An intelligent focus companion that monitors desktop activity to maintain a real-time task stack and remind you of forgotten work after interruptions.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install intent-guardian
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 intent-guardian 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 Intent Guardian?
Intent Guardian is a specialized focus assistant designed to mitigate the cognitive cost of context switching. By continuously sensing active window titles and application usage, it builds a dynamic model of your current work intent. As a key component in the ecosystem of Openclaw Skills, it helps knowledge workers recover the approximately 23 minutes typically lost after an interruption by maintaining a persistent task stack.
The skill goes beyond simple activity logging by using LLMs to infer the purpose of your actions. It detects when you have been derailed—for example, by a Slack message or a quick browser search— and haven't returned to your primary objective. By storing state in a structured JSON stack, it can offer context-aware nudges that facilitate a seamless return to deep work.
Intent Guardian Use Cases
- Automatically tracking work context across multiple applications like VSCode, Chrome, and Slack.
- Receiving gentle reminders to return to a high-priority document after being sidetracked by notifications.
- Monitoring personal focus patterns to identify which applications cause the highest rate of task abandonment.
- Maintaining a history of intent for daily stand-ups or focus reporting.
How Intent Guardian Works
- The sensing layer executes scripts to poll the active window name and application at a configurable interval.
- Raw activity data is appended to a local activity log for processing.
- During the agent heartbeat, an LLM analyzes the recent log to segment activities into logical tasks and infer the user's current intent.
- The task stack is updated, moving previous tasks to a suspended state if a new context is detected.
- The agent monitors the duration of suspended tasks against a forgetting threshold based on your focus profile.
- If forgetting is detected, the agent proactively sends a reminder via the system notification channel or integrated chat.
- User interactions with reminders are logged to refine future detection sensitivity and focus metrics.
Intent Guardian Setup
Install the skill via the command line:
npx playbooks add skill openclaw/skills --skill intent-guardian
To enable continuous monitoring, add the following logic to your HEARTBEAT.md file:
## Intent Guardian Check
1. Read activity from memory/skills/intent-guardian/activity_log.jsonl
2. Update task_stack.json with inferred intents
3. Trigger reminders if suspended tasks exceed threshold
For enhanced accuracy, you can optionally install ActivityWatch and set activitywatch_enabled: true in the configuration.
Intent Guardian Data Schema & Taxonomy
The skill organizes its intelligence across several local files to ensure privacy and persistence:
| File | Purpose |
|---|---|
task_stack.json |
A structured list of active and suspended tasks with start times and completion estimates. |
activity_log.jsonl |
A raw stream of window titles and application names captured by the sensors. |
focus_profile.json |
A learned profile containing peak focus hours, average duration, and interruption source analytics. |
Intent Guardian Advanced Features
- ActivityWatch integration for rich, document-level tracking and URL monitoring.
- Vision-based sensing using models like Claude or Gemini to analyze screen content for deeper context.
- Custom interruption heuristics that distinguish between deliberate task abandonment and accidental forgetting.
- Personalized focus profiling that adapts Openclaw Skills behavior based on your unique work rhythm.
- Automated daily reporting via cron integration to summarize focus effectiveness and interruption sources.
SKILL.md
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