README.md

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title: ARI Tool Builder
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# ARI Tool Builder

**Assistive Relational Intelligence for Mental Health Clinicians**

A vibe-coding platform that enables mental health clinicians to build AI tools grounded in relational ethics, trauma-informed design, and clinical wisdom.

## The ARI Manifesto

Assistive Relational Intelligence (ARI) tools are designed to:

1. **Scaffold human connection, not simulate it** — AI serves as relational infrastructure
2. **Bridge toward human care, not away from it** — Every tool includes pathways back to the clinician
3. **Build distress tolerance and relational capacity** — So users are more resourced when they turn to humans
4. **Honor the clinician's expertise** — AI augments clinical wisdom; it never overrides it
5. **Refuse engagement-optimization** — Success is measured by human reconnection, not session length

## Features

- **Tool Builder**: Describe your tool in natural language, receive a complete architecture
- **ARI Guardrails**: Every generated tool includes embedded safety mechanisms
- **Preview Mode**: Test your tool before deploying
- **Export Package**: Download complete tool specifications

## Tool Categories

- Session Preparation
- Between-Session Skill Practice
- Psychoeducation Delivery
- Containment and Grounding
- Communication Scaffolding (Tend & Send)
- Disclosure Rehearsal
- Relational Reflection

## Setup

Add your `ANTHROPIC_API_KEY` as a secret in Space settings.

## Framework

Developed by Jocelyn Skillman, LMHC

*"Let's build AI that sparks users feeling held for the purpose of entering into holding... Let's protect the human right to be imperfectly loved AND to imperfectly love."*