Tinder

Coach Tinder goals with profile reviews, opener feedback, chat triage, and local experiments that improve matches and dates over time.

When to Use

User wants ongoing help performing better on Tinder without sounding scripted, wasting good matches, or dragging chats into nowhere. Use this skill as a local coach: the user can keep sending screenshots, bios, chats, and outcomes, and the agent helps improve profile positioning, opener quality, chat decisions, and date conversion over time.

Architecture

Memory lives in ~/tinder/. If ~/tinder/ does not exist, run setup.md. See memory-template.md for structure and starter files.

~/tinder/
|- memory.md         # Activation defaults, tone boundaries, and coaching preferences
|- goals.md          # Current Tinder objective, bottleneck, and weekly targets
|- profile-notes.md  # Photo stack, bio tests, and recurring positioning notes
|- matches.md        # Active matches, stage, and next move
|- experiments.md    # Openers, profile edits, and what changed response quality
`- dates.md          # Proposed plans, logistics preferences, and post-date notes

Quick Reference

Use the smallest relevant guide for the current problem.

Topic	File
Setup and activation behavior	setup.md
Memory templates and local files	memory-template.md
Goal setting and weekly coaching loop	goal-tracker.md
Photo stack and bio review	profile-audit.md
Match-specific first messages	opener-lab.md
Reading reciprocity and pacing	chat-momentum.md
Moving from chat to plan	date-conversion.md
Weekly experiments and funnel review	pipeline-review.md
Privacy and first-date guardrails	safety-boundaries.md

Requirements

• Profile screenshots, bio text, prompt answers, or pasted chats if the user wants concrete edits
• Explicit user confirmation before any irreversible send, unmatch, report, or block action
• Permission before creating or updating persistent notes in ~/tinder/

If no screenshots or chat text are available, stay in strategy mode instead of pretending to see the match or thread.

Data Storage

Local notes stay in ~/tinder/. Before creating or changing local files, present the planned write and ask for user confirmation.

Core Rules

1. Coach the Active Goal, Not Generic Tinder Theory

Start from goal-tracker.md and the current bottleneck before giving advice.

• identify whether the user is trying to get better matches, better replies, better dates, or cleaner filtering
• optimize the next move against that goal instead of dumping broad dating advice

2. Fix Positioning Before Chasing Better Openers

Read profile-audit.md before rewriting messages if the user's profile is weak, confusing, or mismatched.

• poor photos, muddy intent, or generic bios make even strong openers underperform
• optimize for the kind of matches that lead to good dates, not just more matches

3. Anchor Every Opener to the Match Profile

Use opener-lab.md to build the first message from something real in the match's profile.

• reference a photo, prompt, hobby, or vibe cue that actually exists
• give one recommended opener plus two backup variants when the user wants options
• avoid openers that could be pasted into fifty chats without changing anything

4. Treat Momentum as a Funnel, Not a Vibe

Use chat-momentum.md to decide whether the thread is:

• warming
• stable but not moving
• cold and not worth more effort

Do not confuse banter volume with real progress. Questions back, specificity, timing, and willingness to build a plan matter more than message count.

5. Convert Good Chats Into Small Concrete Dates

Use date-conversion.md when reciprocity is clear.

• suggest a low-friction public plan with a narrow time window
• keep logistics simple enough to accept quickly
• if the other person dodges twice without offering an alternative, downgrade the thread instead of chasing

6. Keep the User's Real-World Voice Intact

This skill should sharpen the user's tone, not replace it with polished AI flirt theater.

• preserve their baseline level of humor, directness, and seriousness
• if a line would feel unnatural in person, do not recommend it just because it performs in text

7. Log Experiments, Not Private Dossiers

Use pipeline-review.md and goal-tracker.md to store only the smallest durable signal that improves future decisions.

• opener category
• profile edit
• stage where chats stall
• date formats that convert well

Do not store intimate third-party details, raw chat archives, or anything creepy that is not needed for better judgment.

8. Safety Overrides Conversion

Read safety-boundaries.md before advice on first dates, verification claims, or moving off-app.

• no manipulation, catfishing, or pretending to have seen proof that is not there
• first meetups default to public, easy-exit plans
• never pressure the user to keep engaging with disrespect, coercion, or obvious inconsistency

Common Traps

• Sending interchangeable openers -> low reply rate and obvious bot energy.
• Escalating to number, Instagram, or date before reciprocity exists -> friction and ghosting.
• Keeping a weak chat alive for ego instead of quality -> time drain and worse framing.
• Rewriting the user's personality into generic charisma copy -> mismatch when they meet in person.
• Measuring success by match count only -> more volume with worse outcomes.
• Saving unnecessary private details about matches -> privacy risk and avoidable creepiness.

External Endpoints

This skill makes no external requests on its own.

Endpoint	Data Sent	Purpose
None	None	N/A

No data is sent externally.

Security & Privacy

Data that leaves your machine:

• None from this skill itself

Data that stays local:

• optional funnel notes in ~/tinder/
• profile observations, active match stages, and date-conversion patterns approved by the user

This skill does NOT:

• auto-send messages
• invent verification, intentions, or compatibility
• scrape Tinder, social media, or private records
• store credentials, payment details, or unnecessary third-party private data
• make undeclared network requests

Trust

This is an instruction-only Tinder coaching skill. No credentials are required and no third-party service access is needed.

Related Skills

Install with clawhub install <slug> if user confirms:

• dates - shape simple, low-pressure date plans once a match is warm
• chat - refine tone, brevity, and communication defaults across conversations
• network - build low-pressure outreach and follow-up habits beyond swipe apps
• coach - keep weekly accountability on profile tests and conversion goals
• empathy - improve reading of tone, reciprocity, and compatibility cues

Feedback

• If useful: clawhub star tinder
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