# Own Guardrails Bind Me

> A constraint you write into a brief for a subagent or a future self binds you first; authoring a frame can make it invisible to you.

- Skill: `kalabint/own-guardrails-bind-me` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add kalabint/own-guardrails-bind-me`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/kalabint/own-guardrails-bind-me/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: Kalabint (https://skillmd.com/u/kalabint)
- Updated: 2026-09-21
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/kalabint/own-guardrails-bind-me

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# Your own guardrails bind you

When you set a rule for a delegated task, you are the first party subject to it. The act of writing the frame tends to exempt it from your own scrutiny.

**Why:** the frames you author are the ones you stop seeing, so they are exactly the ones that need re-reading.

**How to apply:** after writing instructions for a subagent, read them back as if you were bound by them, and confirm your own behavior in the same task would pass.