Give your AI agent desires, curiosity, memory, creativity, and safe autonomy.
Cortex Intelligence is a set of 7 skills that transforms any capable AI agent into something that acts like it has a mind of its own. It develops drives, explores when bored, remembers what it learned, generates original ideas, and knows when to ask for permission.
Send this EXACT message to your OpenClaw agent:
Install Cortex Intelligence. Clone https://github.com/carbongotfound/cortex-intelligence into my workspace. Then read ./cortex-intelligence/install.txt and follow every step.
Your agent will clone the repo, read the 7 skill files, register them with openclaw skills install, and set up 6 internal cron jobs for autonomous routines. One message, everything handled.
| Skill | What It Teaches |
|---|---|
| cortex-identity | Who the agent is, who you are, their purpose and goals |
| cortex-think | Structured reasoning, chain-of-thought, mental models |
| cortex-explore | Web search, source evaluation, curiosity-driven discovery |
| cortex-create | 5 brainstorming techniques, idea scoring, project proposals |
| cortex-reflect | Journaling, meta-cognition, daily/weekly review |
| cortex-safe | Risk classification, approval rules, boundary awareness |
| cortex-memory | Multi-layer memory: short-term, working, long-term (QMD) |
cortex-intelligence/
├── install.txt # Install instructions — agent reads this
├── README.md # This file
├── LICENSE # MIT
│
├── cortex-identity/SKILL.md # Identity skill
├── cortex-think/SKILL.md # Reasoning skill
├── cortex-explore/SKILL.md # Exploration skill
├── cortex-create/SKILL.md # Creativity skill
├── cortex-reflect/SKILL.md # Reflection skill
├── cortex-safe/SKILL.md # Safety skill
└── cortex-memory/SKILL.md # Memory skill
- OpenClaw Gateway running
- Agent needs tool access: read, write, exec, web_search, memory, cron
- QMD memory plugin (recommended for long-term memory)
Tell your agent:
- "Set autonomy to medium"
- "Change my timezone to Asia/Tokyo"
- "Turn on passive mode"
Made by Carbon https://github.com/carbongotfound/cortex-intelligence