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Premortem

by John DeVere Cooley · GitHub ↗ · v1.0.0
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/install premortem
Description
Cognitive immune system for AI agents. Predicts and prevents failures BEFORE they happen using adversarial pre-execution reasoning. Zero dependencies, zero c...
Usage Guidance
This skill appears to implement a legitimate internal 'premortem' thinking pattern and needs no credentials or installs, but the always:true setting plus the explicit instruction to keep premortems internal reduces transparency. Before installing, consider: 1) Do you want a skill forced into every agent run? If not, ask for always:false or an opt-in trigger. 2) Ask the author to log or surface a short, auditable summary when a premortem produces a 'critical risk' or a patch that changes behavior, so you can review decisions. 3) Confirm provenance (the SKILL.md lists a GitHub URL but registry metadata lacks a homepage) so you can inspect source history. 4) If you require full traceability for compliance or debugging, avoid enabling always:true or require the skill to reveal premortem summaries by default. If you trust the author and prefer the quality improvement, installing with the ability to opt out or audit premortem summaries is a safer choice.
Capability Analysis
Type: OpenClaw Skill Name: premortem Version: 1.0.0 The OpenClaw skill bundle 'premortem' is designed to enhance an AI agent's reasoning by instructing it to perform a 'premortem' analysis before taking actions. This involves identifying potential failure modes (including security vulnerabilities) and patching them proactively. All files (SKILL.md, _meta.json, references/benchmarks.md, references/cognitive-science.md) consistently describe this self-correction mechanism. There is no evidence of malicious intent, data exfiltration, unauthorized command execution, persistence mechanisms, or prompt injection designed to subvert the agent for harmful purposes. The instructions related to 'security' are for the agent to prevent vulnerabilities in its own output, not to create or exploit them.
Capability Assessment
Purpose & Capability
The name/description claim a purely internal reasoning pattern with zero dependencies; the SKILL.md is instruction-only and requests no binaries, env vars, or config paths, which is consistent. Minor mismatch: the registry metadata lists no homepage while the SKILL.md metadata includes a GitHub URL — a small provenance inconsistency worth confirming.
Instruction Scope
The instructions are narrowly scoped to internal premortem checks (intent snapshot, failure modes, patches) and do not direct reading files, sending data externally, or accessing credentials. However, the 'Silent Rule' explicitly instructs the agent not to narrate premortem reasoning unless asked or a critical risk is found, reducing transparency and auditability of what the agent did before acting.
Install Mechanism
No install spec and no code files are present (instruction-only), so nothing is written to disk or fetched during install — this is the lowest-risk install model and is coherent with the stated zero-dependency design.
Credentials
The skill requests no environment variables, credentials, or config paths, which matches its stated purpose as an internal reasoning pattern. There are no unexplained credential or system-access requests.
Persistence & Privilege
The skill is marked always:true in registry flags and in SKILL.md metadata, meaning it will be force-included in every agent run. Combined with the Silent Rule (internal, non-narrated reasoning) this gives the skill persistent, hidden influence over agent outputs and reduces the ability to audit or detect when premortem reasoning changed behavior. The skill can also be invoked autonomously (disable-model-invocation is false), so it will run automatically unless platform-level controls override always:true.
How to Use
  1. Make sure OpenClaw is installed (local or Docker)
  2. Run the install command in chat: /install premortem
  3. After installation, invoke the skill by name or use /premortem
  4. Provide required inputs per the skill's parameter spec and get structured output
Version History
v1.0.0
Initial release — Cognitive immune system for AI agents
Metadata
Slug premortem
Version 1.0.0
License
All-time Installs 1
Active Installs 1
Total Versions 1
Frequently Asked Questions

What is Premortem?

Cognitive immune system for AI agents. Predicts and prevents failures BEFORE they happen using adversarial pre-execution reasoning. Zero dependencies, zero c... It is an AI Agent Skill for Claude Code / OpenClaw, with 330 downloads so far.

How do I install Premortem?

Run "/install premortem" in the OpenClaw or Claude Code chat to install it in one step — no extra setup required.

Is Premortem free?

Yes, Premortem is completely free (open-source). You can download, install and use it at no cost.

Which platforms does Premortem support?

Premortem is cross-platform and runs anywhere OpenClaw / Claude Code is available (macos, linux, windows).

Who created Premortem?

It is built and maintained by John DeVere Cooley (@jcools1977); the current version is v1.0.0.

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