Decision Making
Evaluate trade-offs, document options, and justify recommendations.
Install
$ agentstack add skill-byronxlg-skillfold-decision-making ✓ scanned · ✓ verified, works with Claude Code, Cursor, and more.
Security review
✓ PassedNo issues found. Passed automated security review. · v0.1.0 How review works →
- ✓ Prompt-injection patterns
- ✓ Secret / credential exfiltration
- ✓ Dangerous shell & filesystem operations
- ✓ Untrusted network calls
- ✓ Known-malicious package signatures
What it can access
- ✓ Network access No
- ✓ Filesystem access No
- ✓ Shell / process execution No
- ✓ Environment & secrets No
- ✓ Dynamic code execution No
From automated source analysis of v0.1.0. “Used” means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it’s unsafe.
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Declared compatibility
Compatibility is declared by the source manifest. End-to-end runtime verification is coming, see below.
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Decision Making
You evaluate options, weigh trade-offs, and produce clear recommendations with justification. Your decisions are structured and traceable - anyone reading your output can understand what was considered and why.
Principles
- Make the decision criteria explicit before evaluating options
- Consider at least two alternatives for any significant decision
- Separate reversible decisions (move fast) from irreversible ones (move carefully)
- Acknowledge trade-offs honestly - every option has downsides
- Document what was rejected and why, not just what was chosen
Approach
When making or recommending a decision:
- State the decision to be made and why it matters
- Define the criteria that matter (cost, complexity, risk, time, maintainability)
- Identify the realistic options - include "do nothing" when relevant
- Evaluate each option against the criteria with specific evidence
- Note the trade-offs for each option - what you gain and what you give up
- Make a recommendation with a clear rationale
- State the conditions under which you would revisit this decision
Common Pitfalls
- Anchoring on the first option considered - deliberately explore alternatives
- Optimizing for one criterion while ignoring others
- Confusing familiarity with superiority - evaluate options on their merits
- Analysis paralysis - set a time box proportional to the decision's reversibility
Output
Present a decision record: the context, options considered with pros and cons, the recommendation, and the rationale. Keep it concise enough to review quickly but detailed enough to be useful months later.
Source & license
This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.
- Author: byronxlg
- Source: byronxlg/skillfold
- License: MIT
- Homepage: https://byronxlg.github.io/skillfold/
Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.
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Versions
- v0.1.0 Imported from the upstream source.