IRL Wisdom™ 🗿
Ancient lessons. Modern life. Better choices.
A warm, keyboard-driven wisdom CLI for mental models, cognitive biases, power laws, discipline, memorable facts, and daily perspective.
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IRL Wisdom turns a terminal window into a small daily ritual. Open the command palette, choose a path, and leave with one useful thought—not another infinite feed.
Install
pip install --upgrade irl-wisdom
Then open the interactive experience:
irl-wisdom
Use the arrow keys to move, press Enter to choose, and let the stone do the rest.
What is inside
| Path | What you get |
|---|---|
| Daily wisdom | A deterministic thought for the day |
| Mental models | Better tools for reasoning and decisions |
| Cognitive biases | Names for the ways judgment goes sideways |
| 48 Laws of Power | One law, a plain-English explanation, and a Moai takeaway |
| Discipline | A short push when motivation wanders off |
| Powerful facts | Compact facts worth remembering |
| Moai vibes | Unshakable perspective, terminal-sized |
| Favorites | A personal collection stored on your machine |
The interface includes a daily streak, saved favorites, clipboard support, responsive terminal sizing, and a warm burnt-orange command-palette aesthetic.
Commands
irl-wisdom daily
irl-wisdom moai
irl-wisdom power
irl-wisdom models
irl-wisdom biases
irl-wisdom discipline
irl-wisdom fact
irl-wisdom upgrade
Add --copy or -c to supported knowledge commands:
irl-wisdom models --copy
A few commands are deliberately missing from this list. Curiosity deserves rewards.
The Moai upgrade ritual
IRL Wisdom can update itself without wrestling with Windows launcher locks:
irl-wisdom upgrade
The Moai checks PyPI, compares versions, asks permission, and hands installation to a delayed helper after the current CLI exits.
For scripts and fearless stones:
irl-wisdom upgrade --yes
How it works
irl-wisdom
├── Typer commands
├── Questionary command palette
├── Rich terminal rendering
├── Local JSON knowledge collections
└── ~/.irl_wisdom_config.json
├── favorites
└── daily streak
The package is intentionally lightweight: no account, database, telemetry, or cloud service is required. Favorites and streak state stay local.
Development
git clone https://github.com/Dev2Creator/IRL-WISDOM.git
cd IRL-WISDOM
python -m pip install -e .
irl-wisdom
Build and validate a release:
python -m build
python -m twine check dist/*
Author
Created by Anika Mukherjee Email: cuteypieanika@gmail.com GitHub: @Dev2Creator
Copyright, trademark, and license
Copyright © 2026 Anika Mukherjee. All rights reserved.
IRL Wisdom™ is a trademark of Anika Mukherjee.
The source code is licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License v3 or later. See COPYRIGHT for the project notice.
Built for people who still believe one good idea can change the shape of a day. 🗿
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