An elite execution brief generator designed to eliminate wasted tokens and ensure precise downstream agent execution.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install brief-master
2. Manual Installation
Copy the skill folder to one of these locations
~/.openclaw/skills/ <project>/skills/ Priority: Workspace > Local > Bundled
3. Prompt Installation
Copy this prompt to OpenClaw to install it automatically.
Help me install brief-master using Clawhub. If Clawhub is not installed, install it first (npm i -g clawhub).
Prefer to download?
Get the raw skill files in a ZIP archive.
What is Brief Master?
Brief Master is a highly specialized tool designed to create precise, load-bearing execution briefs for subagents, cron jobs, reviewers, researchers, and automated developer tasks. Within the ecosystem of Openclaw Skills, Brief Master solves the core challenges of agentic communication: high token costs, context drift, and ambiguous instructions. It eliminates wasted API calls and future bugs by enforcing a rigid pipeline that filters out unnecessary prose and structures tasks logically.
By utilizing strict formatting templates and reference guidelines, this skill ensures that downstream agents understand exactly what is in scope, what is explicitly out of scope, and how success will be measured. Whether delegating tasks to developer subagents or scheduling background cron jobs, using this skill guarantees optimal, token-efficient instructions that lead to higher execution accuracy and fewer rework cycles.
Brief Master Use Cases
- Delegating Tasks to Subagents: Generating hyper-focused prompts for secondary development agents to ensure they complete coding assignments without context drift.
- Configuring Automation Cron Jobs: Formulating structured execution briefs for recurring system scripts and background tasks.
- Structuring Code Review Assignments: Defining explicit parameters, constraints, and acceptance criteria for automated reviewer agents.
- Setting Up Research Pipelines: Directing research agents with precise queries and non-goals to avoid wasted tokens on irrelevant searches.
How Brief Master Works
- Target Detection: Identify the designated agent type and target runtime, such as a subagent, cron job, or sessions_spawn.
- Dimensional Extraction: Analyze user intent based on the 9-dimensional architectural framework.
- Information Gathering: Prompt the user with a maximum of three highly targeted questions if critical context is missing.
- Format Application: Apply the exact template matching the target agent type from standard reference formats.
- Token Efficiency Audit: Strip away non-load-bearing words and sentences that do not actively change agent output.
- Final Delivery: Deliver a clean, ready-to-execute brief containing explicit acceptance criteria (AC1, AC2, AC3) and safety boundaries.
Brief Master Setup
To configure and activate the Brief Master skill in your environment, follow these steps:
- Ensure Repository Structure: Keep reference guides in your project path:
mkdir -p references/
touch references/9-dimensions.md
touch references/brief-formats.md
Clone or Register the Skill: Add the brief-master configuration to your Openclaw Skills directory.
Environment Setup: Ensure that your orchestrator environment supports safety reviews, as Brief Master is designed to construct instructions but requires a manual gateway before launching destructive commands.
Brief Master Data Schema & Taxonomy
Brief Master structures its execution briefs according to a strict, testable taxonomy to optimize downstream performance.
Metadata Schema
| Field | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|
name |
brief-master | String |
version |
0.2.1 | Semantic Version |
target_agent |
Detected agent/runtime | String |
Brief Structural Output
- Header Block: Target runtime and execution constraints.
- Status Block (Mandatory for Dev Agents): Updates state to
workingon start anddone+ notify upon completion. - 95% Confidence Gate: Mandatory clause requiring agents to ask clarifying questions until they reach 95% confidence before coding.
- Acceptance Criteria (ACs): Testable parameters formatted as AC1, AC2, AC3.
- Constraints & Non-Goals: Explicit boundaries outlining what must not break and what is out of scope.
Brief Master Advanced Features
- Rigid Safety Boundaries: Automatically identifies elevated privilege, cron automation, or public-posting risks and tags them for mandatory human approval.
- 95% Confidence Gate Injection: Guarantees that downstream agents pause to ask clarifying questions rather than guessing and executing incorrect code.
- Strict Token Efficiency Audit: Programmatically optimizes output length to maximize context window utilization and reduce API expenses across your Openclaw Skills.
- Multi-Agent Orchestration Support: Dynamically reformats briefs to suit specific runtimes like sessions_spawn or multi-agent pipelines.
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