Self-Wiki: a Socratic Mirror with AI
about 'Self-Wiki'
"Know thyself" is so hard, while most of time we rely on feedbacks around coachers or friends. Now we can use an AI agent for it, based on personal entries. By moving from a "Knowledge Queries" to a "Socratic Mirror", the agent acts as a "mirror", reflecting and expanding our thought to foster self-discovery, emotional regulaton, and deeper cognitive engagement.
Unlike traditional AI that provide answers, the Socratic Mirror, as discussed in Psychology Today, is designed to engage in a feedback loop of inquiry that reveals assumptions, bias, hidden blind spot, and insights.
The agent incrementally builds and maintains a persistent and compounding wiki. When one adds any new source even queries, the agent will extract the key information, and integrates these into the existing wiki so that a structured picture of oneself is given over time. The agent then could be a 'Self-Wiki' for psychological integration.
The 'Self-Wiki' also can be on (personal) coaching service.
Project structure
The structure is as follows:
self-wiki/
├── raw/ (input dump)
├── wiki/ (AI-organized knowledge base)
├── outputs/ (AI-generated reports and answers)
└── GEMINI.md (operating instructions for the AI)
See dev.self-wiki repo for more details.
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