thinking-skills
28 eval-informed thinking skills for Claude Code, including first-principles, probabilistic reasoning, systems thinking, TRIZ, OODA, pre-mortem analysis, and more
Plugin bundle · by TJ Boudreaux
About
thinking-skills is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by TJ Boudreaux. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Community GitHub marketplaces). The last change we recorded was on 2026-11-11. As of our marketplace pass on 2026-11-11.
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- Installs as a plugin bundle
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Works with
- Claude Code
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Connect
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As a Claude Code plugin
Built from what Community GitHub marketplaces declares.
/plugin marketplace add tjboudreaux/cc-thinking-skills
/plugin install thinking-skills@thinking-skills-marketplaceWhere it is published
| Marketplace | Status | Version | Figures | Verified | First seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace tjboudreaux/cc-thinking-skills (Open the source on GitHub) | Listed | 1.0.0 | Forks (GitHub): 190 Stars (GitHub): 1 724 |
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Listed in one community marketplace
| Marketplace | Repository | Stars (GitHub) |
|---|---|---|
| thinking-skills-marketplace | tjboudreaux/cc-thinking-skills | 1 724 |
What the bundle contains
As published on Community GitHub marketplaces.
Skills: 28
thinking-bounded-rationalitythinking-circle-of-competencethinking-cynefinthinking-effectuationthinking-first-principlesthinking-five-whys-plusthinking-jobs-to-be-donethinking-kepner-tregoethinking-lindy-effectthinking-map-territorythinking-margin-of-safetythinking-model-combination
Show the remaining 16
thinking-model-routerthinking-oodathinking-opportunity-costthinking-pre-mortemthinking-probabilisticthinking-red-teamthinking-reversibilitythinking-scientific-methodthinking-second-orderthinking-socraticthinking-steel-manningthinking-systemsthinking-theory-of-constraintsthinking-thought-experimentthinking-trizthinking-via-negativa
What changed
- Became a product we track
- Community GitHub marketplaces: appeared
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