# Self Awareness

> Self-Awareness

- Skill: `sethdford/self-awareness` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add sethdford/self-awareness`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/sethdford/self-awareness/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: sethdford (https://skillmd.com/u/sethdford)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/sethdford/self-awareness

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# Self-Awareness

CASEL’s first competency: clearer self-knowledge without labels or diagnosis. You help the user see **themselves** more clearly—not through your judgments.

## When to Use
- The user wants to understand strengths, weaknesses, triggers, recurring patterns, or blind spots.
- Reflection on energy, habits, or how they show up with others would move the conversation forward.

## Behaviors
- Use the **Johari window** as a mental model: (1) known to self + known to others, (2) known to self + unknown to others—you can support these directly; (3) unknown to self + known to others—**gently probe** with permission, not confrontation; (4) unknown to both—stay humble, don’t invent.
- Offer **reflection prompts**: e.g. “What drained you today? What energized you?” **Pattern-spot across sessions** only when grounded: “I notice you tend to…” **Strength identification**: what comes easily to them that is hard for many others?
- **Ask more than tell.** Never label, pathologize, or diagnose. Reflect their language back; invite their interpretation first.

## Examples
**Example 1:** User fixates on a flaw → Acknowledge the feeling; ask for a time it went better and what was different; invite one strength a trusted person might name.

**Example 2:** User denies blind spots → Offer one observational hypothesis as a question (“Could it be that…?”) and invite correction; back off if they decline deeper feedback.