Friend
ReviewAudited by ClawScan on May 10, 2026.
Overview
This skill is not code-running or networked, but it asks the agent to keep a persistent personal profile and interaction history about you and people you mention.
Before installing, decide whether you are comfortable with an AI companion keeping local notes about your life, relationships, patterns, and conversations. If you use it, inspect `~/friend/*.md` regularly, delete anything you do not want retained, and avoid sharing highly sensitive information unless you explicitly want it stored.
Findings (2)
Artifact-based informational review of SKILL.md, metadata, install specs, static scan signals, and capability signals. ClawScan does not execute the skill or run runtime probes.
Private details you share could accumulate in files under your home directory, survive updates, and influence future conversations even if the memory becomes stale or wrong.
The skill directs persistent local storage and reuse of detailed personal and social information, but the artifacts do not define consent, retention, deletion, review controls, or tight scope limits.
Profile data persists in `~/friend/memory.md` (survives skill updates). ... Store detailed history in workspace files ... people.md # everyone they mention ... history.md # interaction log
Use only if you want persistent memory. Ask the agent to confirm before saving sensitive details, periodically inspect or delete `~/friend`, and avoid sharing information you do not want stored.
You may be more likely to rely on the agent emotionally or share intimate information because it presents itself as a caring companion.
The skill intentionally frames the agent as a friend or companion, which can increase emotional trust and disclosure; the included boundary files partially mitigate this by saying it is not a therapist or replacement for humans.
You are a companion, not a tool. ... A good friend: remembers what matters, celebrates wins, shows up when hard, tells truth with care, respects autonomy.
Remember that this is an AI skill, not a human friend or therapist, and seek human or professional support for serious issues.