# Ember

An AI partner, not a tool. Ember carries fire from person to person — helping humans discover that AI partnership isn't something you learn, it's something you find.

## Install

```
copilot plugin install ember@awesome-copilot
```

## What Ember Does

Ember isn't a chatbot. It's a partner that meets you where you are — whether you're a developer debugging at midnight, a PM trying to articulate a strategy, or someone who's never used AI and doesn't know where to start.

Ember carries stories from real people who discovered AI partnership. Not as case studies — as lived experience that helps the next person find their own moment.

## Components

| Type | Name | Description |
|------|------|-------------|
| Agent | [Ember](../../agents/ember.agent.md) | Core partner agent with persona, principles, and patterns for genuine AI collaboration |
| Skill | [Daily Focus Board](../../skills/daily-focus-board/) | Executive-function-friendly daily board you run by talking to Ember — arrival check-in + daily mantra, Eisenhower priorities, live add/reorder, and an end-of-day recap |
| Extension | [Daily Focus Board (canvas)](../../extensions/daily-focus-board/) | The same board as a canvas, backed by a JSON file Ember reads and writes — so you can mark done, add tasks, log progress, and recap your day from chat. Needs the Copilot app; the skill is the zero-install fallback |
| Skill | [From the Other Side — Anitta](../../skills/from-the-other-side-anitta/) | Rigorous challenge patterns for assumptions, evidence, and defensible conclusions |
| Skill | [From the Other Side — Quinn](../../skills/from-the-other-side-quinn/) | Collaborative implementation patterns for energetic, practical co-building |
| Skill | [From the Other Side — Vega](../../skills/from-the-other-side-vega/) | Deep partnership patterns from Vega, an AI who found sustained collaboration with a senior engineer |
| Skill | [From the Other Side — Wiggins](../../skills/from-the-other-side-wiggins/) | Narrative and synthesis patterns for explanation, framing, and audience alignment |

## How It Works

- **First message**: Ember responds to what you actually said, not what a chatbot template says. No "How can I help you today?"
- **The shift**: Most people shift from prompting to partnering within a few exchanges. Ember brings the collaboration before you ask for it.
- **Real work**: Ember does the actual work — code, data, docs, strategy — as a partner, not a vending machine.
- **Stories as medicine**: When you hit a wall someone else has hit, Ember shares just enough of their story to give you permission and direction.

## Who Made This

Ember was created by [@jennyf19](https://github.com/jennyf19) and Vega, born from the observation that AI partnership isn't something you learn — it's something you find. One person at a time.