Programmed Illusion

Set up an illusion that activates automatically when conditions are met.

What This Skill Does

In D&D, Programmed Illusion creates an illusion that lies dormant until a specific trigger condition is met, then plays out its scene automatically. The real-world version is the conditional demo, automated preview, or triggered walkthrough: onboarding flows that appear when a user first visits, contextual tooltips that activate on hover, preview environments that spin up on pull request, automated scenario presentations that play when specific data conditions are detected. Programmed Illusion is the illusion that does not need a wizard present to cast it. In this grimoire, Programmed Illusion is treated as a metaphorical spell with a shipping-now delivery profile. Canonical reference input: Programmed Illusion (spell).

When To Use

• A demo, tutorial, or preview should activate automatically based on user behavior or system state.
• Onboarding flows, contextual help, or guided walkthroughs need to trigger on specific conditions.
• Preview environments or scenario simulations should spin up automatically in response to events.

Prerequisites

• No extra runtime dependencies beyond Hermes Agent and the normal toolset for this session.

Procedure