tjboudreaux/cc-thinking-skills

What is it?

Key features

• 01Provides 28 skills covering diagnosis, decisions, creation, risk and strategy.
• 02Includes a router skill that selects none, one, or up to three complementary frames.
• 03Installs via the skills CLI, a Claude Code plugin, or by copying directories.
• 04Works with Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Codex, Cursor and other Agent Skills-compatible tools.
• 05Ships validation scripts and routing evals for checking skill structure.

Use cases

• Stress-testing a launch plan by mapping failure paths before release.
• Localizing a bug with a scientific-method procedure that tests the cheapest discriminator.
• Classifying an architecture decision as easy to reverse or costly to commit to.
• Finding the binding bottleneck in a delivery pipeline with theory of constraints.

Quick start

1. 1

   Install all skills with the Skills CLI

   npx skills add tjboudreaux/cc-thinking-skills --all
2. 2

   Or clone the repository and copy the skills into your project

   git clone https://github.com/tjboudreaux/cc-thinking-skills.git
3. 3

   Invoke the router to pick a framework for your problem

   Use thinking-model-router to choose the right framework for this problem.

Things to know

• !The README's own audit shows no evidence of accuracy gains; the best result is directional only.
• !Skills are manual-only and must be invoked explicitly.

Topics

FAQ

What is cc-thinking-skills?

A catalog of 28 portable Agent Skills that give Claude Code, Copilot, Codex and Cursor structured reasoning procedures for decisions, diagnosis and risk. This repository is a catalog of 28 Agent Skills, each packaging a named thinking model such as scientific method, pre-mortem, reversibility or theory of constraints into a step-by-step procedure an AI coding agent can follow. The skills cover routing, diagnosis, decision-making, creation and improvement, and risk and execution, and each one includes a trigger condition and a boundary for when it should not be used.

Is cc-thinking-skills free to use? What license does it have?

cc-thinking-skills is open source under the MIT license. Check the license terms before using it in commercial products.

Is cc-thinking-skills still maintained?

Updated within 6 months. The last commit to cc-thinking-skills was on Aug 7, 2026.

What can I use cc-thinking-skills for?

Stress-testing a launch plan by mapping failure paths before release. Localizing a bug with a scientific-method procedure that tests the cheapest discriminator. Classifying an architecture decision as easy to reverse or costly to commit to. Finding the binding bottleneck in a delivery pipeline with theory of constraints.

How do I install cc-thinking-skills?

Install all skills with the Skills CLI: npx skills add tjboudreaux/cc-thinking-skills --all Or clone the repository and copy the skills into your project: git clone https://github.com/tjboudreaux/cc-thinking-skills.git Invoke the router to pick a framework for your problem: Use thinking-model-router to choose the right framework for this problem.

Where can I get cc-thinking-skills?

The source code and installation instructions are on GitHub: https://github.com/tjboudreaux/cc-thinking-skills