A local-first decision journal and reasoning tracker designed to eliminate cognitive bias and improve judgment accuracy over time.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install nex-decision-journal
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 nex-decision-journal 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 Nex Decision Journal?
Nex Decision Journal is a professional-grade metacognition tool for high-stakes decision makers. It allows you to document the context, options, and predictions behind every major choice, creating an objective record that prevents hindsight bias. By integrating this into your Openclaw Skills workflow, you can move beyond gut feelings and start making data-driven improvements to your own judgment.
All data is stored locally in a SQLite database, ensuring total privacy for sensitive business or personal information. The tool specifically focuses on the lifecycle of a decision—from the initial log and confidence scoring to the eventual outcome review and reflection—helping you surface patterns of overconfidence or underconfidence across different categories like hiring, pricing, and technical strategy.
Nex Decision Journal Use Cases
- Documenting high-stakes business decisions such as hiring new team members or changing product pricing.
- Tracking technical architecture choices to understand why specific paths were chosen months later.
- Improving personal investment outcomes by recording predictions and confidence levels before acting.
- Conducting structured post-mortems on marketing experiments or sales strategies.
- Using Openclaw Skills to audit your decision-making history and identify systemic biases.
How Nex Decision Journal Works
- Initialize the log by recording a decision title, the context, and the specific options you considered.
- State your chosen path and make a concrete prediction about the expected outcome.
- Assign a confidence score from 1-10 and set a follow-up date for future review.
- Once the follow-up period expires, use the review command to record the actual result and accuracy.
- Generate reflection reports to see your accuracy breakdown and specific lessons learned from the Openclaw Skills environment.
Nex Decision Journal Setup
To get started with this skill, you need to initialize the local environment and SQLite database. Run the following command in your terminal:
bash setup.sh
This will create the necessary directory at ~/.nex-decision-journal/ for your database and exports.
Nex Decision Journal Data Schema & Taxonomy
The skill manages its data using a structured SQLite schema. You can export this data at any time for external analysis. The primary data points include:
| Field | Format | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| ID | Integer | Unique identifier for the decision |
| Reasoning | Text | Detailed logic behind the chosen path |
| Confidence | 1-10 | Subjective certainty level at time of log |
| Status | Enum | Pending, Reviewed, or Abandoned |
| Accuracy | Enum | Correct, Partially Correct, or Wrong |
| Follow-up | ISO-8601 | The scheduled date for outcome reflection |
Nex Decision Journal Advanced Features
- Bias Detection Engine: Analyzes your confidence versus actual accuracy to alert you of overconfidence or underconfidence trends.
- Full-Text Search: Powered by FTS5, allowing you to instantly find past decisions based on keywords or tags.
- Timeline Visualization: Generate a chronological view of your strategic activity to see how your focus shifts over time.
- Knowledge Base Generation: Automatically compiles a 'Lessons Learned' archive derived from your reviewed decisions.
- Flexible Exports: Support for both JSON and CSV formats to allow for advanced data science analysis of your decision patterns within the Openclaw Skills ecosystem.
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