# Planar Binding

> Use this spell when you need to summon a powerful external entity - a third-party API, a cloud service, another agent - and lock it into serving your workflow under explicit terms.

- Skill: `hmbown/planar-binding` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add hmbown/planar-binding`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/hmbown/planar-binding/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: DevOps & Infra
- Author: Hmbown (https://skillmd.com/u/hmbown)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/hmbown/planar-binding

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# Planar Binding

Bind an external service, API, or agent to a contract with defined scope, duration, and failure modes.

## Overview

Planar Binding is interpreted here as a hybrid spell with a prototype execution model.

Canonical source: Planar Binding (spell)

Provider target: OpenClaw

## When To Use

- You are integrating an external API or service and need to define the contract before granting access.
- An external agent or model needs to be constrained to a specific role, scope, and duration within your workflow.
- You want explicit failure modes, cost limits, and termination conditions before binding a dependency.

## Workflow

1. Name the external entity to bind and the service it will perform.
2. Define the binding contract: scope of access, duration, rate limits, cost ceiling, and failure behavior.
3. Establish the termination conditions - when and how the binding ends.
4. Execute the binding with the user's explicit consent and credentials, then confirm the contract is active.

## Deliverables

- A binding contract specifying scope, duration, cost limits, and failure modes.
- A confirmation that the external entity is active and operating within bounds.
- A termination procedure for releasing the binding cleanly.

## Guardrails

- Never bind to an external service without the user's explicit consent and credentials.
- Make cost and rate-limit implications explicit before executing any binding.
- Include termination conditions in every binding - no open-ended commitments.

## Default Invocation

Use $planar-binding to integrate this external service with an explicit contract covering scope, cost, duration, and termination.