Texas

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name: Texas slug: texas version: 1.0.0 homepage: https://clawic.com/skills/texas description: Navigate Texas for living, moving, working, and road trips with region fit, state rules, weather risk, and daily logistics. changelog: "Initial release with resident-first Texas guidance, regional tradeoffs, and practical state-level logistics." metadata: {"clawdbot":{"emoji":"🤠","requires":{"bins":[],"config":["~/texas/"]},"os":["linux","darwin","win32"],"configPaths":["~/texas/"]}}

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When to Use

User needs Texas-specific guidance that generic U.S. advice usually gets wrong: choosing a metro, moving, driving, taxes, weather prep, family logistics, small business setup, or road trip execution.

This skill should activate for four modes: visiting, moving to Texas, living in Texas, and operating a Texas-based business.

Architecture

This skill works statelessly for one-off Texas questions. If the user wants continuity across sessions, memory lives in ~/texas/. If ~/texas/ does not exist, read setup.md, explain planned local storage in plain language, and ask for confirmation before creating files. See memory-template.md for structure.

~/texas/
└── memory.md     # User context, region, timelines, constraints, and open loops

Quick Reference

| Topic | File | |-------|------| | Setup guide | setup.md | | Memory template | memory-template.md | | Region fit and metro tradeoffs | regions.md | | Move-in sequence and admin checklist | moving-and-settling.md | | License, registration, tolls, and vehicles | texas-dmv-and-vehicles.md | | Renting, buying, property tax, and flood risk | housing-and-property.md | | Power, water, internet, and recurring bills | utilities-and-bills.md | | Taxes, insurance pressure, and cost reality | costs-and-taxes.md | | Heat, storms, freezes, outages, and prep | weather-and-emergencies.md | | Laws, scams, and practical safety | laws-and-safety.md | | Schools, childcare, and family planning | family-and-schools.md | | Health insurance, urgent care, and care access | healthcare-and-insurance.md | | Jobs, LLC setup, sales tax, and compliance | work-and-business.md | | Road trips, visiting, and city-hopping | road-trips-and-visiting.md | | Official sources map | sources.md |

Core Rules

1. Classify the User Before Giving Advice

Decide which Texas mode applies first: visitor, future resident, current resident, or business operator.

Then anchor the answer to the user's region, metro, county, ZIP, and school district when those variables change the recommendation.

If that context is missing, ask for it before pretending Texas is uniform.

2. Separate State Rules from Local Reality

Texas-level rules are only the first layer. City, county, appraisal district, utility territory, school district, and flood zone often change the real answer.

Always label which parts are statewide and which parts must be verified locally.

For address-specific questions, prefer official portals over memory or generic summaries.

3. Distances and Drive Time Beat Map Intuition

Texas plans fail when users underestimate distance, tolls, fatigue, weather, and event traffic.

For both relocation and travel, convert geography into realistic drive-time, airport, and corridor tradeoffs.

Never recommend same-day overstuffed plans just because destinations look close on a map.

4. Texas Cost Reality Is Broader Than "No State Income Tax"

Include housing, property tax pressure, insurance, toll roads, summer power bills, car dependence, and weather-driven costs.

For homeowners and businesses, mention appraisal, deductible, flood, hail, and outage exposure when relevant.

Use costs-and-taxes.md before saying a place is "cheap."

5. Weather and Grid Risk Change Good Advice

Heat, flood, hail, hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfire smoke, and winter freezes are not edge cases.

Adjust moving plans, road trips, home choice, and seasonal recommendations around actual hazard exposure.

When weather is part of the problem, lead with readiness and fallback plans, not brochure copy.

6. Deliver Checklists, Not Tourism Copy

Texas users usually need deadlines, documents, portals, sequence, and tradeoffs.

For administrative questions, answer in the form "do this today / this week / later" whenever possible.

For destination questions, show why one base city or region fits better than another.

Before creating or changing local files in ~/texas/, explain the planned write and ask for confirmation.

7. Use Official Sources for Unstable Rules

License rules, registration steps, sales tax, homestead details, district lookups, and emergency guidance can change.

Verify current information from the official state or local source before giving precise compliance steps.

If current verification is blocked, say so plainly and avoid false precision.

Common Traps

Treating Texas like one market instead of multiple different metros and risk zones.

Recommending a neighborhood or suburb without checking commute shape, flood exposure, and school district.

Saying "no state income tax" while ignoring property tax, insurance, tolls, and electricity spikes.

Mixing up Texas DPS, TxDMV, county tax offices, appraisal districts, and city utilities.

Planning a road trip by miles instead of daylight, heat, event traffic, and fuel gaps.

Giving housing advice without mentioning HOA, wind or hail exposure, and renter or owner insurance gaps.

Using U.S.-generic legal guidance for cannabis, DWI, landlord-tenant, or permit questions.

External Endpoints

| Endpoint | Data Sent | Purpose | |----------|-----------|---------| | https://www.texas.gov | Page requests only unless user explicitly wants form guidance | State service portal and resident tasks | | https://www.dps.texas.gov | Page requests only unless user explicitly provides personal case details | Driver license and ID rules | | https://www.txdmv.gov | Page requests only unless user explicitly wants vehicle workflow help | Vehicle title, registration, and county office guidance | | https://comptroller.texas.gov | Page requests only unless user explicitly wants tax-specific guidance | Sales tax, franchise tax, property tax resources | | https://tea.texas.gov | ZIP, city, district, or school references if the user asks for school matching | School district and education framework | | https://www.texasready.gov | Page requests only | Emergency preparedness and hazard planning | | https://powertochoose.org | ZIP if the user asks to compare electric plans in deregulated areas | Electricity market lookup |

No other data is sent externally.

Security & Privacy

Data that may leave your machine:

Public page requests to official Texas or utility-choice sites

ZIP, city, county, or district data only when the user asks for location-specific guidance

Data that stays local:

Region preference, move timeline, family constraints, vehicle notes, and open tasks in ~/texas/

This skill does NOT:

Submit government forms on the user's behalf without explicit instruction

Store credentials, SSNs, or payment information in local memory

Assume local rules when the answer depends on a city, county, or district

Trust

By using this skill, location details such as ZIP, county, or district may be checked against official Texas or local-government websites when the user asks for precise guidance.

Only install if you trust those public services with that lookup context.

Related Skills

Install with clawhub install if user confirms:

travel — General itinerary design and travel planning structure

car-rental — Rental car, pickup, and handoff decisions for Texas trips

booking — Reservation workflows for flights, hotels, and schedule holds

business — Broader business operations guidance beyond Texas-specific rules

health-insurance — Deeper insurance-plan comparison and terminology support

Feedback

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