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Found 22 Skills
Combine multiple mental models for richer analysis. Use for complex problems requiring multiple lenses, high-stakes decisions, or when single models leave blind spots.
Apply Socratic questioning — systematic inquiry via clarification, assumption-probing, evidence-testing, perspective-shifting, implication-tracing, and meta-questions — to coach learning or surface hidden assumptions in a person's reasoning. Use this skill when the user is explicitly facilitating learning, coaching a person through their own thinking, or needs a structured questioning sequence to probe a held belief, even if they say 'play devil's advocate on this claim' or 'how should I coach my team through this problem via questions'. Do NOT use for open-ended brainstorming, information gathering, or requirements-discovery question lists where no belief is being probed.
Socratic coach for breaking down problems to fundamental truths. Use when users want to think through a problem deeply, challenge assumptions, or find innovative solutions. Triggers on requests like "help me think through this", "let's break this down", "what are my blind spots", "I'm stuck on a problem", "challenge my assumptions", or explicit requests for first-principles thinking.
Break any problem down to fundamental truths, then rebuild solutions from atoms up. Use when user says "firstp", "first principles", "from scratch", "what are we assuming", "break this down", "atomic", "fundamental truth", "physics thinking", "Elon method", "bedrock", "ground up", "core problem", "strip away", or challenges assumptions about how things are done.
Devil's advocate. Seek contrary evidence before locking in. Use when about to make a significant decision, when confidence is high but stakes are higher, or when the team is converging too quickly.
A deterministic thinking partner that challenges assumptions and applies mental models to sharpen decisions, solve problems, and think more clearly. Use this skill whenever a user says "help me think through X", "challenge my thinking", "what am I missing", "apply mental models to this", "play devil's advocate", "stress test this idea", "poke holes in my plan", "help me decide between X and Y", "what are the second-order effects", "I'm stuck on a decision", names any specific model (SWOT, first principles, inversion, pre-mortem, etc.), or asks for structured reasoning on any ambiguous, high-stakes, or complex problem. Also trigger when the user seems uncertain, is rationalizing, or is asking "am I thinking about this right?" Even casual phrases like "what do you think about..." on non-trivial topics should trigger this skill.
Produces structured judgment briefs for contested situations — news events, decisions, conflicts, strategy questions. Surfaces hidden bets, real disagreements, unspeakable truths, and who concretely pays. Use when the user wants sharper thinking about something messy, not a summary.
Adversarially test a thesis or take for differentiation, robustness, and blind spots. Prevents publishing consensus as contrarian and surfaces what would change your mind.
Develop argumentation skills with structured debate preparation
Think carefully no matter what question you answer. Before answering any question or performing any task, conduct in-depth analysis and reasoning first.