representation-ethics

What it does

The skill provides a structured ethics framework for representing or simulating people or personas with careful attention to consent, framing, and context. It instructs the agent to use clearly defined frames (academic discussion, game cards, tribute, thought experiments) and to base simulations on documented sources, with explicit disclaimers and safeguards. It includes consent structures (SELF-REPRESENTATION, PUBLISHED-PERSONA, PUBLIC-FIGURE-TRADITION, PRIVATE-PERSON, THE-DECEASED), framing guidelines (Frame 1–Frame 6), and example templates for constructing simulated discussions, cards, and first-person play. It emphasizes that simulations should be educational or exploratory, not deceptive, and it provides rules for when to use K-lines, MTG-ethics, and other framing devices. It also covers user and creator guidance, including consent levels, scope, and disclaimer requirements.

How it works

The skill instructs the agent to:

• Present ethical guidance and framing options for simulating representations, organized into sections such as The Framing Principle, The Consent Hierarchy, and The Safe Approaches.
• Use YAML- or card-based templates to model consent, scope, and restrictions (e.g., SELF-REPRESENTATION with cards, PUBLISHED-PERSONA with terms, PRIVATE-PERSON with fictional wrappers).
• Base simulations on documented sources and clearly label speculative content (e.g., output_frame disclaimers in simulated_discussion).
• Distinguish frames (academic discussion, thought experiments, game cards, tribute impersonations) to reduce deception.
• Provide practical guidelines for users and creators, including when to label simulations and how to handle consent and revocation.
• Reference framework elements like MTG-ETHICS and K-lines to structure safe, frame-based representations.

When to use it

Use when you need to ethically frame or construct simulations of people or personas, ensuring consent, clear framing, and safeguarding against deception. It is applicable for educational thought experiments, card-game style representations, and consent-based self-simulation scenarios. It is intended to guide how to describe, frame, and deploy such simulations rather than produce direct, unframed emulations of real individuals.

What it can touch

Tools declared: read_file, write_file. The skill uses these tools to handle and assemble templates, frames, and consent documents, and to incorporate documented sources into simulations.

Caveats

License: MIT. Acknowledges that with enough context any LLM can simulate anyone and that MOOLLM provides ethical frameworks rather than enforcement. Emphasizes explicit framing, consent levels, and the prohibition of deception where not clearly framed as performance or fiction.