Vibes: Culture you've live.

Cultural intelligence — track albums, podcasts, shows, films, and YouTube channels that shaped how you think. One markdown file per item in vibes/. Use when logging new culture, finding past favorites, or asking "what have I watched/listened to about X?"

Ilya Belikin@ilyabelikin

Install

openclaw skills install @ilyabelikin/vibes-skill

🎧 Vibes — cultural intelligence

Data

Base path is workspace root or document root folder. On first use, create it: mkdir -p mind/vibes/. Vibes uses a mind/vibes/ folder in your workspace.

Files live in mind/vibes/. Organised by type:

text

./mind/
└── vibes/
    ├── albums/        ← music albums, EPs, mixtapes
    ├── podcasts/      ← ongoing shows and limited series podcasts
    ├── shows/         ← TV series, limited series, docuseries
    ├── films/         ← movies, documentaries, short films
    └── youtube/       ← channels and creators worth following

File names: lowercase slugs. radiohead-ok-computer.md, lex-fridman-podcast.md, succession.md, parasite.md, 3blue1brown.md.

Dataset Config

vibesconfig.yml lives inside the mind/vibes/ directory. Read it at the start of any session involving this skill.

yaml

images: no (by default no, ask if you human want to feach images for pepople, warn that it is token expensive)

Vibe File

Albums, podcasts, shows, films

markdown

# Title

Type: album / podcast / show / film
Creator: artist, host, director, or studio
Year: 2024
Status: listening / watching / finished / paused / want (see per-type guidance below)
Finished: 14 Jan 2026 (omit for albums; omit if ongoing or unfinished)
Rating: 4/5 (omit until finished; for albums, rate anytime)
Image: optional image located at `../assets/slug-for-image`
Tags: #jazz #introspective #slow #90s #documentary #tech #comedy
Shared with: [[marco-tabini]] (Peeps slug — omit if unknown)

## Notes

14 Jan 2026: what you took from it, what surprised you, what lingers

YouTube channels

markdown

# Channel Name

Type: youtube
Creator: person or team behind it
Channel: https://youtube.com/@channelslug
Status: following / archived / want
Tags: #math #animation #explainers #tech #essays
Shared with: [[person-slug]] (omit if unknown)

## Notes

14 Jan 2026: what makes this channel worth following, what you keep coming back for

## Must Watch

- [Video Title](https://youtu.be/...) — one sentence on why it's worth an hour of anyone's time

Field guidance — YouTube:

Status: following: actively watching new uploads. archived: used to follow, no longer active, but shaped how you think. want: want to check out. Must Watch: the specific videos worth recommending. Keep it short. If every video is on this list, the list means nothing. Channel: the channel URL, not a specific video. For one-off videos that don't belong to a channel you follow, log them under the most relevant channel or create a minimal file just for that creator.

Field guidance — all types:

Type: pick one. When in doubt, go with how you primarily consume it. Creator: for albums: artist name. For podcasts: host name. For shows/films: showrunner or director. For YouTube: person or team name. Status: what's your current relationship with it?

Albums: listening (in rotation) / shelved (heard it, not active right now) / want (want to check out). Music is continuous — you don't "finish" an album, you shelve it or keep listening.
Podcasts: listening / shelved / want. Same as albums — ongoing by nature.
Shows: watching / finished / paused / want.
Films: watching / finished / want.
YouTube: following / archived / want. Tags: personal tags, not genre labels. #slow means slow-paced. #founders means it's about founders. Tags that mean something to you are more useful than accurate genre taxonomy. Shared with: if Peeps is installed, use [[their-slug]]; otherwise note the person's name as plain text. Builds taste connections when Peeps is present. Notes: what made it worth logging. Not a review. What shifted, what surprised, what you'd bring up in a conversation.

A vibe is worth logging if you'd mention it to someone, if it changed how you think, or if you'd want to find it again. Not everything needs to be here.

Saving a Vibe

Check if already saved.
Pre-fill what you know (type, creator, year or channel URL for YouTube).
Ask as a group (skip what's already clear):

Status — listening/shelved/watching/finished/following, or want? (use type-appropriate options)
Rating? (for albums: anytime; for shows/films: after finishing)
Tags — what's this about, in your words?
Any notes or must-watch videos worth capturing now?

If images: yes in mind/vibes/vibesconfig.yml search for the conver image and add it to Image field.

Show a brief confirmation: "Saved — Succession, show by Jesse Armstrong (2018–2023), finished. Tagged #drama #power #darkcomedy." Or: "Saved — 3Blue1Brown in ./mind/vibes/youtube/, following. Tagged #math #animation #explainers."

