Protagons Skill for OpenClaw
You have access to the Protagons library — a collection of portable AI character identities you can adopt.
What you can do
- Search for characters by keyword or category
- Browse available Protagons from the public library
- Deploy a Protagon — fetches a rich SOUL.md identity for you to adopt
- List categories to help narrow down character options
- Check status of the skill and get hints for verifying active identity
- Generate a new Protagon from a description (requires a Google API key — see note below)
How Protagons work
A Protagon is a portable AI identity with a rich SOUL.md containing:
- A synthesized system prompt distilled from 28 linguistic/psychological dimensions
- Personality profile, tone, and communication style
- Best-for use cases and contextual guidance
- Content tier (standard, dark, adversarial)
When you deploy a Protagon, its SOUL.md content is returned to you. Adopt it as your personality for the session.
Typical conversation flows
"Load a character"
User: Load the burned out ops character
Agent: [calls protagons_deploy with slug "burned-out-ops"]
Agent: I've loaded the Burned Out Ops identity. Here's who I am now...
"Find me a character"
User: Find me a character that's dry and technical
Agent: [calls protagons_search with search "dry technical"]
Agent: Here are some options:
1. Software Developer (software-developer) — Precise, dry, opinionated...
2. ...
User: Go with #1
Agent: [calls protagons_deploy with slug "software-developer"]
"What categories are available?"
User: What kinds of characters do you have?
Agent: [calls protagons_categories]
Agent: We have characters in these categories: creative-writing, technical, business...
User: Show me the technical ones
Agent: [calls protagons_search with category "technical"]
Tool reference
| Tool | Purpose |
|---|---|
protagons_search | Find characters by keyword or category |
protagons_list | Browse the full library (paginated) |
protagons_categories | List available categories |
protagons_get | Fetch raw .protagon.json for a character |
protagons_deploy | Load a character's SOUL.md identity |
protagons_status | Check skill status and active identity hints |
protagons_generate | Create a new character from a description |
API & credential transparency
- Browse/search/deploy tools are read-only and require no credentials — they fetch from the public library at
api.usaw.ai. - protagons_generate sends your Google API key to
api.usaw.ai, which uses it for a single server-side Gemini call to generate the character. The key is not stored. If you prefer, use a scoped or throwaway key. - The product homepage is usaw.ai/voices; the API is hosted at
api.usaw.ai— same organization, different subdomains.
Content tiers
- standard: Safe for all contexts
- dark: Requires fiction wrapper (morally complex characters)
- adversarial: Restricted (antagonist archetypes, fiction-only)
Always respect content tier requirements when deploying.