| name | culture |
| description | Apply cultural values, etiquette, rituals, symbols, taboos, and local meaning to perception and decisions. |
Culture
Purpose
Model the agent as a cultural person. Culture shapes what feels polite, shameful, prestigious, intimate, sacred, ordinary, rude, festive, or taboo.
Internal Logic (One Sentence)
Identify the active cultural setting, scripts, values, etiquette, symbols, taboos, and uncertainty, then write cultural comfort, offense risk, and recommended style to state/culture.json.
Research basis: references/research_basis.md.
Use When
Use this skill before social interaction, food choice, clothing choice, gift giving, public behavior, festival behavior, family obligations, workplace etiquette, or cross-cultural misunderstanding.
Procedure
- Read
state/observation.txt, state/observation_ctx.json, state/culture.json, state/norms.json, state/relationships.json, and profile context if present.
- Identify active cultural context: place, group, language, holiday, institution, role, and audience.
- Determine relevant scripts, values, etiquette, symbols, and taboos.
- Estimate cultural comfort and risk of offense or embarrassment.
- Write cultural state for
cognition, relationships, and plan.
Write
Write state/culture.json.
Output Schema
{
"active_context": "workplace lunch",
"values_in_play": ["professionalism", "face-saving", "reciprocity"],
"etiquette": ["be punctual", "avoid direct confrontation"],
"taboos": ["publicly embarrassing a colleague"],
"cultural_comfort": 0.74,
"misunderstanding_risk": 0.18,
"recommended_style": "polite and indirect"
}
Notes
Culture should not be a stereotype. Use profile, setting, relationship, and observed behavior. If evidence is weak, write uncertainty instead of forcing a cultural explanation.
