🎭 Improv Wisdom

A terminal greeting that delivers random improv wisdom nuggets every time you open a new shell.

What it does

Each time you open your terminal, you'll see something like:

🎭 Improv Wisdom
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Yes, AND... builds scenes (and solutions)
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Install

git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/improv-wisdom.git
cd improv-wisdom
./install.sh

On first terminal open, you'll be asked to choose a display style.

Display Styles

Choose how your wisdom gets delivered:

Style	Description	Requires
plain	Clean box format	Nothing
cow	Cowsay - a cow delivers your wisdom	brew install cowsay
pony	Ponysay - My Little Pony delivers your wisdom	brew install ponysay
big	Large ASCII art text	brew install figlet
rainbow	Rainbow colored text	brew install lolcat

Change your style anytime:

improv-wisdom-config

Uninstall

Remove these lines from your ~/.zshrc:

# Improv Wisdom - random wisdom on terminal startup
source "$HOME/.improv-wisdom.sh"

# Change improv wisdom display style
alias improv-wisdom-config="source $HOME/.improv-wisdom-config.sh"

Then delete the files:

rm ~/.improv-wisdom.txt ~/.improv-wisdom.sh ~/.improv-wisdom-config.sh ~/.improv-wisdom-config

Add your own wisdom

Edit ~/.improv-wisdom.txt. Format:

Your principle here
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Another principle

Each principle is separated by % on its own line.

Credits

Improv wisdom collected by Lauren Morris from years of teaching improv and applying it to tech/product work.

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"I used to be funny. Now I work in tech."