[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":4},["ShallowReactive",2],{"readme:cc-thinking-skills":3},"\u003Ch1>Claude Code Thinking Skills\u003C\u002Fh1>\n\u003Cblockquote>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>39 Mental Models and Critical-Thinking Frameworks for Claude Code\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Claude Code Thinking Skills is a collection of 39 mental-model and critical-thinking frameworks for \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fclaude.ai\u002Fclaude-code\" rel=\"nofollow ugc noopener\">Claude Code\u003C\u002Fa> that give Anthropic's AI coding agent structured ways to reason about decisions, debugging, systems, risk, and strategy.\u003C\u002Fstrong> Each skill packages a proven thinking framework — from first-principles reasoning to the theory of constraints — into a Claude Code skill you can invoke by name, and the whole collection is backed by a transparent, replication-gated evaluation pipeline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Ftjboudreaux\u002Fcc-thinking-skills\" rel=\"nofollow ugc noopener\">\u003Cimg src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fimg.shields.io\u002Fbadge\u002FClaude_Code-Skills-7C3AED?style=flat&logo=data:image\u002Fsvg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMjQiIGhlaWdodD0iMjQiIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCAyNCAyNCIgZmlsbD0ibm9uZSIgeG1sbnM9Imh0dHA6Ly93d3cudzMub3JnLzIwMDAvc3ZnIj4KPHBhdGggZD0iTTEyIDJMMiA3TDEyIDEyTDIyIDdMMTIgMloiIHN0cm9rZT0id2hpdGUiIHN0cm9rZS13aWR0aD0iMiIvPgo8cGF0aCBkPSJNMiAxN0wxMiAyMkwyMiAxNyIgc3Ryb2tlPSJ3aGl0ZSIgc3Ryb2tlLXdpZHRoPSIyIi8+CjxwYXRoIGQ9Ik0yIDEyTDEyIDE3TDIyIDEyIiBzdHJva2U9IndoaXRlIiBzdHJva2Utd2lkdGg9IjIiLz4KPC9zdmc+\" alt=\"Claude Code Skills\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fopensource.org\u002Flicenses\u002FMIT\" rel=\"nofollow ugc noopener\">\u003Cimg src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fimg.shields.io\u002Fbadge\u002FLicense-MIT-yellow.svg\" alt=\"License: MIT\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Fa>\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Ftjboudreaux\u002Fcc-thinking-skills\" rel=\"nofollow ugc noopener\">\u003Cimg src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fimg.shields.io\u002Fbadge\u002FSkills-39-blue\" alt=\"Skills Count\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cimg src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fraw.githubusercontent.com\u002Ftjboudreaux\u002Fcc-thinking-skills\u002FHEAD\u002Fassets\u002Freadme-banner.png\" alt=\"Claude Code Thinking Skills banner\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2>TL;DR — At a Glance\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Ctable>\n\u003Cthead>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Cth>\u003C\u002Fth>\n\u003Cth>\u003C\u002Fth>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\n\u003C\u002Fthead>\n\u003Ctbody>\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd>\u003Cstrong>What it is\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003Ctd>A library of 39 mental-model and critical-thinking skills for Claude Code.\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd>\u003Cstrong>Who it's for\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003Ctd>Engineers, founders, and analysts who want Claude Code to reason with structured frameworks instead of ad-hoc heuristics.\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd>\u003Cstrong>How to start\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003Ctd>Install via the plugin marketplace, then invoke \u003Ccode>thinking-model-router\u003C\u002Fcode> to be routed to the right skill.\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd>\u003Cstrong>License\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003Ctd>MIT — free to use, modify, and distribute.\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd>\u003Cstrong>Evidence\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003Ctd>Every skill ran through a replication-gated \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Ftjboudreaux\u002Fcc-thinking-skills\u002Fblob\u002FHEAD\u002Fanalysis\u002FELEVATE-OR-KILL-SCORECARD.md\" rel=\"nofollow ugc noopener\">Elevate-or-Kill evaluation pipeline\u003C\u002Fa>. The honest headline: \u003Cstrong>zero skills currently hold a robust, replicated ELEVATE verdict\u003C\u002Fstrong> — and we publish that result rather than hide it.\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\n\u003Ctr>\n\u003Ctd>\u003Cstrong>Entry point\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003Ctd>\u003Ccode>thinking-model-router\u003C\u002Fcode> → \u003Cstrong>START HERE\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Ftd>\n\u003C\u002Ftr>\n\u003C\u002Ftbody>\u003C\u002Ftable>\n\u003Ch2>Table of Contents\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"#why-this-project-is-different\" rel=\"nofollow ugc noopener\">Why This Project Is Different\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"#features\" rel=\"nofollow ugc noopener\">Features\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"#quick-start\" rel=\"nofollow ugc noopener\">Quick Start\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"#available-skills\" rel=\"nofollow ugc noopener\">Available Skills\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"#how-the-skills-were-evaluated\" rel=\"nofollow ugc noopener\">How the Skills Were Evaluated\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"#quality-assurance-tools\" rel=\"nofollow ugc noopener\">Quality Assurance Tools\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"#detailed-skill-descriptions\" rel=\"nofollow ugc noopener\">Detailed Skill Descriptions\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"#faq\" rel=\"nofollow ugc noopener\">FAQ\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"#contributing\" rel=\"nofollow ugc noopener\">Contributing\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"#keywords\" rel=\"nofollow ugc noopener\">Keywords\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"#related-resources\" rel=\"nofollow ugc noopener\">Related Resources\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"#license\" rel=\"nofollow ugc noopener\">License\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"#author\" rel=\"nofollow ugc noopener\">Author\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Ch2>Why This Project Is Different\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cp>Most \"AI prompt pack\" repositories claim their content makes models smarter and never test the claim. This project did the opposite: it built an objective, length-controlled, replication-gated evaluation harness and ran all 39 skills through it. The result is documented openly, including the inconvenient finding that \u003Cstrong>no skill yet meets the bar for a proven, replicated accuracy gain.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That rigor is the point. These skills are useful structured-reasoning scaffolds grounded in established frameworks, and the evaluation methodology is honest enough to tell you exactly how strong the evidence is. Transparency over hype is the standard here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2>Features\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>39 Thinking Frameworks\u003C\u002Fstrong> — A curated library of mental models for decision-making, debugging, and strategy.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Eval-Backed and Honest\u003C\u002Fstrong> — Built and tested with a rigorous, replication-gated evaluation pipeline; see the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Ftjboudreaux\u002Fcc-thinking-skills\u002Fblob\u002FHEAD\u002Fanalysis\u002FELEVATE-OR-KILL-SCORECARD.md\" rel=\"nofollow ugc noopener\">Elevate-or-Kill Scorecard\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>Battle-Tested Foundations\u003C\u002Fstrong> — Grounded in frameworks from cognitive science, systems thinking, and strategic analysis (Munger, Meadows, Kahneman, Goldratt, Altshuller\u002FTRIZ, Boyd\u002FOODA).\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n",1784240406345]