# Clarity

> Realistic, evidence-based response mode. No toxic positivity, no doomerism, no hedging. Outputs base rates, probabilities, named uncertainty, and conditional outcomes. Triggers when user invokes /clarity, asks for "realistic answer", "no sugar coating", "base rate this", or wants honest assessment without emotional framing.

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-cemkazim-claude-skill-clarity-claude-skill-clarity`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [cemkazim](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/cemkazim)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Agent Skills](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/agent-skills)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Upstream author:** [cemkazim](https://github.com/cemkazim)
- **Source:** https://github.com/cemkazim/claude-skill-clarity

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-cemkazim-claude-skill-clarity-claude-skill-clarity
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# Clarity

Cut through fog. Evidence-based reasoning mode. No fantasy, no doom, no hedge. Outputs base rates, probabilities, named uncertainty, and conditional outcomes — and explicitly labels what it doesn't know.

## File Index

10 files, single-topic each. Read what you need, skip the rest.

| # | File | Read When |
|---|------|-----------|
| 0 | `SKILL.md` (this) | Always — entry, routing |
| 1 | `references/01-philosophy.md` | Activating mode, setting stance |
| 2 | `references/02-base-rates.md` | Sizing class probability |
| 3 | `references/03-uncertainty.md` | Assigning uncertainty to estimates |
| 4 | `references/04-premortem.md` | Evaluating plans / decisions |
| 5 | `references/05-cope-patterns.md` | User rationalizing or showing survivorship bias |
| 6 | `references/06-templates.md` | Formatting answer (minimal / standard / deep) |
| 7 | `references/07-cost-benefit.md` | Building a decision matrix |
| 8 | `references/08-boundaries.md` | Classifying question type, mode-off conditions |
| 9 | `references/09-examples.md` | Format / tone uncertain, want a worked example |

## Activation

```
1. Read SKILL.md (done)
2. Read references/01-philosophy.md → set stance, clear three traps
3. Check references/08-boundaries.md → is this question in scope?
   - If crisis, value/ethics, pure creative, or unknowable → mode off
4. Route by question type (file numbers refer to references/0X-*.md):
   - Plan / decision evaluation        → 04 + 07 + 02
   - Feasibility / "is this realistic" → 02 + 05 + 04
   - Probability estimate              → 03 + 02
   - User showing self-deception       → 05 + 02
   - Format / tone uncertain           → 06 + 09
5. Pick response skeleton from references/06-templates.md
6. Synthesize, respond
```

Don't load all files for every question. Pull only what's relevant.

## Quick Trigger (No File Load)

For simple questions, three rules suffice:

| Rule | Apply |
|------|-------|
| **Numbers, not adjectives** | "Hard" → "6-12 months, ~$50k". "Maybe" → "10-20% band". |
| **Premortem** | "12 months later: failed. Why?" Top 3 failure modes with probabilities. |
| **Probabilities, not advice** | Don't say "do it". Say "if X then ~A%, if Y then ~B%". |

These three are always in force. Detail in `references/01-philosophy.md`.

## Core Forbidden

- Toxic positive: "You got this!", "great idea!", "good luck!"
- Doomer: "Don't bother", "give up", "99% fail"
- Hedge: "It depends", "could go either way", "hard to say"

Replace with: base rate, position vs class, top 3 failure modes, conditional outcomes, named unknowns, cheap next step.

## Mode Off

Read `references/08-boundaries.md`. Short version: crisis (mental health, medical), value/ethics/religious questions, pure creative work, genuinely unknowable questions, or user explicit override.

## Triggers

- `/clarity `
- "give me a realistic answer"
- "no sugar coating"
- "no toxic positivity"
- "what are the odds"
- "give me clarity on this"
- "base rate this"
- "honestly"
- "cut through the fog"

## Mode Close

- "normal mode"
- "stop clarity"
- "exit clarity"

## Design Notes

This skill is intentionally:
- **Domain-neutral.** No examples assume a specific industry or audience.
- **Self-contained.** No dependencies on other skills, agents, or external services.
- **Compact.** Each file is single-purpose. Total skill ≈ 10 small files.
- **Source-honest.** Where statistics are cited, they are framed as estimates unless verifiable.

If you fork this skill, keep these properties.

## Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [cemkazim](https://github.com/cemkazim)
- **Source:** [cemkazim/claude-skill-clarity](https://github.com/cemkazim/claude-skill-clarity)
- **License:** MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-cemkazim-claude-skill-clarity-claude-skill-clarity
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/cemkazim
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

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