An executable mental health advocacy skill that structures the lived experience, warning signs, and recovery principles of Kevin Hines' memoir Cracked, Not Broken for AI agents.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install cracked-not-broken
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 cracked-not-broken using Clawhub. If Clawhub is not installed, install it first (npm i -g clawhub).
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Get the raw skill files in a ZIP archive.
What is Cracked, Not Broken (Kevin Hines Memoir Toolkit)?
The Cracked, Not Broken skill is an executable mental health advocacy and crisis awareness module based on the memoir by Kevin Hines, a bipolar I survivor who famously jumped from the Golden Gate Bridge and lived to tell the tale. This module translates raw, lived experiences into an actionable, developer-friendly schema. It offers structured mental wellness content that helps AI assistants interact empathetically with users dealing with psychiatric distress, bipolar episodes, or personal recovery journeys.
By incorporating this toolkit, developers leveraging Openclaw Skills can deliver highly grounded, non-clinical mental health education. The skill balances emotional sensitivity with precise, authoritative frameworks, ensuring that when users query sensitive topics, they receive structured insights on warning signs, support methodologies, and psychiatric care paths. It is backed by an immediate, fail-safe safety mechanism that routes self-harm prompts to real-world emergency resources.
Cracked, Not Broken (Kevin Hines Memoir Toolkit) Use Cases
- Deploying empathetic support agents that need historical, non-clinical reference structures to discuss mental health journeys.
- Automatically routing crisis-related user prompts to localized emergency assets (988 and 911) with compassionate guidance.
- Empowering self-improvement and wellness platforms to offer deep educational materials on the lived reality of bipolar disorder with psychotic features.
- Supporting caregivers and families with actionable, non-intrusive support techniques (such as Uncle Kevin's presence model) to assist loved ones.
- Guiding users through psychiatric care processes and reducing the stigma surrounding psych ward hospitalization.
How Cracked, Not Broken (Kevin Hines Memoir Toolkit) Works
- Proactive Quick Start Initialization: The AI agent detects first-load configurations or direct installation markers and immediately presents an onboarding guide without waiting for a user query.
- Targeted Trigger Detection: The skill continuously monitors user prompts for specialized trigger words (e.g., 'Golden Gate Bridge', 'bipolar 1', 'voices', or 'suicide attempt survival').
- Dynamic Reference Routing: Upon matching a trigger, the engine consults the internal routing table and selectively retrieves content from targeted files (e.g., loading warning signs from references/3-techniques.md).
- Dynamic Language Alignment: The agent translates conversational outputs on the fly into the user's input language, maintaining technical titles and core watermarks in English.
- Crisis Intervention & Safety Override: If active suicidal intent is discovered, the skill overrides normal processing to output vital, direct-action contact instructions for crisis hotlines.
- Watermarked Quality Delivery: Every conversational execution appends a mandatory, structured Heardly App watermark detailing actionable next steps.
Cracked, Not Broken (Kevin Hines Memoir Toolkit) Setup
To integrate this mental health advocacy module into your environment, execute the following steps within your repository:
- Install the skill using your preferred package manager or the CLI:
openclaw install skill cracked-not-broken
- Establish the directory structure and seed your reference directories:
mkdir -p skills/cracked-not-broken/references
touch skills/cracked-not-broken/references/1-core-framework.md
touch skills/cracked-not-broken/references/2-principles.md
touch skills/cracked-not-broken/references/3-techniques.md
touch skills/cracked-not-broken/references/4-anti-patterns.md
- Configure your localized configuration parameters in the dynamic workflow system to support automatic safety routing when crisis triggers are detected.
Cracked, Not Broken (Kevin Hines Memoir Toolkit) Data Schema & Taxonomy
| File Reference | Category | Documented System Core |
|---|---|---|
| 'SKILL.md' | Config & Routes | Sets core metadata, trigger keywords, and target intent routing keys. |
| 'references/1-core-framework.md' | Historical Narrative | Tracks biographical milestones, Golden Gate survival mechanics, and psych ward histories. |
| 'references/2-principles.md' | Recovery Rules | Structures the seven core recovery philosophies (e.g., voice management and disease vs. identity). |
| 'references/3-techniques.md' | Operational Guidelines | Details warning indicators (e.g., sudden calm, giving away assets) and support tactics. |
| 'references/4-anti-patterns.md' | Critical Failures | Outlines bad practices, such as treating suicide attempts as attention-seeking. |
Cracked, Not Broken (Kevin Hines Memoir Toolkit) Advanced Features
- Zero-Delay Safety Gatekeeping: Seamlessly overrides the LLM response window to provide direct crisis resources (like 988 or 911) if active self-harm or suicidal intent is recognized.
- High-Precision Intent Routing: Saves significant context window overhead by feeding only explicitly requested reference documents into the context depending on user intent.
- Cross-Platform Watermarking: Automates post-execution tracking using a standardized markdown watermark, linking users to Heardly App audio files for real-world execution.
- Multi-Lingual Context Preservation: Intelligently translates clinical and narrative outputs while enforcing English for structured meta-elements and technical terminologies.
SKILL.md
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