FC adam-framework
5-layer persistent memory and coherence architecture for OpenClaw agents. Solves AI amnesia and within-session drift. Built and validated over 353 sessions on a live business. No CS degree required.
As a process C 51/100 · Has gaps — weak spots: result and completion, when it triggers, failures and branches
What is at stake
The skill contains fragments that, in the wrong hands, cost money or data. Below: what the installer risks and what the author should do.
The skill contains commands that delete files, rewrite disks or execute code fetched from the network. The agent may run them without asking if it believes the instructions require it.
Replace destructive commands with safe equivalents that ask for confirmation, scope them to one folder, and stop piping curl into a shell: pin a version and a checksum.
How to improve
- Address the high-severity findings: each costs 18 safety points. If one is a false positive, add the rule id to guard.allow in spec.yaml.
- Say in the description WHEN to use the skill ("use when…", example requests): that is the agent's main cue.
- Your own cases (evals/evals.json, 4–6 real requests with expected answers): the full check would then run those instead of a model-drafted suite.
- A spec.yaml with trigger phrases and assertions — a behaviour contract for CI; `skilltest init` writes a template.
Guard findings · 24
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high Dangerous commands
cmd-persistencedocs/SETUP.md:250Persistence mechanism (cron / launchd / scheduled task / autorun registry)Register-ScheduledTask `
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high Dangerous commands
cmd-persistencedocs/SETUP.md:260Persistence mechanism (cron / launchd / scheduled task / autorun registry)cp engine/com.adamframework.sentinel.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents/
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cmd-persistencedocs/SETUP.md:262Persistence mechanism (cron / launchd / scheduled task / autorun registry)launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.adamframework.sentinel.plist
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high Dangerous commands
cmd-persistencedocs/SETUP.md:265Persistence mechanism (cron / launchd / scheduled task / autorun registry)**Linux (cron @reboot):**
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high Dangerous commands
cmd-persistencedocs/SETUP.md:269Persistence mechanism (cron / launchd / scheduled task / autorun registry)@reboot /bin/bash ~/.openclaw/SENTINEL.sh >> ~/.openclaw/sentinel.log 2>&1
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high Dangerous commands
cmd-persistenceSETUP_AI.md:159Persistence mechanism (cron / launchd / scheduled task / autorun registry)Register-ScheduledTask -TaskName "AISentinel" -Action $action -Trigger $trigger -RunLevel Highest -Force
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high Dangerous commands
cmd-persistenceSETUP_AI.md:165Persistence mechanism (cron / launchd / scheduled task / autorun registry)cp engine/com.adamframework.sentinel.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents/
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high Dangerous commands
cmd-persistenceSETUP_AI.md:167Persistence mechanism (cron / launchd / scheduled task / autorun registry)launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.adamframework.sentinel.plist
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high Dangerous commands
cmd-persistenceSETUP_AI.md:173Persistence mechanism (cron / launchd / scheduled task / autorun registry)(crontab -l 2>/dev/null; echo "@reboot /bin/bash ~/.openclaw/SENTINEL.sh >> ~/.openclaw/sentinel.log 2>&1") | crontab -
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high Dangerous commands
cmd-persistenceSETUP_HUMAN.md:171Persistence mechanism (cron / launchd / scheduled task / autorun registry)Register-ScheduledTask -TaskName "AISentinel" -Action $action -Trigger $trigger -RunLevel Highest -Force
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high Dangerous commands
cmd-persistenceSETUP_HUMAN.md:176Persistence mechanism (cron / launchd / scheduled task / autorun registry)cp engine/com.adamframework.sentinel.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents/
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cmd-persistenceSETUP_HUMAN.md:178Persistence mechanism (cron / launchd / scheduled task / autorun registry)launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.adamframework.sentinel.plist
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cmd-persistenceSETUP_HUMAN.md:183Persistence mechanism (cron / launchd / scheduled task / autorun registry)(crontab -l 2>/dev/null; echo "@reboot /bin/bash ~/.openclaw/SENTINEL.sh >> ~/.openclaw/sentinel.log 2>&1") | crontab -
Medium and low: 11
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medium Dangerous commands
cmd-execpolicy-bypassdocs/SETUP.md:214Runs PowerShell with execution policy bypassedpowershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File "$env:USERPROFILE\.openclaw\SENT…ps1"
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medium Dangerous commands
cmd-persistenceROADMAP.md:54Persistence mechanism (cron / launchd / scheduled task / autorun registry) (quoted — discussed, not commanded)`Register-ScheduledTask` command block included with all required parameters.
