🧠 Thinking Frameworks

What this skill does

Provides structured deep analysis and decision-making using 20 human thinking frameworks like critical thinking, first principles, red team.

🧠 Thinking Frameworks 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 🧠 Thinking Frameworks

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 thinking-frameworks 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 🧠 Thinking Frameworks with a single command:

openclaw skills add thinking-frameworks

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

How to use 🧠 Thinking Frameworks

Once installed, 🧠 Thinking Frameworks 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 thinking-frameworks-1.0.0.zip directly from our S3 mirror.
2. Unzip into ~/.openclaw/skills/thinking-frameworks/ (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 🧠 Thinking Frameworks?

Install 🧠 Thinking Frameworks in the OpenClaw Easy desktop app by opening the Skills panel, searching for thinking-frameworks, and clicking Install. From a terminal you can run: openclaw skills add thinking-frameworks. Either way the skill is placed in ~/.openclaw/skills/thinking-frameworks/.

Is 🧠 Thinking Frameworks free?

Yes. 🧠 Thinking Frameworks 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 🧠 Thinking Frameworks do?

Provides structured deep analysis and decision-making using 20 human thinking frameworks like critical thinking, first principles, red team.

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