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78 Skills published on GitHub.

ethics-safety-impact

Use when decisions could affect groups differently and need to anticipate harms/benefits, assess fairness and safety concerns, identify vulnerable populations, propose risk mitigations, define monitoring metrics, or when user mentions ethical review, impact assessment, differential harm, safety analysis, vulnerable groups, bias audit, or responsible AI/tech.

impact-analysisrisk-mitigationbias-mitigationresearch-ethicsresponsible-ai
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expected-value

Use when making decisions under uncertainty with quantifiable outcomes, comparing risky options (investments, product bets, strategic choices), prioritizing projects by expected return, assessing whether to take a gamble, or when user mentions expected value, EV calculation, risk-adjusted return, probability-weighted outcomes, decision tree, or needs to choose between uncertain alternatives.

expected-valuedecision-treesrisk-assessmentrisk-adjusted-return
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estimation-fermi

Use when making quick order-of-magnitude estimates under uncertainty (market sizing, resource planning, feasibility checks), decomposing complex quantities into estimable parts, bounding unknowns with upper/lower limits, sanity-checking strategic assumptions, or when user mentions Fermi estimation, back-of-envelope calculation, order of magnitude, ballpark estimate, triangulation, or needs to assess feasibility before detailed analysis.

assumption-challengingfeasibility-analysisfermi-estimationorder-of-magnitude-estimationback-of-envelope-calculation
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equivariant-architecture-designer

Use when you have validated symmetry groups and need to design neural network architecture that respects those symmetries. Invoke when user mentions equivariant layers, G-CNN, e3nn, steerable networks, building symmetry into model, or needs architecture recommendations for specific symmetry groups. Provides architecture patterns and implementation guidance.

machine-learningarchitectural-patternsgeometric-deep-learningequivariant-layerssymmetry-groups
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alignment-values-north-star

Use when teams need shared direction and decision-making alignment. Invoke when starting new teams, scaling organizations, defining culture, establishing product vision, resolving misalignment, creating strategic clarity, or setting behavioral standards. Use when user mentions North Star, team values, mission, principles, guardrails, decision framework, or cultural alignment.

north-starteam-valuesdecision-frameworkcultural-alignmentstrategic-clarity
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grant-proposal-assistant

Use when writing or reviewing NIH, NSF, or foundation grant proposals. Invoke when user mentions specific aims, R01, R21, K-series, significance, innovation, approach section, grant writing, proposal review, research strategy, or needs help with fundable hypothesis, reviewer-friendly structure, or compliance with grant guidelines.

grant-proposal-writinggrant-reviewsubmission-guidelinesnih-grantsnsf-grants
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heuristics-and-checklists

Use when making decisions under time pressure or uncertainty, preventing errors in complex procedures, designing decision rules or checklists, simplifying complex choices, or when user mentions heuristics, rules of thumb, mental models, checklists, error prevention, cognitive biases, satisficing, or needs practical decision shortcuts and systematic error reduction.

checklistmental-modelingheuristicsdecision-makingerror-prevention
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layered-reasoning

Use when reasoning across multiple abstraction levels (strategic/tactical/operational), designing systems with hierarchical layers, explaining concepts at different depths, maintaining consistency between high-level principles and concrete implementation, or when users mention 30,000-foot view, layered thinking, abstraction levels, top-down design, or need to move fluidly between strategy and execution.

mental-modelingcritical-thinkinghierarchy-designabstraction-levels
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metrics-tree

Use when setting product North Star metrics, decomposing high-level business metrics into actionable sub-metrics and leading indicators, mapping strategy to measurable outcomes, identifying which metrics to move through experimentation, understanding causal relationships between metrics (leading vs lagging), prioritizing metric improvement opportunities, or when user mentions metric tree, metric decomposition, North Star metric, leading indicators, KPI breakdown, metric drivers, or how metrics connect.

metricsKPIbusiness-analysismetrics-treenorth-star-metric
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meta-prompt-engineering

