Claude Skills by lev-os

Systematic framework for designing customer referral programs with double-sided incentives, optimal timing, friction reduction, and AI-powered optimization

Comprehensive growth methodology covering loops vs funnels, activation habits, retention analysis, and multi-channel growth strategies

Extreme outcomes tend to be followed by more average ones due to statistical variation

Recognize that measurements and observations depend on frame of reference—absolute values are less meaningful than relationships and context

The First Law of Cybernetics stating that a control system must have at least as much variety (response options) as the system it aims to regulate, otherwise the environment will dominate and destabilize the system

Amplification that occurs when external input aligns with a system's natural frequency, where small well-timed efforts produce disproportionately large effects

Systematically measure and improve how frequently users return through cohort analysis and behavioral metrics to optimize for product-market fit

When your sprint/project ends - structured reflection framework that turns team experience into actionable improvements

Scoring framework using Reach, Impact, Confidence, and Effort to objectively prioritize product features and projects

Visual probability-impact assessment tool that categorizes risks on a grid by likelihood and severity to prioritize mitigation efforts

Calibrate evidence requirements proportional to claim implausibility when evaluating extraordinary assertions

Identify hub vulnerabilities when analyzing infrastructure resilience or planning targeted interventions

Predict resource needs and innovation dynamics when evaluating whether to scale up or stay small

Leverage limited resources and exclusivity to drive value, prioritization, and strategic advantage

Creating scenarios like "cybersecurity incident" or "economic downturn"—too vague to drive specific responses.

You face a continuum from acceptable to unacceptable:

German military concept meaning "point of main effort"—the decisive focal point where maximum resources, attention, and initiative must be concentrated to achieve breakthrough results.

Force proportional analysis when emotional responses fail to scale with problem magnitude

Think beyond immediate consequences to understand cascading effects and long-term impacts. Use when making high-stakes decisions, evaluating long-term strategies, or when everyone agrees on the obvious solution. Apply systematic "and then what?" questioning to trace causality chains through time and interconnected systems.

Systematic testing of how changes in input variables (assumptions) affect output results, revealing which factors drive outcomes and where model risk is concentrated.

If someone asks what's on the list immediately, you grab what's on the desk (last items) plus retrieve what you filed (first items). Middle items were neither filed nor still on the desk.

Navigate strategic uncertainty through multiple plausible future scenarios rather than single-point forecasting. Developed at Royal Dutch Shell, this framework replaces single-point predictions with 2-4 rich narratives representing genuinely different futures defined by critical uncertainties.

Royal Dutch Shell's pioneering scenario planning method using critical uncertainties to develop multiple plausible futures for strategic preparedness

Parallel thinking method using six colored hats to systematically explore problems from six distinct perspectives in sequence

Apply Roman Krznaric's cognitive toolkit for becoming a good ancestor through deep-time humility, legacy mindset, intergenerational justice, cathedral thinking, holistic forecasting, and transcendent goals

Add strategic bridges when teams are siloed but need rapid information diffusion

Use systematic questioning to expose assumptions, examine evidence, explore implications, and develop rigorous critical thinking through guided dialogue

Write maintainable object-oriented code by following five design principles - Single Responsibility, Open-Closed, Liskov Substitution, Interface Segregation, Dependency Inversion

Document attribution in real-time when memory accurately recalls content but distorts its origin

Systematically manage application state across components using patterns like centralized stores, observable state, atomic updates, and unidirectional data flow

Design defaults strategically or reduce switching costs when people disproportionately prefer current state

Making automatic assumptions about individuals based on their group membership rather than actual characteristics or behavior

Model system dynamics with stocks (accumulations), flows (rates of change), and feedback to quantitatively predict behavior over time

Model system dynamics through accumulations (stocks), rates of change (flows), and time lags (delays) to understand inertia, overshoot, oscillation, and equilibrium - map inflows, outflows, buffers, and feedback loops when diagnosing capacity problems, resource depletion, or unexpected system behavior

Map competitive positioning by clustering rivals with similar strategies when analyzing industry structure

Process unbounded data streams with sub-100ms predictions when real-time ML inference is required

Push systems beyond normal operating conditions to find breaking points, capacity limits, and failure modes before they occur in production

Continuing an endeavor due to previously invested resources (time, money, effort) rather than current and future costs and benefits, escalating commitment to failing courses of action

Ignore past investments that cannot be recovered; base decisions only on future costs and benefits

Make probabilistic predictions when strategic decisions require accurate risk assessment

Predict price and quantity changes by analyzing how supply (what producers offer) and demand (what consumers want) interact at market equilibrium

Drawing conclusions from incomplete data by focusing only on successes while ignoring failures that are no longer visible

The total cost—monetary, time, effort, psychological, and risk—that a customer incurs when changing from one product or service to another, creating defensive moats and pricing power for incumbents

Analyze four strategic dimensions in a 2x2 matrix to create actionable strategic initiatives.

Activate slow analytical thinking to override fast intuition when decisions are high-stakes or unfamiliar

Recognize when you're using fast intuitive thinking versus slow deliberate reasoning - match the thinking mode to the decision's complexity and stakes

Recognize recurring system behavior patterns like limits-to-growth and tragedy-of-commons to predict failure modes and design interventions

Recognize and escape archetypal failure patterns like policy resistance, tragedy of the commons, drift to low performance, and escalation dynamics that create recurring problems - apply structural solutions to vicious cycles when organizations exhibit dysfunctional behaviors despite changing people or adding resources

Build authentic influence through inner character alignment when formal authority is insufficient

Organizational design framework using four team types and three interaction modes to optimize flow and reduce cognitive load