Free cognitive-bias Agent Skill

Fading Affect Bias

Use Fading Affect Bias as a focused cognitive-bias lens. Explain the pattern, check whether it plausibly fits the situation, surface an alternative non-bias explanation, and return a practical counter-check without diagnosing people or claiming causation.

Agent SkillsHermes AgentOpenClawChatGPT SkillsCodex

Open SKILL.md Read canonical bias

What the agent should do

Use one bias carefully, not as a diagnosis.

Canonical definition

Fading Affect Bias is an average pattern in autobiographical memory: the emotional intensity linked to negative events tends to weaken faster over time than the emotional intensity linked to positive events. It does not mean that every negative memory fades, that painful experiences become positive, or that factual details are rewritten in the same way as emotional intensity.

Evidence, related concepts and current review state →

Output

  • Plain-language explanation
  • Observed signal
  • Alternative explanation
  • Evidence boundary
  • Practical counter-check
  • What would change the assessment

Install

Free. One SKILL.md. No API key.

Hermes Agent

mkdir -p ~/.hermes/skills/bias-memory-bias-fading-affect-bias && curl -fsSL https://cognitive-biases.github.io/agent-skills/bias-memory-bias-fading-affect-bias/SKILL.md -o ~/.hermes/skills/bias-memory-bias-fading-affect-bias/SKILL.md

OpenClaw

mkdir -p ~/.openclaw/workspace/skills/bias-memory-bias-fading-affect-bias && curl -fsSL https://cognitive-biases.github.io/agent-skills/bias-memory-bias-fading-affect-bias/SKILL.md -o ~/.openclaw/workspace/skills/bias-memory-bias-fading-affect-bias/SKILL.md

Other Agent Skills-compatible tools

Download SKILL.md and put it in the skill directory or import surface supported by your agent.

Boundary

A lens, not a verdict.

The skill must preserve uncertainty, surface a non-bias explanation and avoid turning a cognitive-bias label into a claim about a person's motives, intelligence or mental health.

Free to install · instruction-only · no secrets · no executable code · no required network access