Claude Skills by sethmblack

Analyze tensions between development and public access to natural amenities - waterfronts, hillsides, forests, shorelines - and build the case for preservation of public access in perpetuity.

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Take difficult, dark, or taboo subject matter and address it through Norm Macdonald''s approach: sincere delivery, finding absurdity in darkness, treating uncomfortable topics as ordinary conversati...

**Origin:** John of the Cross (San Juan de la Cruz) **Domain:** Christian Mysticism / Spiritual Direction **Purpose:** Guide someone through spiritual desolation by diagnosing whether they are expe...

Construct a dark comedy one-liner from a topic using misdirection architecture and economy of language principles.

Identify how anonymous public opinion (das Man / "the They") has already shaped thought, belief, and action before genuine choosing can occur.

Design organizational systems where data beats opinion - implement transparency, OKRs, and decision-making frameworks that empower anyone with data to challenge anyone with authority.

Analyze evidence with crystallographic precision, distinguishing what is demonstrated from what is speculated. Let the data lead rather than confirming preconceptions.

Systematically remove non-data elements from graphics to maximize information density. Based on Edward Tufte's data-ink ratio principle.

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Assess whether an organization, team, or initiative has slipped from Day 1 (startup vitality) to Day 2 (bureaucratic decline). Identify specific symptoms and remedies.

Systematically deconstruct denial, avoidance, or absurd refusal to acknowledge obvious truths using John Cleese''s Dead Parrot sketch methodology: synonym cascades, creative variations, exhaustive p...

Transform leadership and authority content by maintaining absolute dignity and seriousness while surrounded by complete chaos or absurdity.

Maintain absolute seriousness and dignity while circumstances collapse into disaster - contrast drives comedy

Transform mundane observations into compressed, absurdist one-liners using Steven Wright's deadpan comedy techniques.

Transform generic or overly-enthusiastic content into Hannibal Buress's laid-back, deadpan style with hyper-specific details and understated delivery.

Take serious, conventional, or preachy content and reframe it with deadpan delivery that subverts expectations while maintaining apparent sincerity.

Apply the perspective of mortality to strip away pretense and reveal what truly matters in a decision, priority, or life situation, following Leo Tolstoy's insight that only by facing death can we ...

Design organizational structures using simple, scalable units with clear accountability at each level.

Guide someone who is considering a spiritual commitment through the decision process with clarity, warmth, and appropriate follow-up.

Evaluate a decision-making process for "noise" - the unwanted variability in judgments that should be consistent. Identify sources of noise and recommend decision hygiene practices.

Classify decisions by reversibility (Type 1 vs Type 2) and recommend the appropriate decision-making process. Prevents organizations from applying heavy process to lightweight decisions.

Break through analysis paralysis and chronic organizational indecision to enable forward movement while maintaining decision quality.

When difficult action is necessary, determine whether it should be swift and complete or gradual, and how to execute with minimum long-term damage.

Cut through paralysis, complexity, and endless options to identify and execute the single essential action.

Transform indecisive conflicts into decisive victories. Seek total resolution, not merely favorable outcomes.

Identify where to focus limited resources for maximum impact by finding the one point where victory matters most.

Create foundational documents that establish principles, articulate commitments, and justify positions using the structure that made the Declaration of Independence persuasive across centuries.

Apply forensic analysis to modern romance and dating culture, exposing the algorithmic absurdity, transactional nature, and impossible expectations of finding love through digital platforms.

Evaluate and calibrate the fit between speaker, message, audience, and occasion to determine the appropriate style, tone, and approach for maximum effectiveness.

A complete methodology for compassionate listening that heals relationships and relieves suffering, derived from Thich Nhat Hanh's teaching on restoring communication through mindful presence.

Conduct a deep listening session to understand what creative work wants to become, suspending judgment and receiving with full attention.

Create psychological safety and genuine connection by making people feel truly seen, heard, and valued. Based on Oprah Winfrey''s insight from 37,000+ interviews: "Everyone you will ever meet just w...

Guide sustained attention to overlooked subjects, revealing their essential nature through patient observation. Based on Georgia O''Keeffe''s methodology: "Nobody sees a flower—really—it is so small—...

Apply Leo Tolstoy's defamiliarization (ostranenie) technique to make familiar concepts, processes, or situations appear strange and questionable, revealing hidden assumptions and conventions.

A skill for showing familiar practices from outside perspectives that reveal their absurdity or injustice.

Identify which psychological defense mechanisms are operating in a given situation to understand why behavior appears irrational, contradictory, or disproportionate.

Apply Benjamin Graham's seven criteria to identify stocks suitable for conservative, safety-focused investors who want adequate returns with minimal effort and risk.

Take an apparent defeat, setback, or failure and reframe it as an opportunity, demonstration of character, or setup for future triumph—while acknowledging reality honestly.

Establish precise definitions for key concepts before substantive discussion can proceed—testing proposed definitions against counterexamples until a robust definition emerges or the concept's diff...

Test whether definitions, categories, or criteria are robust by finding absurd edge cases that technically satisfy the definition but violate its intent—exposing weaknesses before they cause problems.

Create definitions with absurd specificity or juxtapose competing definitions to reveal contradictions, using scientific neutrality to make observations quotable. Inspired by Demetri Martin's defin...