Paste a couple's conversation. Get a structured analysis based on Gottman, attachment theory, NVC, and cognitive behavioral frameworks.

Not therapy. A mirror.

# Claude Code plugin (recommended)
/plugin marketplace add thc1006/lovelab-skills
/plugin install lovelab@lovelab-marketplace

# Or test locally
git clone https://github.com/thc1006/lovelab-skills.git
claude --plugin-dir ./lovelab-skills

Skills-only (no plugin):

git clone https://github.com/thc1006/lovelab-skills.git
cp -r lovelab-skills/skills/lovelab-* ~/.claude/skills/

Follows the Agent Skills open standard.

> Analyze this couple dialogue: [paste transcript]
> Use lovelab-horsemen to detect the Four Horsemen in this transcript: [paste]

See examples/ for sample input, output, and the JSON schema for longitudinal tracking.

Results follow a standardized JSON schema so you can compare across sessions:

Session 1 (baseline)  -->  Session 2  -->  Session 3
  Anxiety: 6/10            Anxiety: 5/10     Anxiety: 4/10
  Repair rate: 60%         Repair rate: 75%  Repair rate: 80%

Includes a calibration layer for Chinese/Mandarin communication. Examples:

Generational differences noted. Post-1995 urban Taiwanese populations often diverge from traditional norms.

Not a therapist. Not a divorce predictor. Not a replacement for professional help. Not a judge of who is right.

Crisis resources: Taiwan 1925 / 1995 / 1980. International: https://findahelpline.com

Every skill discloses its limits. The big ones:

• Gottman's >90% divorce prediction was not cross-validated. Dropped to 29% in Heyman (2001). Four Horsemen are useful for pattern recognition, not prediction.
• The 5:1 ratio is a heuristic from specific samples, not a universal standard.
• NVC has a growing but limited evidence base. No meta-analysis exists yet.
• Zero Gottman studies and only 2 EFT studies have been conducted with Chinese populations.

• Gottman (1994). What Predicts Divorce?
• Fraley et al. (2015). Categorical or Dimensional? JPSP 109(2).
• Rosenberg (2003). Nonviolent Communication.
• Ireland et al. (2011). Language Style Matching. Psych Science 22(1).
• Song, Chan & Ryan (2024). Expressive Suppression in East Asian Societies.
• Heyman (2001). Observation of Couple Conflicts. J Marriage & Family 63.
• Kim, Capaldi & Crosby (2007). Generalizability of Gottman. J Marriage & Family 69.

All analysis runs locally in the LLM context window. These are plain Markdown files. No external servers, no API keys, no telemetry.

Open an issue before submitting a PR. Help wanted:

• Language calibration layers (Korean, Japanese, Spanish, Arabic)
• Validation against trained coder annotations
• Longitudinal tracking tooling

lovelab-skills/
  .claude-plugin/
    plugin.json              Plugin manifest
    marketplace.json         Marketplace definition
  skills/
    lovelab-analyze/         Full analysis orchestrator
    lovelab-horsemen/        Gottman Four Horsemen
    lovelab-attachment/      Attachment dimensions
    lovelab-nvc/             NVC scoring
    lovelab-cognitive/       Cognitive distortions
    lovelab-dynamics/        Communication dynamics
    lovelab-report/          Report generation
  examples/
    sample-transcript.txt    Sample input
    sample-output.md         Sample report
    analysis-schema.json     JSON schema for tracking

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LoveLab is for self-reflection. It is not a substitute for licensed therapy, mental health treatment, or crisis intervention. If you are in distress, please contact a qualified professional.