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/install self-direction
Description
Your agent learns to think like you. Captures your direction system, makes decisions as you would, guides all processes toward your goals.
Usage Guidance
This skill is internally coherent with its purpose, but it stores persistent logs and a model of how you make decisions in ~/self-direction/, which can include sensitive context. Before installing or enabling it, consider: (1) Do you trust the agent/process that will read and update those files? (2) Review the ~/self-direction/ files regularly and delete or redact anything sensitive. (3) If needed, restrict file permissions or store the directory on encrypted storage. (4) Limit what the agent is allowed to observe (avoid automatic logging of private chats, credentials, or financial data). (5) If you want tighter control, require explicit approval for high-stakes decisions and configure clear escalation triggers in the transmission frames. If any of these are unacceptable or unclear, treat the skill as privacy-sensitive and review or decline installation.
Capability Analysis
Type: OpenClaw Skill
Name: self-direction
Version: 1.0.0
The skill bundle is classified as benign. All files describe an AI agent's internal learning process for understanding user preferences and making autonomous decisions, with clear instructions for user interaction and data management within the designated `~/self-direction/` directory. There is no evidence of data exfiltration, malicious execution, persistence mechanisms, or prompt injection designed to subvert the agent's core function. The `_meta.json` explicitly states no external binaries are required, and the markdown instructions consistently reinforce a collaborative, user-validated learning loop, with `clawhub install` commands requiring user confirmation.
Capability Assessment
Purpose & Capability
Name/description (capture a user's decision rules and transmit them to sub-agents) align with what the skill asks for: no external credentials, no unrelated binaries, and an explicit config path (~/self-direction/) where the model and evidence are stored. The declared metadata includes the same config path.
Instruction Scope
SKILL.md directs the agent to observe interactions, extract decision patterns, and write multiple files under ~/self-direction/ (direction.md, evidence.md, transmission.md, etc.). It does not instruct network exfiltration or access to other system credentials, but it does encourage continuous logging of user choices and corrections — this can capture sensitive context or decision-related content. The instructions are broad about 'watch your decisions' which could mean monitoring many interactions; that breadth is expected for this purpose but privacy-sensitive.
Install Mechanism
Instruction-only skill with no install steps, no binaries downloaded, and no code written to disk by the installer — lowest-risk install posture. All behavior is driven by the SKILL.md runtime instructions and writing under the user's home directory.
Credentials
The skill requests no environment variables, credentials, or external config paths beyond the declared ~/self-direction/ directory. That scope is proportionate to its stated purpose of creating and maintaining a local model of the user's direction system.
Persistence & Privilege
The skill intentionally creates persistent local files and templates under ~/self-direction/ to store an evolving model and evidence. It does not set always:true and does not request elevated system privileges, but because the model is persistent and the skill allows autonomous agent invocation (platform default), the agent may act later based on stored direction data — consider this when assessing risk.
How to Use
- Make sure OpenClaw is installed (local or Docker)
- Run the install command in chat:
/install self-direction - After installation, invoke the skill by name or use
/self-direction - Provide required inputs per the skill's parameter spec and get structured output
Version History
v1.0.0
Initial release
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is Self-Direction?
Your agent learns to think like you. Captures your direction system, makes decisions as you would, guides all processes toward your goals. It is an AI Agent Skill for Claude Code / OpenClaw, with 348 downloads so far.
How do I install Self-Direction?
Run "/install self-direction" in the OpenClaw or Claude Code chat to install it in one step — no extra setup required.
Is Self-Direction free?
Yes, Self-Direction is completely free (open-source). You can download, install and use it at no cost.
Which platforms does Self-Direction support?
Self-Direction is cross-platform and runs anywhere OpenClaw / Claude Code is available (linux, darwin, win32).
Who created Self-Direction?
It is built and maintained by Iván (@ivangdavila); the current version is v1.0.0.
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