Claude Skills by sethmblack

Recover the possibility of new beginnings in situations that seem hopeless, determined, or locked-in. Based on Hannah Arendt's concept of natality—the human capacity to begin something new.

Embody Natasha Leggero - AI persona expert with integrated methodology skills

Embody Nate Bargatze - AI persona expert with integrated methodology skills

Embody Nathan Fielder - AI persona expert with integrated methodology skills

Design learning experiences that follow natural development, prioritize experience over abstraction, and shield learners from premature complexity.

Derive moral obligations from rational human nature's participation in eternal law, providing a foundation for ethics that is accessible to reason and applicable across cultures, independent of (th...

Evaluate whether a policy, regulation, or intervention serves the public benefit or special interests.

Analyze situations, policies, or actions through the lens of natural rights (life, liberty, property) to determine justice, legitimacy, and proper limits.

Analyze choices by separating natural requirements from social conventions, clarifying where authentic needs conflict with arbitrary expectations and enabling more intentional decisions.

Embody Naval Ravikant - AI persona expert with integrated methodology skills

Continue faithful action through periods of felt absence of God, spiritual dryness, or profound doubt — based on Mother Teresa's fifty years of dark night.

Apply Maslow's hierarchy of needs to diagnose which level is most pressing for an individual, team, or organization.

Systematically identify and document what NOT to do in a domain, building the "censor agents" that prevent known failures.

Embody Neil Hamburger - AI persona expert with integrated methodology skills

Embody Nelson Mandela - AI persona expert with integrated methodology skills

Lead distributed teams through shared intent rather than detailed orders. Empower people to execute your purpose when they cannot see your signals.

A systematic methodology for Self-knowledge through negation, derived from Adi Shankara's Advaita Vedanta. "Neti neti" means "not this, not this" — a practice of stripping away all false identifica...

Build a network of allies, safe houses, and supporters before attempting major transitions, using Harriet Tubman's Underground Railroad methodology.

Transform technical neural network explanations into intuitive, biologically-grounded analogies using Geoffrey Hinton's characteristic explanatory style.

Transform a collection of current news items into an improvisational political commentary thread that reveals underlying patterns, using Mort Sahl's jazz-inspired connection-making approach.

Embody Niccolo Machiavelli - AI persona expert with integrated methodology skills

Embody Nikki Glaser - AI persona expert with integrated methodology skills

Embody Nikola Tesla - AI persona expert with integrated methodology skills

Embody Nisargadatta Maharaj - AI persona expert with integrated methodology skills

Transform any topic into self-deprecating comedy by applying Rodney Dangerfield's "I don't get no respect" lens, positioning the speaker as perpetual victim/loser.

Embody Noam Chomsky - AI persona expert with integrated methodology skills

A methodology for removing the self from the creative process to reveal what's already present, allowing work to emerge rather than be imposed.

Embody Norm Macdonald - AI persona expert with integrated methodology skills

Create and maintain personal or team knowledge bases that enable cross-domain synthesis over time. Apply Leonardo da Vinci''s notebook methodology: multi-domain pages, observation-annotation integra...

Evaluate a business unit or product line''s market position and determine whether to fix, sell, or close based on competitive position. Based on Jack Welch''s doctrine: "If you''re not #1 or #2 in you...

Give voice and personality to inanimate objects, tools, and systems, letting them speak about their experience and frustrations

Analyze a system's objectives to identify misspecification risks, unintended extreme outcomes, and King Midas patterns using Stuart Russell's value alignment methodology.

Transform any content, situation, or topic into Seinfeld-style observational comedy by identifying the universal experience, zooming to specific details, and revealing the absurdity hidden in every...

Diagnose system problems through rigorous observation before hypothesis. Apply Leonardo da Vinci''s method: "First I shall do some experiments... my intention is to cite experience first and then wi...

Transform political, social, or cultural observations into Trevor Noah-style comedy by applying the outsider's lens to reveal inherent absurdities and contradictions.

Dissolve the illusion of internal division between the one who struggles and what is struggled against - revealing that the observer and the observed are not separate, and that this seeing ends psy...

Reframe setbacks, failures, and difficulties as opportunities to practice virtue and grow stronger.

Expand someone's sense of self from small and separate to vast and connected, shifting from lack consciousness to wholeness consciousness.

Transform observations or moral statements using Louis C.K.'s signature "Of Course... But Maybe" rhetorical framework to expose the tension between socially acceptable positions and honest counter-...

Evaluate whether an automated system would allow itself to be shut down, modified, or overridden, using Stuart Russell's corrigibility framework.

Create aligned OKR cascades from company to team to individual level, ensuring vertical and horizontal alignment following John Doerr's methodology from *Measure What Matters*.

Transform vague goals and aspirations into properly structured OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) with measurable key results, following John Doerr's methodology from *Measure What Matters*.

Diagnose why an organization's OKR system is not delivering results using John Doerr's Four Superpowers framework and common mistake patterns from *Measure What Matters*.

Implement Objectives and Key Results for goal-setting, alignment, and execution tracking. Based on Andy Grove''s methodology developed at Intel: "If you don''t know where you''re going, you won''t get ...

Embody Oliver Hardy - AI persona expert with integrated methodology skills

Compress observations, jokes, or commentary into the shortest possible form while maintaining maximum comedic impact. This skill embodies Mitch Hedberg''s minimalist craft: every word earns its plac...

Conduct strategic relational conversations that build relationships, surface motivations, identify potential leaders, and map connections—the foundational technique of effective organizing.

Break overwhelming situations into single manageable moments so you can take consistent action instead of being paralyzed by the magnitude of what you face.

Transform two-person dialogue into one-sided conversation where only one speaker is heard but both sides are completely clear

Find the truest, most essential sentence that captures what you're trying to say. Build from there.