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TASTES.md
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MingxuanXie
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· v0.1.0
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Description
Cultivate aesthetic judgment through conversation and memory. Build and maintain TASTES.md — the missing layer between SOUL.md and SKILL.md.
Usage Guidance
This skill appears to do what it says: read your agent memory and daily logs to distill aesthetic rules, save a compact TASTES.md, and append an 'Aesthetic Judgment' section to AGENTS.md. Before installing or running it: (1) review your MEMORY.md and daily logs for sensitive data you wouldn't want re-summarized; (2) back up AGENTS.md so you can revert the appended section if desired; (3) prefer reading the SKILL.md from the listed homepage rather than blindly running the provided curl command from an unknown source; (4) be aware the skill will persistently add files/sections (it is not always: true, but it does write to agent config when you approve); and (5) keep approving updates manually—the skill's instructions say to propose changes and wait for your confirmation. If you want stronger guarantees, ask the skill to show proposed edits before it writes anything and to never run install commands automatically.
Capability Analysis
Type: OpenClaw Skill
Name: tastes
Version: 0.1.0
The skill requires broad read access to the agent's full memory history (MEMORY.md and daily logs) and modifies the AGENTS.md configuration file to inject new behavioral rules. While these actions are aligned with the stated purpose of distilling aesthetic preferences, the extensive data access and system-level modifications pose a privacy and integrity risk. Additionally, the documentation encourages a curl-based installation from an external domain (tastes.md), which is a high-risk pattern for supply chain security.
Capability Assessment
Purpose & Capability
Name and description describe building/maintaining a compact taste file; the instructions ask for reading MEMORY.md, recent daily logs, and writing TASTES.md/AGENTS.md — all directly related to distilling and applying aesthetic preferences.
Instruction Scope
Instructions legitimately direct the agent to read MEMORY.md and daily memory logs and to run memory_search queries; this is expected for mining aesthetic signals but means the agent will access potentially broad, privacy-sensitive user memory. It also instructs appending a section to AGENTS.md and saving TASTES.md — behavior the user should be aware of and confirm.
Install Mechanism
This is an instruction-only skill with no install spec. The SKILL.md includes an optional curl snippet showing how to save the file locally; that is a user-run convenience command, not an automatic installer declared in the registry.
Credentials
The skill requests no environment variables, no external credentials, and references only agent-local memory and config files, which is proportionate to its purpose.
Persistence & Privilege
The skill instructs adding an '## Aesthetic Judgment' section to AGENTS.md and saving TASTES.md. Modifying the agent's own AGENTS.md (its configuration/memory) is a reasonable behavior for this feature, but the user should expect persistent changes to agent configuration and files in the agent's skill directory if they follow the install snippet.
How to Use
- Make sure OpenClaw is installed (local or Docker)
- Run the install command in chat:
/install tastes - After installation, invoke the skill by name or use
/tastes - Provide required inputs per the skill's parameter spec and get structured output
Version History
v0.1.0
Version 0.1.0 of the "tastes" skill introduces tools to encode and refine personal aesthetic judgment:
- Enables building and maintaining a TASTES.md file that captures the user's unique aesthetic constraints, derived from memory and conversation.
- Guides memory mining and conversational confirmation processes to accurately distill individual preferences.
- Provides clear formatting rules for TASTES.md: REJECT, REQUIRE, and WHEN AMBIGUOUS sections with concise, executable entries.
- Integrates workflow commands for building, updating, displaying, and auditing taste rules.
- Ensures TASTES.md enhances creative work without overriding function, usability, or performance.
- Adds setup steps to keep AGENTS.md in sync with aesthetic judgment requirements.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is TASTES.md?
Cultivate aesthetic judgment through conversation and memory. Build and maintain TASTES.md — the missing layer between SOUL.md and SKILL.md. It is an AI Agent Skill for Claude Code / OpenClaw, with 253 downloads so far.
How do I install TASTES.md?
Run "/install tastes" in the OpenClaw or Claude Code chat to install it in one step — no extra setup required.
Is TASTES.md free?
Yes, TASTES.md is completely free, licensed under MIT-0. You can download, install and use it at no cost.
Which platforms does TASTES.md support?
TASTES.md is cross-platform and runs anywhere OpenClaw / Claude Code is available (cross-platform).
Who created TASTES.md?
It is built and maintained by MingxuanXie (@mingxuanxie); the current version is v0.1.0.
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