framing-decisions
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Use when making a consequential choice.
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- DanaResearchGroup/agent-skillstheir own version, first seen Aug 26, 2026
- romainsimon/skills-for-decision-makingtheir own version, first seen Jul 26, 2026
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- romainsimon/skills-for-decision-making★ 9same name
- DanaResearchGroup/agent-skills★ 1same name
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The file
We split this skill into the rules it gives an agent
3 rules. About 0 are common, 3 are distinctive, and 0 are very specific to this project.
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Many files like this have a rule of this kind.
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This author's own choices. Worth a look.
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Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.
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- Distinctive
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- Distinctive: line 21
Test this with matched truthful decision frames.
- Distinctive: line 23
If a new presentation changes what is available or makes one choice easier, it changes the decision itself.
- Distinctive: line 31
Stop when another truthful frame would not change the choice or when only the decision-maker's values can resolve the remaining sensitivity.
≈ “Common” is an estimate: at least 1 in 5 of the 350,495 skill files we read have a rule of the same kind, not the same words. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.
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Framing decisions
Separate a decision from how it is presented. Equivalent descriptions should not silently produce different judgments.
Hold the decision constant
Identify the choice beneath its presentation.
Ask:
Would the judgment change if the same facts were presented differently?
Test this with matched truthful decision frames. Keep the underlying choice fixed and change only how it is expressed.
If a new presentation changes what is available or makes one choice easier, it changes the decision itself. Analyze that change rather than calling it a framing effect.
Find what survives the frame
Agreement across matched frames strengthens the judgment that remains stable. A reversal reveals frame sensitivity, not a stable preference.
Base the choice on what survives the tested frames. When the answer depends on values, make that dependence visible and let the decision-maker resolve it.
Stop when another truthful frame would not change the choice or when only the decision-maker's values can resolve the remaining sensitivity.
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