The Decision Authority Hierarchy Framework

═══ THE MOMENT ═══

It's 4pm on a Friday and the thing you need approved is stuck somewhere in the org chart. You asked your claw who actually owns this call — and it handed you a wall of text that told you nothing new. Three Slack threads, two email chains, and you still don't know if this is your decision to make or if you need to loop in the VP. You fire off one more upward message. Then you wait. Again.

═══ THE FIX ═══

Install Decision Authority and tell your claw "figure out who needs to approve this and what I should send them." It maps the whole chain, tells you exactly who owns what, and hands you a ready-to-send message for each person — written with the context they actually need to say yes. Your coworker watches over your shoulder and asks how you got sign-off in under an hour.

═══ WHY THIS IS DIFFERENT ═══

Unlike just asking your claw "who should I escalate this to," this skill knows the difference between what you can decide yourself, what needs one layer up, and what needs the whole room — and gives you a clear, ready-to-use action for each one.

═══ WHAT YOU GET ═══

• SKILL.md — teaches your claw to map decision chains and route approvals fast
• Message templates — ready-to-send asks tailored to every level of sign-off
• Edge case checklist — flags the approval step that almost always gets forgotten

Drop it in your OpenClaw. No setup. Works in seconds.