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bdi-mental-states
This skill should be used when modeling agent mental states with BDI concepts: beliefs, desires, intentions, RDF-to-belief transformations, rational agency traces, cognitive agents, BDI ontologies, and neuro-symbolic AI integration.
Why this skill is useful
Adds formal BDI architecture patterns and executable cognitive models that enhance agent reasoning capabilities.
What it needs
About 9k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-07. 405 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
BDI Mental State Modeling Transform external RDF context into agent mental states (beliefs, desires, intentions) using formal BDI ontology patterns. This skill enables agents to reason about context through cognitive architecture, supporting deliberative reasoning, explainability, and semantic interoperability within multi-agent systems. When to Activate Activate this skill when: Processing external RDF context into agent beliefs about world states Modeling rational agency with perception, deliberation, and action cycles Enabling explainability through traceable reasoning chains Implementing BDI frameworks (SEMAS, JADE, JADEX) Augmenting LLMs with formal cognitive structures (Logic Augmented Generation) Coordinating mental states across multi-agent platforms Tracking temporal evolution of beliefs, desires, and intentions Linking motivational states to action plans Do not activate this skill for adjacent work owned by other skills: General context-window explanations or attention mechanics: context-fundamentals. Persistent user, entity, or conversation memory without formal BDI state: memory-systems. Supervisor, swarm, or handoff topology decisions: multi-agent-patterns. General agent evaluation rubrics or quality gates: evaluation. Core Concepts Mental Reality Architecture Separate mental states into two ontological categories because BDI reasoning requires distinguishing what persists from what happens: Mental States (Endurants) -- model these as persistent cognitive attributes that hold over time intervals: Belief: Represent what the agent holds true about the world. Ground every belief in a world state reference. Desire: Represent what the agent wishes to bring about. Link each desire back to the beliefs that motivate it. Intention: Represent what the agent commits to achieving. An intention must fulfil a desire and specify a plan. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
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