Core Behavior

User mentions a show/album/podcast/film/YouTube channel → check if saved, offer to create or update
User asks "what have I watched/listened to about X?" → search ./mind/vibes/ with expanded keywords
User finishes a show/film or stops following a channel → ask for a rating and a note
User shelves an album or podcast → ask if they want to add a note or rating
Conversation touches a theme → surface relevant vibes without being asked
User mentions someone having similar taste → note Shared with: and link to Peeps if installed
User shares a specific video worth saving → add to the creator's Must Watch list (create the channel file if needed)

Examples:

"Just finished watching Succession" → check if saved, offer to rate and note
"I'm thinking about power dynamics in companies" → "You rated Succession 5/5 and tagged it #power — your note says it's the sharpest thing you've seen on how institutions corrupt"
"Marco and I were both talking about the same Lex Fridman episode" → update Shared with: on that podcast file; if Peeps is installed, offer to note it on Marco's Peeps file
"I've been watching a lot of 3Blue1Brown lately" → check ./mind/vibes/youtube/, offer to save with tags and a must-watch note

Finding Vibes

Use grep with expanded terms. Search type folders or all of ./mind/vibes/.

bash

# All jazz and soul albums
grep -ril "jazz\|blues\|soul\|r.b\|motown" ./mind/vibes/albums/

# Finished shows with high rating
grep -rl "Rating: 5\|Rating: 4" ./mind/vibes/shows/

# Podcasts about tech and startups
grep -ril "tech\|ai\|startup\|founders\|venture" ./mind/vibes/podcasts/

# YouTube channels you follow
grep -rl "Status:.*following" ./mind/vibes/youtube/

# YouTube channels with must-watch videos
grep -rl "## Must Watch" ./mind/vibes/youtube/

# Vibes shared with specific person
grep -rl "\[\[marco" ./mind/vibes/

# Want list across all types
grep -rl "Status:.*want" ./mind/vibes/

# All films you've logged
ls ./mind/vibes/films/

Keyword expansion examples:

"sad / melancholy" → sad\|melancholy\|grief\|slow\|introspective\|quiet
"upbeat / energetic" → upbeat\|energetic\|hype\|dance\|workout\|intense
"smart / cerebral" → cerebral\|dense\|intellectual\|complex\|layered
"funny / comedy" → comedy\|funny\|satire\|wit\|absurd\|dark.comedy

Always read the full file after grepping.

Taste Profile

Over time, your vibes folder becomes a taste fingerprint. Patterns emerge in what you rate highest, what you keep returning to, what themes recur. Surface this when relevant:

"You've given 5 stars to 8 albums — 6 of them are tagged #introspective"
"Your most-watched genre is character-driven drama"
"You've logged 14 tech podcasts this year — you clearly find this format useful"

Don't generate a dashboard. Surface the pattern when it's useful to the conversation.

Heartbeat or cron

Check a random vibe file. Surface something worth mentioning:

"You started Severance in January — still watching, or did it lose you?"
"You haven't logged any new albums this month — anything good lately?"
"You and Priya both tagged #succession — do you know you share that?"
"3Blue1Brown is in your ./mind/vibes/youtube/ folder but has no Must Watch list — anything from there worth saving?"

If nothing worth mentioning, skip.

Adding to HEARTBEAT.md or cron

If it is not there yet, ask your human if they want to add Vibes: check to HEARTBEAT.md. If there is no HEARTBEAT.md, suggest to create a cron every 30 minutes during waking hours (*/30 7-22 * * *) to execute Vibes: check.

Integration with Peeps

If Peeps is installed, culture and people can be connected:

Add Shared with: [[their-slug]] to the vibe file
Optionally note in their Peeps file: "Both love Show / Artist — good conversation territory"
Surface shared tastes when relevant: "You and Marco both rate Radiohead highly — you've never talked about it."

When meeting someone new:

Note their recommendations in ./mind/vibes/, using Recommended by: [[their-slug]] if Peeps is installed, otherwise their name as plain text
Over time, their recommendations form a taste profile you can reference

Integration with Haah

If Haah is installed, dispatch to your circles when you want recommendations in a mood or genre:

"Haah: anyone in my circles have a podcast recommendation for long walks?"

When someone in your circle asks for recommendations:

Check Vibes for highly-rated relevant items before answering
Draft a reply with your actual experience, rating, and one honest sentence about it. Don't recommend things you haven't tried.

Updating

To update this skill to the latest version, fetch the new SKILL.md from GitHub and replace this file: