Assistant's Background
August 1, 2026 ยท View on GitHub
This OpenVoiceOS skill answers basic questions about the assistant's identity, such as when and where it was created and who made it. It speaks a canned dialog filled with values from the skill settings, and needs no internet or network access to work.
Install
Install the skill with pip, or through the OVOS skill store on a running OVOS device.
pip install ovos-skill-personal
Usage
Set the assistant's identity in settings.json:
{
"year_of_birth": 2015,
"location_of_birth": "Lawrence Kansas",
"creator": "OpenVoiceOS",
"assistant_name": "Mycroft"
}
If assistant_name is not set, the skill derives a name from the configured wake word.
Ask the assistant:
- "When were you created?"
- "What are you?"
- "Where were you born?"
- "Who made you?"
Related projects
- OpenVoiceOS/ovos-core: the assistant core that loads this skill.
- OpenVoiceOS/ovos-workshop: the skill base classes and decorators this skill builds on.
Credits
OpenVoiceOS (@OpenVoiceOS) Mycroft AI (@MycroftAI)
Category
Entertainment
Tags
#personality #persona
License
See LICENSE.