| name | calm-emotions |
| description | Calm Emotions suppresses strong feelings, ending fear and charm effects. The real-world version is de-escalation: drafting responses that lower the temperature in a heated thread, designing cool-down protocols for conflict situations, or reframing inflammatory language into productive terms. This is the spell for when the conversation has gone off the rails and someone needs to be the adult. |
| user-invocable | true |
Calm Emotions
De-escalate tension and restore productive conditions in a heated situation.
Overview
Calm Emotions is interpreted here as a metaphorical spell with a shipping-now execution model.
Canonical source: Calm Emotions (spell)
Provider target: OpenClaw
When To Use
- A conversation, thread, or meeting has gotten heated and needs de-escalation before productive work can resume.
- You need to draft a response to an angry message that acknowledges the emotion without escalating.
- A team conflict needs a structured cool-down before the next interaction.
Workflow
- Assess the emotional temperature: what specifically is inflamed and why.
- Identify the legitimate grievance underneath the heat — there usually is one.
- Draft the de-escalation: acknowledge the emotion, validate the concern, redirect to productive action.
- Include a cool-down recommendation: how long before re-engaging, and what should happen in the interim.
Deliverables
- A de-escalation response that acknowledges emotion without dismissing or escalating.
- A cool-down protocol: recommended pause duration and re-engagement conditions.
- The underlying legitimate concern extracted from the heated communication.
Guardrails
- De-escalation is not dismissal. "Calm down" is not a de-escalation strategy — it is an escalation trigger.
- Do not suppress legitimate anger about real problems. Sometimes the heat is appropriate and the system needs to change, not the emotion.
Default Invocation
Use $calm-emotions to de-escalate this [thread/conversation/situation]. Draft a response that lowers the temperature without dismissing the concern.
