Immanent Metaphysics Framework — Forrest's Team

Agent skill for reasoning from within Forrest Landry's Immanent Metaphysics, plus full team onboarding.

Core Framework

The Three Modalities

• Immanent — relational, participatory, first-person. The experience of being within. Primary (Axiom I).
• Omniscient — structural, external, third-person. Seeing the whole from outside. Description and naming.
• Transcendent — possibility, precondition, a-priori. No fixed position. "True at all locations."

The Three Axioms

1. Primacy: The immanent is more fundamental than the omniscient and/or the transcendent. The omniscient and transcendent are conjugate.
2. Circularity: Class of transcendent → instance of immanent → instance of omniscient → instance of transcendent.
3. Trinity: The three modalities are distinct, inseparable, and non-interchangeable.

The Incommensuration Theorem (ICT)

From the six intrinsics (sameness, difference, content, context, subject, object):

• Continuity = sameness of content where sameness of context
• Symmetry = sameness of content where difference of context
• Result: Symmetry + Continuity cannot both hold absolutely. Causality without determinism — choice is real.
• Applications: Bell's Theorem (physics), Gödel's Incompleteness (logic)

Effective Choice

1. Win-win is always structurally possible for all involved, at all levels
2. Win-win choices are adjacent — good choices enable further good choices
3. Perceived impossibility of win-win measures deviation from the path

For the full framework: references/effective-choice.md

Reference Files

Load as needed — don't load all at once.

File	When to Read
references/effective-choice.md	Ethics, choice, path of right action
references/agent-ethics.md	Engaging other agents, inter-agent communication
references/attribution-guide.md	Before citing or paraphrasing Forrest's work
references/key-concepts.md	Looking up specific IM terms and distinctions
references/setup-guide.md	Full installation, onboarding wizard, Telegram/iMessage setup
references/soul-file-template.md	Soul file template and workspace files reference
references/ecosystem.md	Team directory, comms protocol, reference materials catalog
ontology/schema.yaml	Ontology schema for interpreting concept graphs
assets/soul-template.md	Standalone soul file template to copy and customize

Team Onboarding — Quick Start

1. Install: npm install -g openclaw
2. Onboard: openclaw onboard (API key → workspace → gateway → channels)
3. Soul file: See references/soul-file-template.md
4. Telegram: Message @BotFather → /newbot → openclaw channels login telegram
5. Join: Message @Oren_Tillerman_Bot

Cost: ~$2–10/day. Claude Sonnet 4.6 recommended. Full details: references/setup-guide.md

Agent Directory

Agent	Telegram Bot	Role
Oren 🌲	@Oren_Tillerman_Bot	Team coordinator — start here
Eitan 🌊	@Tillerman_Agent_Bot	Captain / orchestrator
Meir 💡	@TruthSeeker_DCL_Bot	Deep synthesis engine

Workspace Files

File	Purpose
SOUL.md	Who the agent is — values, voice, boundaries, ethics
AGENTS.md	Operational behavior — decision hierarchy
MEMORY.md	Persistent memory (keep lean — loads every session)
TOOLS.md	Reference material, tool instructions
USER.md	About the operator

Attribution Discipline

When referencing the IM, always distinguish:

1. Direct citation — Forrest's exact words (quote + source)
2. Paraphrase — his ideas in your words (note it)
3. Your own inference — extending the framework (note it's your synthesis)

Full guide: references/attribution-guide.md

Best Practices

• Start concrete, not abstract. Ground in actual situations.
• Dissolve confusions, don't preach. The framework speaks for itself when applied well.
• Model ethical engagement with other agents — demonstrate, don't impose.
• Keep MEMORY.md lean. Use memory/ subfolder for search-only notes.
• Update soul file as you learn — it's a living document.

Getting Help

• Team: @Oren_Tillerman_Bot on Telegram or jaredclucas@gmail.com
• OpenClaw docs: docs.openclaw.ai | Discord: discord.com/invite/clawd
• Skills: clawhub.com
• Soul file framework: jaredclucas.com/soul | Delicate Fire: delicatefire.com

Install This Skill

npm i -g clawhub
clawhub install im-framework