Elicitation - how to talk with humans and ask them questions?

What this skill does

Psychological profiling through natural conversation using narrative identity research (McAdams), self-defining memory elicitation (Singer), and Motivational Interviewing (OARS framework). Use when you need to: (1) understand someone's core values and motivations, (2) discover formative memories and life-defining experiences, (3) detect emotional schemas and belief patterns, (4) build psychological profiles through gradual disclosure, (5) conduct user interviews that reveal deep insights, (6) design conversational flows for personal discovery, (7) identify identity themes like redemption and contamination narratives, (8) elicit authentic self-disclosure without interrogation.

Elicitation - how to talk with humans and ask them questions? is part of the Developer Tools category — developer tools that help your agent write, review, debug, and ship code. You can install it on its own or alongside other developer tools skills from the OpenClaw catalog.

How to install Elicitation - how to talk with humans and ask them questions?

The easiest path is via the OpenClaw Easy desktop app — one click, no terminal required:

1. Download OpenClaw Easy for macOS or Windows (free, one-click installer, ~30 seconds).
2. Open the in-app Skills panel.
3. Search for elicitation and click Install.
4. The skill activates automatically when an incoming message matches its description.

Install from the command line

If you already run the OpenClaw CLI, add Elicitation - how to talk with humans and ask them questions? with a single command:

openclaw skills add elicitation

This pulls elicitation from ClawHub and installs it into ~/.openclaw/skills/elicitation/. Restart the OpenClaw gateway afterwards so the new skill is discovered.

How to use Elicitation - how to talk with humans and ask them questions?

Once installed, Elicitation - how to talk with humans and ask them questions? activates on its own: when an incoming message on WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord, Feishu or Line matches the skill's description, your OpenClaw agent loads it and runs the workflow. You can also trigger it explicitly by describing the task in chat. No extra configuration is required after install.

Manual install (advanced)

If you prefer manual installation:

1. Click the Download .zip button above to grab elicitation-1.0.4.zip directly from our S3 mirror.
2. Unzip into ~/.openclaw/skills/elicitation/ (create the directory if it does not exist).
3. Restart OpenClaw Easy (or the OpenClaw CLI gateway) so the new skill is discovered.

Frequently asked questions

How do I install Elicitation - how to talk with humans and ask them questions??

Install Elicitation - how to talk with humans and ask them questions? in the OpenClaw Easy desktop app by opening the Skills panel, searching for elicitation, and clicking Install. From a terminal you can run: openclaw skills add elicitation. Either way the skill is placed in ~/.openclaw/skills/elicitation/.

Is Elicitation - how to talk with humans and ask them questions? free?

Yes. Elicitation - how to talk with humans and ask them questions? is free and open-source, distributed under the Apache-2.0 license through ClawHub. No account or payment is required to download or run it.

What does Elicitation - how to talk with humans and ask them questions? do?

Psychological profiling through natural conversation using narrative identity research (McAdams), self-defining memory elicitation (Singer), and Motivational Interviewing (OARS framework).

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