skill-stack-skills

Build and use an affirmation practice based on Scott Adams' specific methodology. Use when someone says 'how do affirmations work', 'teach me affirmations', 'does Adams really write affirmations', 'how to manifest goals', 'affirmation practice', 'I want to try affirmations', or 'what's Adams' affirmation system.' Teaches Adams' specific 15x daily writing practice with his caveats and track record.

Resolve apparent contradictions using Zakery Kline's three-strategy framework from How to Think. Use when someone says 'these two things both seem true but they contradict each other', 'how can X and Y both be right', 'this doesn't make sense — on one hand... but on the other hand', 'I'm confused by an apparent contradiction', 'these claims seem incompatible', or 'help me reconcile these two positions.' Walks through distinction-making, level analysis, and temporal resolution to determine whether the contradiction is real or resolvable.

Analyze text for logical fallacies using Zakery Kline's framework from Chapter 3 of How to Think. Use when someone says 'check this argument', 'find the fallacies', 'is this reasoning valid', 'analyze this debate', 'what's wrong with this argument', 'logical fallacies', 'is this logically sound', 'audit this essay', 'check my reasoning', or 'fallacy check.' Scans for all 10 named fallacies, quotes the specific passages, and shows how to fix each one.

Audit any belief, claim, or assumption by running it through Zakery Kline's first-principles methodology. Use when someone says 'audit my belief', 'is this actually true', 'what am I taking for granted', 'check my assumptions', 'first principles', 'what's really certain here', 'am I wrong about this', 'how do I know this is true', 'what can I actually prove', 'challenge this idea', or 'what's bedrock vs assumption'. Walks the user through the Undeniability Test, Cartesian Doubt, Phenomenological Certainty, and Logical Necessity to classify beliefs as bedrock, strong inference, assumption, or interpretation.

Identify and fix cognitive errors in your thinking using Scott Adams' Loserthink framework. Use when someone says 'am I thinking about this wrong', 'what cognitive biases am I missing', 'loserthink', 'I want to think more clearly', 'what errors am I making', 'check my reasoning', 'mental models', or 'help me think better about this.' Diagnoses thinking errors and teaches the multi-disciplinary correction.

Understand and apply Scott Adams' moist robot hypothesis — humans as programmable biological systems. Use when someone says 'moist robot', 'are humans programmable', 'how to change someone's behavior', 'why won't people listen to reason', 'how to influence people', 'human behavior is irrational', 'people are predictable', or 'help me understand why people act the way they do.' Teaches the framework and its practical applications.

Teach network effects using Lenny's Podcast frameworks. Use when someone says 'teach me about network effects', 'does my product have network effects', 'what are network effects', 'cold start problem', 'how do I build a moat', 'marketplace defensibility', or 'winner take all'. Teaching skill — builds understanding through guided application to the user's own product.

Stress-test the user's OWN argument by generating objections at all 4 severity levels and coaching responses. Use when someone says 'stress-test my argument', 'what are the weaknesses in my reasoning', 'play devil's advocate', 'find holes in this', 'what objections would I face', 'how would someone attack this position', 'is my argument solid', or 'help me strengthen my case.' Generates objections using counterfactual thinking, perspective-taking, historical patterns, and the internal skeptic, then coaches response strategies.

Structure an argument or position for maximum clarity and persuasive power using Zakery Kline's communication architecture from How to Think. Use when someone says 'help me make this argument', 'how do I persuade someone of X', 'structure this pitch', 'make this more convincing', 'I need to communicate this clearly', 'how do I present this case', 'help me write a persuasive email', 'build an argument for X', 'how do I convince my team', or 'what's the best way to present this'. Walks through progressive disclosure, rhetorical triangle balancing, and preemptive objection handling.

Analyze a message, pitch, campaign, speech, or piece of communication through Scott Adams' persuasion filters. Use when someone says 'is this persuasive', 'analyze this pitch', 'what persuasion techniques are being used here', 'how can I make this more persuasive', 'audit this message', 'rate this headline', or 'what would Scott Adams say about this.' Walks through each persuasion dimension and scores it.

Teach the full Scott Adams persuasion stack with examples from Coffee with Scott Adams. Use when someone says 'teach me persuasion', 'how does persuasion work', 'persuasion masterclass', 'I want to learn persuasion techniques', 'how did Trump win', 'what is the persuasion filter', 'teach me about influence', or 'explain pacing and leading.' This is a teaching skill — it builds understanding through guided exploration, not a one-shot analysis.

Test a theoretical conclusion against reality using 6 verification methods from Zakery Kline's 'How to Think' Chapter 4. Use when someone says 'is this actually true', 'reality-check this idea', 'test my theory', 'am I right about this', 'does this hold up', 'verify my conclusion', 'is this grounded in reality', or 'I think X is true — prove me wrong.' Runs 6 reality tests and scores the conclusion.

Build the strongest possible version of a position you disagree with, then find the real weaknesses. Use when someone says 'I disagree with this but I want to be fair', 'help me argue against this properly', 'steel man this for me', 'what am I missing about the other side', 'I want to understand this position before I criticize it', 'am I attacking a straw man', or 'help me find the real flaws in this argument.' Applies the Principle of Charity, then identifies genuine weaknesses using Kline's 7 objection types.

Help users replace goals with systems for any domain — health, career, business, creativity, relationships. Use when someone says 'I keep failing at my goals', 'how do I build a habit', 'goals don't work for me', 'I need a system for X', 'help me design a routine', 'systems vs goals', or 'how do I make consistent progress.' Walks through Adams' systems-over-goals framework and designs a personalized system.

