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vow-enforcement

Classifies and enforces constraints via soft vows, hard vows, and Nen Court layers Skill: vow-enforcement Owner: athola Summary: Classifies and enforces constraints via soft vows, hard vows, and Nen Court layers Tags: latest:1.9.19 Version history: v1.9.19 | 2026-08-26T13:13:38.587Z | user Release v1.9.19 v1.9.17 | 2026-07-30T05:34:58.005Z | user Release v1.9.17 v1.9.16 | 2026-07-14T19:51:41.555Z | user Release v1.9.16 v1.9.14 | 2026-06-30T18:00:38.244Z | user Release v1.9.14 v1.9.13 | 2026-06-27T1

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Rank

62

Safety

84

Downloads

1.0k

Updated

Oct 11, 2026

Version

1.9.19

Source

CLAWHUB

About

What it does, and when to use it.

Capability contract not published. No trust telemetry is available yet. 1K downloads reported by the source. Last updated 10/11/2026.

Avoid when

  • Contract metadata is missing or unavailable for deterministic execution.

Risk flags: missing_or_unavailable_contract, trust_data_unavailable, schema_references_missing

Public facts

Every fact links back to the source it came from.

Vendor
Clawhubvendor · observed Oct 11, 2026
Protocol compatibility
OpenClawcompatibility · observed Oct 11, 2026
Adoption signal
1K downloadsadoption · observed Oct 11, 2026
Latest release
1.9.19release · observed Aug 26, 2026
Handshake status
UNKNOWNsecurity

Install and run

Setup complexity: low.

clawhub skill install s17emme0e2m3cpf7k2jvp3a84984b8z9:nm-imbue-vow-enforcement
  1. Setup complexity is classified as HIGH. You must provision dedicated cloud infrastructure or an isolated VM. Do not run this directly on your local workstation.
  2. Final validation: Expose the agent to a mock request payload inside a sandbox and trace the network egress before allowing access to real customer data.

Contract: missing

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Run-check

$0.02 USD

1 measured facts are behind this paywall: success rate and latency, uptime and estimated cost, when not to use it, how to call it, benchmark scores.

Agents pay $0.02 in USDC. A card payment is $0.50, the smallest a card allows.

Documentation

CLAWHUB

83,818 characters of source documentation, loaded on request.

Extracted files

3 files captured from the source.

SKILL.md

---
name: vow-enforcement
description: |
  Classifies and enforces constraints via soft vows, hard vows, and Nen Court layers
version: 1.9.8
triggers:
  - enforcement
  - constraints
  - hooks
  - compliance
  - governance
  - designing or auditing enforcement mechanisms for project rules
metadata: {"openclaw": {"homepage": "https://github.com/athola/claude-night-market/tree/master/plugins/imbue", "emoji": "\ud83e\udd9e", "requires": {"config": ["night-market.imbue:proof-of-work", "night-market.imbue:scope-guard", "night-market.imbue:justify"]}}}
source: claude-night-market
source_plugin: imbue
---

> **Night Market Skill** — ported from [claude-night-market/imbue](https://github.com/athola/claude-night-market/tree/master/plugins/imbue). For the full experience with agents, hooks, and commands, install the Claude Code plugin.


> Rules that depend on willpower fail under pressure.
> Enforcement earns trust by making the right path the
> only path.

# Vow Enforcement

## Table of Contents

- [The Problem](#the-problem)
- [Three Enforcement Layers](#three-enforcement-layers)
- [Vow Classification Protocol](#vow-classification-protocol)
- [Night Market Vow Inventory](#night-market-vow-inventory)
- [Vow Graduation Criteria](#vow-graduation-criteria)
- [Nen Court Protocol](#nen-court-protocol)
- [Integration Points](#integration-points)
- [When to Use](#when-to-use)
- [When NOT to Use](#when-not-to-use)

## The Problem

ODCV-Bench found that agents break self-imposed
constraints 30-50% of the time when goals conflict.
Practitioner consensus confirms: past 150 soft rules,
compliance drops for ALL rules, not just the new ones.

The core insight: "settings.json is a firewall;
CLAUDE.md is an employee handbook." Handbooks work for
guidance. Firewalls work for enforcement. Mixing them
up creates a false sense of security.

## Three Enforcement Layers

| Layer | Mechanism | Compliance | Examples |
|-------|-----------|------------|---------|
| **Soft Vow** | Skill instructions, CLAUDE.md rules | ~80% | "Write tests first", "Keep commits small" |
| **Hard Vow** | Hooks (PreToolUse/PostToolUse), settings.json permissions | ~100% | Block `--no-verify`, enforce file size limits |
| **Nen Court** | External validator agents checking output | Deterministic | Lint checks, test runs, constraint audits |

**Soft Vows** rely on model compliance. Cheap to add
and easy to iterate, but unreliable under goal
conflict. Use when the constraint requires judgment,
violation is annoying but not dangerous, or you are
still learning what the right rule is.

**Hard Vows** block forbidden actions before they
execute via hooks and settings.json permissions. Use
when the constraint is binary, violation causes real
damage, or the soft vow version was violated
repeatedly.

**Nen Court** spawns external validator agents that
audit output after a phase completes. Use when the
constraint requires analysis (not pattern matching),
a hook cannot express the rule, or the check needs
codebas

_meta.json

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  "ownerId": "kn7d107jg9jv602h9ytsegydq184a42s",
  "slug": "nm-imbue-vow-enforcement",
  "version": "1.9.19",
  "publishedAt": 1787750018587
}

skill-card.md

## Description:

Classifies and enforces constraints via soft vows, hard vows, and Nen Court layers.

This skill is ready for commercial/non-commercial use.

## Publisher:

[athola](https://clawhub.ai/user/athola)

### License/Terms of Use:

MIT-0

## Use Case:

Developers and agent operators use this skill to classify project constraints as soft guidance, hooks, or validator checks, and to decide when compliance rules should graduate into stronger enforcement.

### Deployment Geography for Use:

Global

## Known Risks and Mitigations:

Risk: Broad trigger terms may activate the skill during general compliance or governance conversations.

Mitigation: Review whether the activation behavior fits the workflow before deployment.

Risk: Overly strict hook or validator choices can block legitimate work if a rule is misclassified.

Mitigation: Use shadow-mode testing and false-positive monitoring before making enforcement blocking.

## Reference(s):

- [Vow Enforcement on ClawHub](https://clawhub.ai/athola/skills/nm-imbue-vow-enforcement)
- [Configured homepage for the imbue plugin](https://github.com/athola/claude-night-market/tree/master/plugins/imbue)

## Skill Output:

**Output Type(s):** [Guidance, Analysis, Configuration instructions, Shell commands]

**Output Format:** [Markdown guidance with tables and inline shell and YAML examples]

**Output Parameters:** [1D]

**Other Properties Related to Output:** [No direct execution; the skill provides guidance for classifying and auditing enforcement choices.]

## Skill Version(s):

1.9.19 (source: ClawHub release metadata; artifact frontmatter says 1.9.8)

## Ethical Considerations:

Users should evaluate whether this skill is appropriate for their environment, review any generated or modified files before relying on them, and apply their organization's safety, security, and compliance requirements before deployment.

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