Inversion Protocol

v1.0.0

Meta-cognitive reasoning skill that makes any AI agent dramatically better at decision-making by thinking backwards before acting forward. Applies Munger's I...

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byJohn DeVere Cooley@jcools1977
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Purpose & Capability
The name/description claim a meta-cognitive reasoning layer; the SKILL.md and example files implement only guidance and examples for applying three mental models. There are no extra binaries, env vars, or unrelated requirements.
Instruction Scope
The runtime instructions are limited to asking the agent to perform short reasoning checks (invert/premortem/via negativa) before significant actions. They do not instruct the agent to read arbitrary files, exfiltrate data, call external endpoints, or access credentials. The skill explicitly says not to apply to trivial actions.
Install Mechanism
No install spec and no code files — nothing is written to disk or downloaded. This is the lowest-risk install model and matches the 'zero dependencies' claim.
Credentials
The skill requires no environment variables, credentials, or config paths. The instructions do not reference any hidden env vars or secrets.
Persistence & Privilege
always is false and the skill is user-invocable; it does not request persistent presence or modify other skills. Autonomous invocation remains platform default but is not elevated by this skill.
Assessment
This skill is coherent and low-risk because it's purely instructional and asks for no credentials or installs. Before enabling it, consider: 1) confirm your agent actually follows SKILL.md checks (a skill is only effective if the agent executes those instructions), 2) keep it user-invocable (avoid making it always-on) so it runs only when desired, 3) verify logging/auditing of decisions if you rely on it for safety-critical actions, and 4) note the SKILL.md embeds a homepage URL in metadata — you may want to verify that external link independently if you care about provenance. Overall, nothing here requests disproportionate access or contradicts the stated purpose.

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License

MIT-0
Free to use, modify, and redistribute. No attribution required.

Runtime requirements

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OSmacOS · Linux · Windows

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