Productivity & Workflow Agent Skills

Schwerpunkt Strategic Focus

Applies the military concept of 'point of main effort' to identify and concentrate resources on your most decisive strategic objectives.

Principal-Agent Framework

Analyzes and mitigates conflicts of interest between parties where one makes decisions on behalf of another.

Gastown Multi-Agent Workflow Executor

Orchestrates complex multi-agent workflows by treating Claude Code as a runtime for YAML-defined agency tasks.

Current Reality Tree Analysis

Diagnoses complex organizational problems by mapping cause-effect relationships to identify systemic root causes.

OODA Loop Decision Framework

Implements the Boyd Cycle to accelerate decision-making tempo and gain competitive advantages in dynamic environments.

Marginal Utility Analysis

Optimizes resource allocation and product development by identifying the incremental benefit of additional units or features.

Anchoring Thinking Pattern

Mitigates cognitive bias by identifying and adjusting from initial information anchors during decision-making and negotiations.

Alloying Strategy

Applies metallurgical principles to team building, technology stacks, and business models to create emergent properties that exceed individual component capabilities.

Hindsight Bias Analysis

Mitigates the 'knew-it-all-along' effect during project retrospectives to improve decision quality and future predictability.

Deep Research Agent

Conducts multi-mode web research and synthesis using Tavily, Exa, and Valyu for comprehensive information discovery.

Research Grant Application Setup

Streamlines the creation and organization of research grant application repositories for major funding bodies like UKRI and EU Horizon.

Framing Effects Thinking Pattern

Analyzes and reframes information to improve decision-making and communication by neutralizing psychological biases and presentation effects.

Activation Energy Management

Reduces the psychological and logistical friction required to initiate new projects, habits, or organizational changes.

12 Leverage Points Analysis

Identifies high-impact intervention points in complex systems to prioritize transformational change over superficial fixes.

Circle of Competence

Defines and enforces boundaries of expertise to prevent overconfidence and ensure high-integrity decision-making.

Margin of Safety Framework

Incorporates protective buffers and risk mitigation strategies into project planning, engineering, and decision-making processes.

Wu Wei Thinking Pattern

Applies the Taoist principle of effortless action to solve complex problems through strategic alignment and minimal effective intervention.

The Mom Test Methodology

Guides users through the Mom Test customer interview framework to extract truthful insights and validate product ideas through past behavior.

Expected Value Calculation

Calculates probability-weighted outcomes to enable rational, data-driven decision making under uncertainty.

Long Bet Prediction Tracker

Enables accountable long-term forecasting by establishing rigorous, falsifiable predictions with clear reasoning and charitable stakes.

Parallel Agent Dispatcher

Optimizes development speed by dispatching multiple AI agents to solve independent tasks or bugs concurrently.

Shell Scenario Planning

Implements Royal Dutch Shell's strategic framework to develop plausible future scenarios and stress-test long-term decisions against uncertainty.

Lean Product Playbook

Guides users through a systematic six-step methodology to achieve product-market fit using the Product-Market Fit Pyramid.

Alder’s Razor (Newton’s Flaming Laser Sword)

Applies a rigorous empirical filter to engineering and product debates to eliminate unresolvable discussions and prioritize actionable experiments.

Rational Decision Making Patterns

Balances truth-seeking with goal-oriented execution by distinguishing between accurate belief-building and effective strategy.

Causal Tree Analysis

Performs rigorous, logic-based root cause investigations using hierarchical tree-structured analysis to identify systemic failures.

Stocks, Flows, and Delays Systems Modeling

Models complex system dynamics using accumulations, rates of change, and time lags to diagnose performance issues and predict outcomes.

Ansoff Matrix Strategy Framework

Applies the classic 2x2 growth strategy framework to analyze risk-return tradeoffs across market and product dimensions.

7 Powers Strategic Framework

Applies Hamilton Helmer's strategic framework to identify and build durable competitive advantages for businesses and products.

Dichotomy of Control

Distinguishes between controllable actions and uncontrollable outcomes to optimize energy focus and mental clarity.