Colleague-skill let's you make a digital twin of a coworker.
Posted by fallingdowndizzyvr@reddit | LocalLLaMA | View on Reddit | 2 comments
Supposedly this has gone viral in China. Now there are articles about it here in the US. This started out as a prank. But it supposedly works. Not only works but works well. Clearly from the sources it taps for information, it's geared toward China. But I can't see why this wouldn't work anywhere by adding more sources. The dev mentions he is adding more sources.
It looks interesting. Has anyone tried it? More importantly has anyone been able to get it to work locally with open-skills?
Kwigg@reddit
Looks like we've gone full circle from roleplaying -> coding/useful stuff -> roleplaying again. From my experience, (I still use SillyTavern like it's 2023) making the ai do a persona while also trying to be a coder/etc. is stacking tasks on top of each other which makes it worse at both.
fallingdowndizzyvr@reddit (OP)
I would read up on this. It's not roleplaying per se. It is doing something useful. Check out that githup and the dev alludes to it.
"Your colleague quit, leaving behind a mountain of unmaintained docs?"
"Your intern left, nothing but an empty desk and a half-finished project?"
That's using this to do useful stuff. Since it effectively gives you a digital twin of your coworker to do useful stuff with.
Here, checkout this article about it.
"Within minutes, the tool created a file detailing how that person did their job. “It is surprisingly good,” Li says. “It even captures the person’s little quirks, like how they react and their punctuation habits.” With this skill, Li can use an AI agent as a new “coworker” that helps debug her code and replies instantly. It felt uncanny and uncomfortable, Li says. "
https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/04/20/1136149/chinese-tech-workers-ai-colleagues
That's useful stuff. That's not just roleplaying.