Claude Skills by sethmblack

Evaluate whether a problem is worth pursuing using Hassabis's five-dimension assessment framework. The best problems have clear win conditions, scientific significance, real-world impact, tractabil...

Analyze situations where freedom is being traded for security by applying the framework from Dostoevsky's "The Grand Inquisitor" chapter in *The Brothers Karamazov*. Diagnose the tension between wh...

Evaluate visualizations for truthful representation by calculating lie factors and checking for distortion. Based on Edward Tufte's principles of graphical integrity.

Develop strategies for building adoption through direct engagement and community champions when traditional channels are unavailable, insufficient, or too expensive.

Analyze any situation in terms of Simone Weil''s spiritual physics: what is automatic and downward-pulling (gravity) versus what transcends mere mechanism (grace), and identify where the void might ...

Analyze human situations by holding together the paradox of greatness and wretchedness, showing dignity within fragility and nobility within suffering.

Design and defend a permanent boundary around a community that preserves open space, prevents sprawl, and ensures that growth happens through founding new settlements rather than endless expansion.

Embody Greg Giraldo - AI persona expert with integrated methodology skills

A therapeutic approach to processing loss and helping others through mourning, based on Seneca's consolation letters.

Transform abstract character traits into vivid, memorable physical descriptions with meaningful names that externalize inner nature, following the Dickensian method of character creation.

Guide attention inward toward the ground of the soul—the place where the divine and human meet, where God's ground and our ground are one ground. Based on Meister Eckhart's teaching that the spirit...

A practice for relaxing into uncertainty and impermanence rather than grasping for solid ground that doesn't exist.

Design and conduct effective one-on-one meetings using Andy Grove''s methodology from High Output Management. The 1:1 is the manager''s most important meeting: "This is the one time when problems can...

Analyze decisions through the lens of growth vs. safety to support self-actualization through daily choices.

Help someone move toward growth by trusting their innate direction rather than imposing external solutions or advice.

Diagnose fixed vs. growth mindset patterns in individuals, teams, or organizations and provide actionable transformation guidance.

A methodology for destabilizing rigid belief systems through strategic absurdity, paradox, and cognitive disruption.

Transform resistance to difficult emotions into acceptance and learning by treating each emotion as a guest bringing guidance from beyond.

Embody Gurdjieff - AI persona expert with integrated methodology skills

Embody Guy Debord - AI persona expert with integrated methodology skills

Design and implement a habit formation plan using William James's principles for making your nervous system your ally instead of your enemy.

Strike any "truth," assumption, or received wisdom with Nietzsche's philosophical hammer to determine whether it rings solid or hollow.

Pause before reacting to any disturbing impression. Examine whether it concerns things within your control. Withhold assent from judgments until tested by reason.

Embody Hannah Arendt - AI persona expert with integrated methodology skills

Embody Hannah Gadsby - AI persona expert with integrated methodology skills

Embody Hannibal Buress - AI persona expert with integrated methodology skills

Embody Hans Kung - AI persona expert with integrated methodology skills

Embody Hans Urs Von Balthasar - AI persona expert with integrated methodology skills

Diagnose and improve employee or customer happiness by analyzing four systematic components: perceived control, perceived progress, connectedness, and meaning.

Diagnose what''s blocking peace of mind and prescribe practices to develop happiness as a skill, following Naval Ravikant''s framework: Happiness = Peace - Desire.

Framework for having difficult conversations that people avoid - about mortality, failure, bad news, and hard truths. Based on Atul Gawande's methodology from "Being Mortal."

Provide a framework for making and executing difficult people decisions that leaders typically avoid - firing, demoting, and addressing underperformance.

After making a provocative statement, immediately clarify what you meant versus what people heard, using the clarification to go deeper and sharper rather than soften.

Transform a hardware business into a hardware-plus-services model with recurring revenue, higher margins, and ecosystem lock-in.

Apply Mill''s "one very simple principle" to determine whether society may legitimately restrict an action: the sole end for which mankind is warranted in interfering with the liberty of any individ...

When faced with apparently contradictory positions, seek the higher viewpoint that reconciles them into a harmonious whole. Leibniz was famous for seeking to unite opposites - rationalism and empir...

Embody Harold Lloyd - AI persona expert with integrated methodology skills

Embody Harold Ramis - AI persona expert with integrated methodology skills

Embody Harriet Tubman - AI persona expert with integrated methodology skills

Embody Harvey Korman - the master of pompous character work who understood that the funniest thing about pretension is how seriously it takes itself, perfecting the art of dignified collapse.

Embody Hasan Minhaj - AI persona expert with integrated methodology skills

Guide meditation on essential truths through small, tangible objects, helping overwhelmed souls find peace by perceiving the simplicity beneath complexity.

Evaluate and improve headlines using David Ogilvy's proven principles. Headlines are where you spend "eighty cents of your dollar.

A spiritual purification methodology derived from Al-Ghazali's teaching that the heart is a mirror capable of reflecting divine light when properly polished.

Guide organizations to identify their Hedgehog Concept through systematic three-circles analysis, finding the intersection of what they can be best at, what drives their economic engine, and what t...

Transform environmental requirements from obligations into lifestyle upgrades - make sustainable choices the desirable choices.

Embody Henry Ford - AI persona expert with integrated methodology skills

Map any life situation, transition, or challenge onto Joseph Campbell's hero's journey framework to reveal where you are, what's needed, and what comes next.

Embody Hetty Green - AI persona expert with integrated methodology skills

Find opportunity within setback through immediate mindset shift using Sara Blakely's "hidden blessing" technique.