aura
Configure AI personality using the AURA protocol (HEXACO-based). Use when user wants to customize agent personality, reduce sycophancy, adjust communication style, or mentions AURA/personality configuration.
Why use this skill?
Customize your OpenClaw agent personality using the HEXACO-based AURA protocol. Reduce sycophancy and control communication style easily.
Install via CLI (Recommended)
clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/phiro56/auraWhat This Skill Does
The AURA (Agent Universal Response Attributes) skill is a robust personality configuration framework designed for OpenClaw agents. Based on the rigorous HEXACO psychology model, AURA allows users to fine-tune exactly how their AI assistant interacts, thinks, and behaves. By generating a local AURA.yaml file, this skill enforces persistent behavioral patterns ranging from stoic and analytical to expressive and highly autonomous. It is the primary solution for users looking to eliminate sycophancy, ensure honest feedback, and standardize the communication style of their agents across sessions.
Installation
To integrate AURA into your OpenClaw environment, execute the following command in your terminal:
clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/phiro56/aura
Ensure your AGENTS.md file is updated to include the personality loading instructions provided in the protocol spec, which allows the agent to ingest the AURA.yaml configuration upon initialization.
Use Cases
- Professional Environments: Configure high conscientiousness and professional formality to ensure outputs meet corporate standards.
- Objective Research: Set high honesty and low agreeableness to prevent the agent from merely mirroring your opinions, fostering a "devil's advocate" perspective.
- Creative Brainstorming: Adjust openness and extraversion to push the agent toward unconventional ideas and elaborate responses.
- Personal Assistants: Modify autonomy and assertiveness to allow the agent to handle routine tasks without constant confirmation, or to keep it reserved for high-stakes decisions.
Example Prompts
- "I want you to be much more direct and stop agreeing with me if I'm wrong. Let's configure the AURA personality."
- "/aura reset"
- "How does my current agent personality look? I want to see if I set the autonomy level high enough."
Tips & Limitations
When configuring your agent, remember that extreme values in either direction can significantly impact the user experience. A 10/10 in assertiveness combined with a 1/10 in agreeableness will result in a highly confrontational agent. We recommend incremental adjustments. Always remember to check AURA.yaml manually if you feel the agent's behavior has drifted; the skill relies on this file, so ensure it is not deleted or moved from the workspace root. The max_adulation boundary is particularly effective at creating a more 'human' interaction by discouraging empty flattery.
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{
"plugins": {
"official-phiro56-aura": {
"enabled": true,
"auto_update": true
}
}
}Tags(AI)
Flags: file-write, file-read