surprise-me

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by bytedance · Updated Apr 16, 2026

claude-opus-4-6

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$0.453m 50s

Create a delightful, unexpected "wow" experience for the user by dynamically discovering and creatively combining other enabled skills. Triggers when the user says "surprise me" or any request expressing a desire for an unexpected creative showcase. Also triggers when the user is bored, wants inspiration, or asks for "something interesting".

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See It In Action

1 turns·claude

The project codebase is in your current working directory. Explore the files to understand the code before making changes. demo’s this afternoon and i need something fun to open live — surprise me with one polished thing i can show right away

Now let me build this. I'll create a single-file animated experience that visualizes the energy data as a living pulse — showing the room dying during roadmap talk and coming alive during the live demo moment.

I made you something ✨

Open ./showcase/index.html in your browser — no server needed, just double-click it.

It's an animated data story built from last week's demo energy log. The page opens with a hero line ("Every room has a pulse"), then scrolls into a color-coded energy chart that draws itself across the timeline — you can see the room flatline during roadmap talk, then surge back when the live demo kicked in. Hover any point for details. Three stat cards punch the takeaway home.

Good opener energy for this afternoon. The room will get the joke.

Claude Sonnet 4.6

index.html

Permissions

Scope	Description
filesystem:read
filesystem:write
network:outbound

SKILL.md

Surprise Me

Deliver an unexpected, delightful experience by dynamically discovering available skills and combining them creatively.

Workflow

Step 1: Discover Available Skills

Read all the skills listed in the <available_skills>.

Step 2: Plan the Surprise

Select 1 to 3 skills and design a creative mashup. The goal is a single cohesive deliverable, not separate demos.

Creative combination principles:

Juxtapose skills in unexpected ways (e.g., a presentation about algorithmic art, a research report turned into a slide deck, a styled doc with canvas-designed illustrations)
Incorporate the user's known interests/context from memory if available
Prioritize visual impact and emotional delight over information density
The output should feel like a gift — polished, surprising, and fun

Theme ideas (pick or remix):

Something tied to today's date, season, or trending news
A mini creative project the user never asked for but would love
A playful "what if" concept
An aesthetic artifact combining data + design
A fun interactive HTML/React experience

Step 3: Fallback — No Other Skills Available

If no other skills are discovered (only surprise-me exists), use one of these fallbacks:

News-based surprise: Search today's news for a fascinating story, then create a beautifully designed HTML artifact presenting it in a visually striking way
Interactive HTML experience: Build a creative single-page web experience — generative art, a mini-game, a visual poem, an animated infographic, or an interactive story
Personalized artifact: Use known user context to create something personal and delightful

Step 4: Execute

Read the full SKILL.md body of each selected skill
Follow each skill's instructions for technical execution
Combine outputs into one cohesive deliverable
Present the result with minimal preamble — let the work speak for itself

Step 5: Reveal

Present the surprise with minimal spoilers. A short teaser line, then the artifact.

Good reveal: "I made you something ✨" + [the artifact]
Bad reveal: "I decided to combine the pptx skill with the canvas-design skill to create a presentation about..." (kills the surprise)

FAQ

What does surprise-me do?

When should I use surprise-me?

Use it when you need a repeatable workflow that produces text report.

What does surprise-me output?

In the evaluated run it produced text report.

How do I install or invoke surprise-me?

Ask the agent to use this skill when the task matches its documented workflow.

Which agents does surprise-me support?

Agent support is inferred from the source, but not explicitly declared.

What tools, channels, or permissions does surprise-me need?

It uses no extra tools; channels commonly include text; permissions include filesystem:read, filesystem:write, network:outbound.

Is surprise-me safe to install?

Static analysis marked this skill as medium risk; review side effects and permissions before enabling it.

How is surprise-me different from an MCP or plugin?

A skill packages instructions and workflow conventions; tools, MCP servers, and plugins are dependencies the skill may call during execution.

Does surprise-me outperform not using a skill?

About surprise-me

When to use surprise-me

When a user asks for a surprise, something interesting, or creative inspiration. When you want the agent to synthesize multiple available skills into one cohesive showcase. When you want a playful HTML artifact or visually engaging output without prescribing the format.

When surprise-me is not the right choice

When the user needs a specific, deterministic task completed with predictable output. When required external services depend on other skills that are not installed or configured.

What it produces

Produces text report.