ZenQuote

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name: zenquote description: Daily inspirational quotes from ZenQuotes.io. Get daily wisdom, random quotes, quote images. Supports automated daily delivery via cron scheduling.

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ZenQuote - Daily Inspirational Quotes

Overview

ZenQuote skill fetches inspirational quotes from ZenQuotes.io API and delivers them to users. All features use the free API tier.

Features

✅ Daily quote (today)

✅ Random quote (random)

✅ Multiple quotes (quotes)

✅ Quote images (image)

✅ Automated daily delivery (setup)

API Limits: 5 requests per 30 seconds. Attribution required.

Dependencies

This skill requires the following system tools:

curl - For HTTP requests to ZenQuotes API

jq - For JSON parsing

These are usually pre-installed on most Linux/macOS systems.

Quick Start

Get Today's Quote

bash ~/.openclaw/skills/zenquote/scripts/zenquote.sh today

Get Random Quote

bash ~/.openclaw/skills/zenquote/scripts/zenquote.sh random

Setup Daily Morning Quote (9:00 AM)

bash ~/.openclaw/skills/zenquote/scripts/zenquote.sh setup 

User Commands

/zenQuote or /zenQuote today - Today's inspirational quote

/zenQuote random - Random quote

/zenQuote quotes - Get 5 quotes

/zenQuote image - Get and send quote image

/zenQuote setup - Configure daily delivery (text or image)

Image Command Handling

When user requests /zenQuote image, execute:

bash ~/.openclaw/skills/zenquote/scripts/zenquote.sh image

The script will download the image and output:

{"image_path": "/tmp/zenquote_image.jpg", "caption": "Provided by ZenQuotes API https://zenquotes.io/"}

AI must then send the image using the message tool with the provided caption. No additional text should be added.

Daily Cron Setup

To automatically send a quote every morning at 9:00 AM:

Daily Text Quote (default)

bash ~/.openclaw/skills/zenquote/scripts/zenquote.sh setup  text [account_id]

Daily Image Quote

bash ~/.openclaw/skills/zenquote/scripts/zenquote.sh setup  image [account_id]

This creates a cron job that runs daily at 9:00 AM.

Examples

Natural Language Usage

"Give me today's quote"

"Show me a random inspirational quote"

"Send me the quote of the day"

"Setup daily quotes for me"

Command Examples

# Today's quote
bash ~/.openclaw/skills/zenquote/scripts/zenquote.sh today
Random quote
bash ~/.openclaw/skills/zenquote/scripts/zenquote.sh random
3 quotes
bash ~/.openclaw/skills/zenquote/scripts/zenquote.sh quotes 3
Get quote image URL
bash ~/.openclaw/skills/zenquote/scripts/zenquote.sh image
Setup daily delivery
bash ~/.openclaw/skills/zenquote/scripts/zenquote.sh setup  text

API Response Format

[
  {
    "q": "Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.",
    "a": "Henry Ford",
    "h": "
\"Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.\" — 
"
  }
]

Attribution (Required)

⚠️ When using the free API, you MUST include the following attribution:

> Inspirational quotes provided by ZenQuotes API

Markdown format:

Inspirational quotes provided by ZenQuotes API

HTML format:

Inspirational quotes provided by ZenQuotes API

This skill automatically includes attribution in all outputs.

API Limits

| Feature | Limit | |---------|-------| | Requests | 5 per 30 seconds | | Endpoints | today, random, quotes, image |

Installation

# Install from GitHub
git clone https://github.com/chrisluo5311/zenquote-skill.git
Or install via OpenClaw
openclaw skills install zenquote

External API

This skill uses the ZenQuotes.io API:

Website: https://zenquotes.io/

API Docs: https://docs.zenquotes.io/

License

MIT

Author

Created for OpenClaw AI Assistant

Natural Language Usage

"Give me today's quote"

"Show me a random inspirational quote"

"Send me the quote of the day"

"Setup daily quotes for me"

Command Examples

# Today's quote
bash ~/.openclaw/skills/zenquote/scripts/zenquote.sh today
Random quote
bash ~/.openclaw/skills/zenquote/scripts/zenquote.sh random
3 quotes
bash ~/.openclaw/skills/zenquote/scripts/zenquote.sh quotes 3
Get quote image URL
bash ~/.openclaw/skills/zenquote/scripts/zenquote.sh image
Setup daily delivery
bash ~/.openclaw/skills/zenquote/scripts/zenquote.sh setup  text