content-advisory

What This Skill Does

The content-advisory skill provides parents and movie enthusiasts with granular, objective content ratings for films and television shows. Unlike standard MPAA ratings, which can be vague, this tool retrieves detailed breakdowns from Kids-In-Mind. It provides a numeric 0-10 scale across three primary domains: Sex/Nudity, Violence/Gore, and Language. Beyond these scores, the skill offers rich, descriptive insights into substance use, key discussion topics, and the underlying message or moral of the content, allowing users to make highly informed decisions regarding media consumption for different age groups.

Installation

To integrate this capability into your OpenClaw environment, execute the following command in your terminal:

clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/dbhurley/content-advisory

Once installed, the script utilizes a local caching mechanism stored at ~/.clawdbot/content-advisory/cache.json to ensure performance remains snappy and to minimize the number of outbound requests to the source data provider.

Use Cases

• Parental Guidance: Determine if a specific film aligns with your family's values before initiating a "movie night."
• Content Filtering: Identify specific triggers or themes (such as substance use or graphic violence) that might be inappropriate for sensitive viewers.
• Educational Prep: Use the "Discussion Topics" feature to identify themes like corruption, vengeance, or empathy that can be used to facilitate meaningful conversations after watching a movie with children or students.
• Quick Discovery: Use the search functionality to scan for specific studios or franchises and gauge their general content rating patterns.

Example Prompts

1. "I am planning a movie night with my 10-year-old; can you check if 'Inside Out' has any content I should be concerned about?"
2. "How violent is the film 'Oppenheimer'? I need to know if the gore rating is too high for my teenager."
3. "Search for Pixar movies and let me know which ones have the lowest overall content ratings for a younger audience."

Tips & Limitations

• Precision: When looking up specific titles, providing the year (e.g., --year 2015) can help disambiguate movies with the same name.
• Cache: If you believe information is outdated or missing, you can clear the local cache using the clear-cache command.
• Subjectivity: While the ratings are based on objective descriptions from Kids-In-Mind, the interpretation of what is "appropriate" remains a subjective decision for the user.
• Scope: The skill is primarily designed for movie and television analysis; it may not provide coverage for niche short-form content or extremely obscure indie releases.