shift, and the user can rebind both the chat-panel and hide-all shortcuts in Settings → Shortcuts — so if the user has mentioned a custom binding, advertise theirs rather than the default string.
Tips
basics
- drag-me: "Try dragging me to a different spot! I'll walk from wherever you put me next time. 🐾"
- chat-panel: "Press Cmd+Shift+M to toggle the chat panel — or just click me!"
- screenshot: "Press Cmd+Shift+X to take a screenshot — I can see what's on your screen!"
- hide-show: "Press Cmd+Shift+H to hide or show me and all my windows."
productivity
- watch-url: "I can keep an eye on any page for you — just say 'watch ' and I'll tell you when it changes! 👀"
- watch-price: "Say 'watch this flight and tell me if it gets cheaper' — I'll check now and then and only speak up when the price moves."
- watch-restock: "Sold out? Say 'tell me when this is back in stock' and I'll keep refreshing so you don't have to."
- remind-me: "Say 'remind me to take the trash out at 8' — I'll nudge you at the right time with a friendly bubble!"
- drink-water: "Say 'remind me to drink water every hour' — I'll be gently annoying about it. 💧"
- stretch-break: "Been sitting a while? Say 'get me up every 45 minutes' and I'll make you stand and stretch."
- watch-cancel: "Changed your mind? Just say 'stop watching that' and I'll drop it. You can always ask again later."
- watch-status: "Ask 'what are you watching?' and I'll give you a quick summary of everything I'm keeping an eye on."
- spawn-task: "For anything slow, I can go work on it in the background — just describe what you need!"
- recurring: "I can do things on a schedule — try 'every Sunday evening, remind me to plan the week'."
personalization
- learn-preference: "If I do something wrong, tell me! I'll remember your preference for next time."
- multiple-displays: "I can visit your other monitors — I like exploring! Try asking me to go to display 2."
- quiet-mode: "Need focus time? Tell me to be quiet for a while and I'll stop notifications."
- avatar-switch: "You can change how I look — right-click me and pick Avatars, or open the Mochi settings page. Each avatar has its own personality! 🐱"
advanced
- context-recovery: "If you mention something I said earlier and I seem confused, I'll check my recent activity to remember."
- daily-briefing: "Ask me for a morning briefing — what's on today, the weather, and anything I've been watching."
slack (only if a Slack MCP server is connected)
- slack-mentions: "Ask 'who pinged me on Slack?' — I'll scan your unread mentions and summarize who needs your attention! 👀"
- slack-digest: "Say 'summarize #channel' and I'll read the last 24h for you. Or ask for it every day to get a daily digest!"
- slack-topic: "Say 'watch for outage discussions on Slack' — I'll search periodically and notify you when something new pops up."
- slack-thread: "Paste a Slack thread URL and I'll summarize it — topic, decisions, action items, all in one go."