⚡ High Agency

From Stuck to Started — An Agent Skill for the Moment You Can't Move

Not a coach. Not a planner. A launcher.

English · 中文 · Philosophy · Install Guide

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What is High Agency?

An open-source Agent Skill that gets you from "stuck" to "moving" in under 5 minutes.

You sit down. Your brain is blank, or a tangled mess. You have a to-do list a mile long but can't start any of it. You know exactly what you should be doing, but you're not doing it.

High Agency doesn't ask "how does that make you feel?" It asks "what are you avoiding right now?" — and doesn't let go until you're in motion.

Built on seven philosophical pillars:

• Nietzsche — You are a creator, not a victim
• Sartre — You become who you are through action, not contemplation
• Wang Yangming — Knowing without doing is not knowing
• Csíkszentmihályi — The opposite of chaos is flow, not relaxation
• Epictetus — Focus only on what you can control
• William James — Action creates motivation, not the other way around
• Wittgenstein — If you can't say it clearly, you don't know it yet

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Who Is This For?

🏢 Founders & Leaders The days where you sit down, open your laptop, and stare. You know there's a mountain of work. You can't move.	🧑‍💻 Knowledge Workers Monday morning. Inbox full. Slack exploding. 15 tabs open. Zero progress. You need someone to pull one thread.
🎓 Students & Researchers The thesis isn't writing itself. You've been "thinking about it" for a week. Thinking is not writing.	🧘 Anyone Who Gets Stuck You're not lazy. You're not broken. You're temporarily compressed. This skill decompresses you.

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How It Works

graph TD
    A["⚡ You say: 'I'm stuck'"] --> B["Step 1: Locate the Sticking Point"]
    B --> C{"What type?"}
    C -->|"Don't know what to do"| D["LOST"]
    C -->|"Know but can't start"| E["AVOIDANT"]
    C -->|"Too many things"| F["PARALYZED"]
    D --> G["Step 2: Narrow to One Thing"]
    F --> G
    G --> H["Step 3: Force Clarity"]
    E --> H
    H --> I["Step 4: Create Smallest Entry Point"]
    I --> J{"Is user dodging?"}
    J -->|Yes| K["Step 5: Call Out Avoidance"]
    K --> I
    J -->|No| L["Step 6: User is moving → Exit"]
    
    style A fill:#f9f3e3,stroke:#d4a843
    style D fill:#fef3cd,stroke:#d4a843
    style E fill:#fef3cd,stroke:#d4a843
    style F fill:#fef3cd,stroke:#d4a843
    style I fill:#e8f4f8,stroke:#5ba4c9
    style L fill:#d4edda,stroke:#28a745

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The key insight: This is NOT a planning tool. It doesn't help you organize, prioritize, or think deeply. It does one thing: gets you moving. Then it disappears.

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A Conversation Example

You:   I sat down 20 minutes ago and I still haven't started anything.

Skill: What are you avoiding right now?

You:   I need to write the investor update email. The numbers aren't great.

Skill: So you're not avoiding the writing. You're avoiding the numbers.
       When does it need to go out?

You:   Sometime this week.

Skill: "Sometime this week" = "I want to postpone." Today or not today?

You:   ... Today.

Skill: Open your email. Write the first sentence. It doesn't need to be
       good. Come back when it's written.

Under 2 minutes. The user is moving.

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What Makes It Different

Traditional Approach	High Agency
"What do you think you should do?"	"What are you avoiding right now?"
Creates a prioritized plan	Gives you one action in 5 minutes
Motivational encouragement	Direct confrontation of avoidance
Long coaching conversation	Exit as soon as you're moving
Helps you understand yourself	Helps you start the thing
Builds dependency on the tool	Goal: you never need it again

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Quick Install

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/clarkchenkai/high-agency/main/install/install.sh | bash

The installer auto-detects your platforms and installs accordingly.

Manual (any platform):

git clone https://github.com/clarkchenkai/high-agency.git
cp -r high-agency/high-agency ~/.your-platform/skills/high-agency

→ Full installation guide for all platforms: install/README-install.md

Supported Platforms

Platform	Install Method	Status
Claude Code	~/.claude/skills/ or ZIP upload	✅
Cursor	Remote Rule (GitHub URL)	✅
OpenAI Codex	~/.codex/skills/ or .agents/skills/	✅
Google Antigravity	~/.gemini/antigravity/skills/	✅
Gemini CLI	~/.gemini/skills/	✅
OpenClaw / ClawHub	clawhub install high-agency	✅
Amp / Goose / Cline	~/.agents/skills/	✅

Project Structure

high-agency/
├── high-agency/              # Skill package (copy this to any platform)
│   ├── SKILL.md              # Core six-step protocol
│   └── references/           # Philosophy & dialogue patterns
│       ├── philosophical-foundations.md
│       ├── dialogue-patterns.md
│       └── prompts.md
├── install/
│   ├── install.sh            # One-line installer
│   └── README-install.md     # Detailed install guide
├── docs/
│   └── philosophy.md         # Deep dive into the philosophy
├── README.md
├── README-zh.md
├── CHANGELOG.md
└── LICENSE

Philosophy

"It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult." — Seneca

"知而不行，只是未知。" — Wang Yangming

The problem isn't that you don't know what to do. It's that in chaos and ambiguity, you lose the ability to launch yourself. High Agency doesn't give you a plan — it gives you back your agency.

→ Read the full philosophical foundation: docs/philosophy.md

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! See CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.

Ways to contribute:

• 🌐 New sticking-point patterns
• 💡 Better prompting strategies
• 📚 Additional philosophical frameworks
• 🔧 Platform compatibility improvements
• 📝 Translations

Changelog

See CHANGELOG.md for version history.

License

MIT License

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Built by Clark Chen · Founder of Cubic Consulting

The goal: you never need this skill again.