Use when prompts produce inconsistent or unreliable outputs, need explicit structure and constraints, require safety guardrails or quality checks, involve multi-step reasoning that needs decomposition, need domain expertise encoding, or when user mentions improving prompts, prompt templates, structured prompts, prompt optimization, reliable AI outputs, or prompt patterns.

prompt-engineeringprompt-refinementchain-of-thoughtquality-metricssafety
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mapping-visualization-scaffolds

Use when complex systems need visual documentation, mapping component relationships and dependencies, creating hierarchies or taxonomies, documenting process flows or decision trees, understanding system architectures, visualizing data lineage or knowledge structures, planning information architecture, or when user mentions concept maps, system diagrams, dependency mapping, relationship visualization, or architecture blueprints.

diagram-generationflowchartsinformation-architectureontology-designconcept-mapping
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market-mechanics-betting

Use to convert probabilities into decisions (bet/pass/hedge) and optimize scoring. Invoke when need to calculate edge, size bets optimally (Kelly Criterion), extremize aggregated forecasts, or improve Brier scores. Use when user mentions betting strategy, Kelly, edge calculation, Brier score, extremizing, or translating belief into action.

quantitative-analysisbetting-strategykelly-criterionbrier-score
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model-equivariance-auditor

Use when you have implemented an equivariant model and need to verify it correctly respects the intended symmetries. Invoke when user mentions testing model equivariance, debugging symmetry bugs, verifying implementation correctness, checking if model is actually equivariant, or diagnosing why equivariant model isn't working. Provides verification tests and debugging guidance.

machine-learningequivariancesymmetrytestingtroubleshooting
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morphological-analysis-triz

Use when need systematic innovation through comprehensive solution space exploration, resolving technical contradictions (speed vs precision, strength vs weight, cost vs quality), generating novel product configurations, exploring all feasible design alternatives before prototyping, finding inventive solutions to engineering problems, identifying patent opportunities through parameter combinations, or when user mentions morphological analysis, Zwicky box, TRIZ, inventive principles, technical contradictions, systematic innovation, or design space exploration.

morphological-analysisTRIZinventive-principlesdesign-space-exploration
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scientific-manuscript-review

Use when reviewing or editing research manuscripts, journal articles, reviews, or perspectives. Invoke when user mentions manuscript, paper draft, article, research writing, journal submission, reviewer feedback, or needs to improve scientific writing clarity, structure, or argumentation in their manuscript.

manuscript-reviewpeer-reviewclarity-adjustmentIMRAD-structure
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prototyping-pretotyping

Use when testing ideas cheaply before building (pretotyping with fake doors, concierge MVPs, paper prototypes) to validate desirability/feasibility, choosing appropriate prototype fidelity (paper/clickable/coded), running experiments to test assumptions (demand, pricing, workflow), or when user mentions prototype, MVP, fake door test, concierge, Wizard of Oz, landing page test, smoke test, or asks "how can we validate this idea before building?".

prototypingpretotypinghypothesis-testingassumption-validation
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prioritization-effort-impact

Use when ranking backlogs, deciding what to do first based on effort vs impact (quick wins vs big bets), prioritizing feature roadmaps, triaging bugs or technical debt, allocating resources across initiatives, identifying low-hanging fruit, evaluating strategic options with 2x2 matrix, or when user mentions prioritization, quick wins, effort-impact matrix, high-impact low-effort, big bets, or asks "what should we do first?".

prioritizationbacklog-managementresource-allocationeffort-impact-matrix
project-planningView skill →

reference-class-forecasting

Use when starting a forecast to establish a statistical baseline (base rate) before analyzing specifics. Invoke when need to anchor predictions in historical reality, avoid "this time is different" bias, or establish outside view before inside view analysis. Use when user mentions base rates, reference classes, outside view, or starting a new prediction.

forecastingbase-ratesoutside-viewreference-classesbias-mitigation
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