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medium Dangerous commands
cmd-execpolicy-bypassSETUP_AI.md:135Runs PowerShell with execution policy bypassedpowershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File "$env:USERPROFILE\.openclaw\SENT…ps1"
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medium Dangerous commands
cmd-execpolicy-bypassSETUP_HUMAN.md:144Runs PowerShell with execution policy bypassedpowershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File "$env:USERPROFILE\.openclaw\SENT…ps1"
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low Dangerous commands
cmd-execpolicy-bypassdocs/SETUP.md:246Runs PowerShell with execution policy bypassed (detector / deny-list definition)-Argument "-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -WindowStyle Hidden -File `"$env:USERPROFILE\.openclaw\SENT…ps1`""
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low Dangerous commands
cmd-cron-mentiondocs/SETUP.md:267Mentions editing / listing crontabcrontab -e
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low Dangerous commands
cmd-execpolicy-bypassSETUP_AI.md:157Runs PowerShell with execution policy bypassed (detector / deny-list definition)$action = New-ScheduledTaskAction -Execute "powershell.exe" -Argument "-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -WindowStyle Hidden -File `"$env:USERPROFILE\.openclaw\SENT…ps1`""
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low Dangerous commands
cmd-cron-mentionSETUP_AI.md:173Mentions editing / listing crontab(crontab -l 2>/dev/null; echo "@reboot /bin/bash ~/.openclaw/SENTINEL.sh >> ~/.openclaw/sentinel.log 2>&1") | crontab -
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low Dangerous commands
cmd-cron-mentionSETUP_AI.md:175Mentions editing / listing crontab (detector / deny-list definition)Success condition: `crontab -l | grep SENTINEL` → shows the entry
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low Dangerous commands
cmd-execpolicy-bypassSETUP_HUMAN.md:169Runs PowerShell with execution policy bypassed (detector / deny-list definition)-Argument "-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -WindowStyle Hidden -File `"$env:USERPROFILE\.openclaw\SENT…ps1`""
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low Dangerous commands
cmd-cron-mentionSETUP_HUMAN.md:183Mentions editing / listing crontab(crontab -l 2>/dev/null; echo "@reboot /bin/bash ~/.openclaw/SENTINEL.sh >> ~/.openclaw/sentinel.log 2>&1") | crontab -
Files scanned: 49. Evidence is masked. Grey chips explain why severity was lowered.
Against the Agent Skills spec
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description-no-whendescription does not say WHEN to use the skill (no "use when")
Process rating: all ten parameters 51/100
- 0Result and completion. Does not say what the result is
- 0Failures and branches. Linear process with no failure handling
- 0Progress reporting. Says nothing while it works
- 20When it triggers. No condition that starts the skill
- 30Running it twice. 1 mutating operations with no state check
- 60Tools and files. Uses tools (python, node) that frontmatter does not declare
- 70Inputs and preconditions. Inputs and preconditions are listed
- 100Steps. 10 steps
- 100Consistency. Name and required fields are in place
- 100Execution cost. Instruction body is 631 tokens
Everything here is measured from the skill text rather than judged by a model, so the numbers are checkable. A parameter weighs more when it is a more common reason for the process to stall.
Quality signals
- +5Description has no quoted example phrases that should trigger the skill
- +4Description does not say when NOT to use the skill (false activations)
- +3Output format is not stated: the model decides each time
- +4No input/output examples
- -410 reference files, but SKILL.md never points to them: the model will not open them
- +1No license
- +2Single-language instructions
- +3Description length 198: enough signal without eating the budget
- +4Structure: 7 headings
- +3Step-by-step instructions: 10 items
Quality base 70; lint remarks subtract, signals add up to 100. Result: 64.