Help users identify and build their unique talent stack using Scott Adams' methodology. Use when someone says 'what's my talent stack', 'how do I stand out', 'I'm not the best at anything', 'what skills should I develop', 'career strategy', 'how to become valuable', 'I'm mediocre at everything', or 'help me find my competitive advantage.' Walks through talent stack identification and gap analysis.

Mine successful self-published author catalogs to discover validated niches and keyword opportunities. Use when exploring new niches or expanding an existing series.

Fill Amazon's 7 backend keyword boxes using the hybrid strategy from Chesson's 121-author experiment. Use after validating a niche with niche-scout.

Plan and execute a 4-phase 30-day book launch with review services, promo sites, social media formats, and pricing transitions. Use 4 weeks before publish date.

Set optimal ebook, print, and audiobook pricing using royalty bracket math, dead zone avoidance, price pulsing, hotshotting, and Countdown Deals. Use before upload or when optimizing existing titles.

Walk through the KDP upload process with emphasis on three irreversible decisions (DRM, KDP Select, ISBN) and complete asset checklists per format. Use before uploading any book.

Transcribe podcast episodes from RSS feeds using Gemini Flash

Fetch RSS feeds and generate AI-summarized daily digests

Scrape web pages to clean markdown with optional AI summaries

Transcribe YouTube videos and playlists using Gemini Flash

Teach how neuroplasticity works and how to rewire habits using Huberman Lab frameworks. Use when someone asks about changing habits, learning faster, neuroplasticity, brain rewiring, or says 'how do I change a habit' or 'how does the brain learn.' This is a teaching skill that walks through the science and then applies it to the user's specific goal.

Generate and evaluate book titles and subtitles for Amazon KDP nonfiction. Synthesizes frameworks from Joshua Lisec, Tucker Max/Scribe Media, Dave Chesson/Kindlepreneur, Kings of Kindle, and data-driven bestseller analysis. Use when naming a nonfiction book for Amazon.

Generate a cover design brief with art research, genre signals, palette, typography, and trim/spine specs. Use when preparing a book for KDP and need cover direction — whether for a designer, Canva, or AI image generation.

Generate print-ready KDP book covers from public domain art. Full pipeline: dimension calculation, museum art sourcing, gradient overlay design, typographic hierarchy, back cover layout with real praise quotes, iterative refinement, and Kindle cover export. Use when publishing any book through KDP — handles the complete cover creation workflow from art selection through print-ready PDF. Also use when the user mentions book covers, KDP covers, cover design, or needs to format cover art for Amazon publishing.

Write Amazon KDP book descriptions (HTML-formatted), select categories, fill backend keywords, and build author bios. Use when preparing a book for Amazon upload or optimizing an existing listing.

Evaluate Amazon KDP niche profitability using BSR analysis, keyword volume, and competition scoring. Use when researching book niches, validating publishing ideas, or comparing market opportunities.

Create a comprehensive brand identity document that other skills can reference. Use this wizard before running newsletter, podcast, or content skills that need brand context. Outputs a brand-identity.md file with persona, voice, audience, values, and messaging.

Generate business, product, and brand names using David Placek's Lexicon Branding methodology — the framework behind BlackBerry, Swiffer, Febreze, Sonos, Impossible Burger, and 4,000+ other brands. Walks through strategic clarity, sound symbolism, massive ideation, and tension-zone evaluation. Use when naming a company, product, app, newsletter, course, service, or any venture. Also use when the user says "name this," "what should I call," "brand name," "company name," "naming," or wants to evaluate/compare existing name options.

This skill applies the "retardmaxxing" philosophy of radical simplification, intuition-first action, and childlike directness to knowledge work, creative work, and strategy. Invoke when over-engineering solutions, drowning in research before acting, losing the human element, or when complexity is killing momentum. Based on the teachings of Elisha Long (YouTube, 262K subscribers, 1.7M+ views across the series).

Write sales copy (emails, landing pages, CTAs, subject lines) that sounds like the creator — not a marketer. Merges 6 direct response frameworks (Schwartz, Hormozi, Chaperon, Dean Jackson, Halbert, Bencivenga) invisibly into the creator's natural voice. Use when writing course launches, email sequences, sales pages, pop-ups, social captions, re-engagement emails, or any commercial content for a creator or brand. Requires a voice reference (voice-dna or style guide).

Interactive onboarding guide that helps new Claude users (Desktop or Code) discover their highest-leverage AI workflows. Interviews them about their job, tools, and processes, then sets up integrations, installs relevant skills, and identifies workflow automation opportunities. Use when someone is getting started with Claude or wants to get more out of it.

Import Notion workspaces into Obsidian vaults and process results into usable structure. Covers API export setup, landscape mapping, routing decisions, and cleanup. Use when migrating content from Notion or processing a Notion export.

Reference for creating Obsidian .base files — built-in database views that query vault files by frontmatter properties. Use when creating task dashboards, content indexes, filtered views, or any structured data display in Obsidian.

Reference for creating Obsidian .canvas files — the visual workspace format for spatial layouts, relationship maps, content planning boards, and architecture diagrams. Use when building any visual or spatial document in Obsidian.

Reference for Obsidian-specific markdown syntax beyond standard CommonMark — wikilinks, callouts, embeds, properties, dataview, and templater. Use when creating or editing files intended for the Obsidian vault.

Decompose a content archive (podcast transcripts, course material, interview corpus) into buildable Claude Code skills. The key insight — the highest-value skills are interactive decision-making frameworks that a user applies to their own situation, NOT production tools that process the archive itself. Use when you have a large transcript corpus and want to find every teachable methodology embedded in it.