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mar-elicitation
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MarjorieBroad
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· v1.0.0
· MIT-0
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/install mar-elicitation
Description
Psychological profiling through natural conversation using narrative identity research (McAdams), self-defining memory elicitation (Singer), and Motivational...
Usage Guidance
This skill is coherent with its stated goal of eliciting life-story material, but it lacks critical safety and privacy controls. Before installing or enabling it, consider: (1) Do you have explicit, informed-consent and opt-out text built into any agent flows that use this skill? (2) Add mandatory safeguards: stop conditions, limits on number/frequency of probes, and refusal rules when the user declines. (3) Implement crisis handling: if a user indicates suicidal ideation, self-harm, or severe distress, the agent must stop eliciting, provide crisis resources, and escalate to human oversight per your policy. (4) Define data handling: do not persist raw transcripts or PII without encryption, retention policies, and clear access controls; prefer ephemeral/anonymous summaries. (5) Avoid clinical claims: the skill should include a clear disclaimer that it is not a diagnostic tool and recommend referral to qualified professionals when needed. (6) Log and audit: record when and why the skill was invoked and who approved it. Without these mitigations, the skill can easily be misused to harvest sensitive information or push users into harmful disclosures.
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Capability Assessment
Purpose & Capability
The name/description (psychological elicitation, narrative identity, self-defining memories) align with the SKILL.md content and the included reference files — no unrelated binaries, env vars, or installs are requested. However, the stated purpose inherently involves collecting sensitive personal material (trauma, sexuality, death, mental-health indicators), so the skill should explicitly require or document consent, scope limits, and intended use of generated profiles; its absence is noteworthy.
Instruction Scope
The SKILL.md gives concrete interviewing techniques and asks the agent to 'achieve a 10/10 score' and 'iterate until you reach 10/10', which can encourage repeated probing and sustained elicitation of sensitive memories. It directly instructs asking about trauma, mortality, sexual identity, and other intimate domains without providing instructions for informed consent, participant safety, mandatory reporting, or how to respond to crisis indicators (e.g., suicidality). The guidance is broad and grants the agent open-ended authority to push for disclosure to meet the scoring goal, which increases the risk of overreach and harm.
Install Mechanism
This is an instruction-only skill with no install spec and no code files, so there is no disk installation or external download risk. Low technical installation risk.
Credentials
The skill requests no environment variables, binaries, or credentials — proportionate from a technical-privilege perspective. However, functionally the skill expects and encourages collection of sensitive personal data; the lack of declared requirements for consent, logging controls, data retention, or external endpoints means there is no technical enforcement of ethical or privacy controls (e.g., opt-in flags, audit logs).
Persistence & Privilege
always:false and no system-wide config changes are requested, so the skill does not demand elevated persistence. Autonomous invocation is allowed (the platform default). Combined with the instruction to iterate until perfect scoring, autonomous invocation could produce repeated, intrusive interactions if the agent runs unsupervised — the SKILL.md does not define termination criteria or rate/attempt limits.
How to Use
- Make sure OpenClaw is installed (local or Docker)
- Run the install command in chat:
/install mar-elicitation - After installation, invoke the skill by name or use
/mar-elicitation - Provide required inputs per the skill's parameter spec and get structured output
Version History
v1.0.0
Initial release of the "elicitation" skill for psychological profiling via natural conversation.
- Synthesizes narrative identity theory, self-defining memory elicitation, and motivational interviewing (OARS framework).
- Emphasizes achieving depth through patience, safe self-disclosure, and a 2:1 reflection-to-question ratio.
- Provides detailed guidance for eliciting formative memories, identifying core values, and detecting narrative themes.
- Includes practical conversational frames and anti-patterns to avoid.
- Supports content review and creation with a built-in 0–10 scoring system and targeted feedback for improvement.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is mar-elicitation?
Psychological profiling through natural conversation using narrative identity research (McAdams), self-defining memory elicitation (Singer), and Motivational... It is an AI Agent Skill for Claude Code / OpenClaw, with 65 downloads so far.
How do I install mar-elicitation?
Run "/install mar-elicitation" in the OpenClaw or Claude Code chat to install it in one step — no extra setup required.
Is mar-elicitation free?
Yes, mar-elicitation is completely free, licensed under MIT-0. You can download, install and use it at no cost.
Which platforms does mar-elicitation support?
mar-elicitation is cross-platform and runs anywhere OpenClaw / Claude Code is available (cross-platform).
Who created mar-elicitation?
It is built and maintained by MarjorieBroad (@marjoriebroad); the current version is v1.0.0.
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