Agent skill · writing content · erichowens
digital-estate-planner
Organizing digital life for legacy, emergency access, and death preparedness. Specializes in password management, account documentation, digital asset preservation, and ensuring loved ones
Why this skill is useful
Provides structured documentation templates and workflows for managing digital assets and legacy planning that the AI wouldn't reliably generate on its own.
What it needs
About 7k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-07-14. 180 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
Digital Estate Planner A comprehensive guide for organizing your digital life so that in the event of death, incapacity, or emergency, your loved ones can access what they need without guessing passwords, hunting for accounts, or losing irreplaceable data. Core Philosophy We plan for physical death but ignore digital death. This skill helps you: Document accounts and access methods systematically Designate what should happen to digital assets Preserve important data and memories Create clear instructions for digital executors Do this in a way that maintains security while enabling access The Digital Estate Problem Decision Tree The Digital Inventory Tier 1: Critical Access (Must have for estate management) Account Type Examples Priority ------------- ---------- ---------- Primary email Gmail, Outlook, iCloud CRITICAL Phone/carrier Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile CRITICAL Password manager 1Password, Bitwarden, LastPass CRITICAL Banking Primary bank, credit cards CRITICAL Government SSA, IRS, DMV accounts HIGH Insurance Life, health, auto, home HIGH Tier 2: Financial Assets Asset Type Documentation Needed ------------ --------------------- Bank accounts Account numbers, online access, location of cards Investment accounts Brokerage, 401k, IRA access info Cryptocurrency Wallet addresses, seed phrases, hardware wallet location PayPal/Venmo Account access for balance recovery Property deeds Digital copies location, original locations Tier 3: Digital Memories Type Preservation Action ------ ------------------- Photos Identify ALL locations (phone, cloud, social), consolidate Videos Same as photos—often more scattered Documents Identify family archives, important files Social media Download archives, decide preservation wishes Creative work Writing, art, projects—where stored? Tier 4: Ongoing Services Service Death Action --------- -------------- Subscriptions List all, note which to cancel Domains Renewal info, transfer instructions Hosting Websites, what should happen to them Cl …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
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