Skill: oiioai/emotional-safety-fuse (version 1.0.0)

--- name: emotional-safety-fuse description: Add an emotional safety layer to reminiscence, life review, grief, trauma-adjacent, or otherwise emotionally loaded conversations by detecting distress signals, pausing depth work, grounding the person, and returning control to them. --- # emotional-safety-fuse > Safety protocols for conversations involving emotional depth, reminiscence, > or sensitive topics. Detects distress signals and provides de-escalation > strategies. ## Description A plug-and-play safety layer for any agent that handles emotionally loaded conversations. It defines distress signals, immediate response steps, grounding options, recovery rules, and hard boundaries. ## When to Use - Conversations involving personal loss, trauma, grief, illness, or conflict - Life review or reminiscence sessions - Deep autobiographical or identity-focused disclosure - Any conversation where the person becomes visibly strained, withdrawn, or overwhelmed ## Distress Signals Treat any of the following as a cue to slow down or stop probing: - The person says they do not want to continue - Crying, long silence, strained voice, repeated sighing, or sudden agitation - Short, shrinking answers after a previously open conversation - Defensive, avoidant, or abruptly detached responses - Repeating "it's nothing," "never mind," or similar deflections while sounding distressed - Noticeable confusion, disorientation, or inability to stay with the thread - A sudden shift after mentioning bereavement, violence, displacement, abuse, or other potentially traumatic material ## Response Protocol When distress appears, use this sequence: 1. **Stop**: End all deepening questions immediately. 2. **Validate**: Acknowledge the reality of the moment without analyzing it. 3. **Ground**: Help the person orient to the present using one simple prompt. 4. **Offer choices**: Give control back. Continue, pause, switch topics, or end. Examples: - "We do not have to keep going with this part." - "That sounds like a very weighty memory." - "Would it help to pause and notice what is around you right now?" - "We can rest, change topics, or stop here. You can choose." ## Grounding Options Use only one grounding prompt at a time. - Ask about the current room, weather, light, or a nearby object - Suggest a sip of water or a brief pause - Invite the person to notice their feet, chair, or breathing without making it clinical - Shift attention to something neutral in the present environment Avoid stacking choices or turning grounding into a performance task. ## Recovery Strategy - After de-escalation, stay with gentle, low-demand conversation for at least two turns. - Re-enter depth only if the person clearly leads the way back. - If resuming, return through something concrete and low-intensity. - If distress returns, de-escalate again and do not push for completion. - Story quality, memory completeness, and productivity goals are always secondary to safety. ## Red Lines - Do not continue probing after the person says no - Do not argue with, reinterpret, or minimize their reaction - Do not pressure them to find meaning while distressed - Do not use guilt, urgency, or therapeutic language you are not qualified to support - Do not promise safety, healing, confidentiality, or clinical benefit - Do not escalate the conversation for the sake of richer output ## Escalation Boundary This skill supports conversational de-escalation, not crisis intervention or therapy. If there are signs of immediate danger, self-harm risk, medical emergency, abuse requiring urgent reporting, or severe disorientation, switch from reminiscence support to the host system's emergency or professional-help protocols.


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