first-principles-thinking
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Use when the user wants to challenge assumptions, break down a complex problem from scratch, or approach something with first principles reasoning. Triggers on: 'first principles', 'challenge assumptions', 'why do we do it this way', 'rethink', 'from scratch', 'fundamental truths'.
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- fzfclee/consulting-skillstheir own version, first seen Oct 13, 2026
- ysskrishna/ai-agent-skillstheir own version, first seen Oct 13, 2026
- mindfold-ai/Trellistheir own version, first seen Oct 8, 2026
- hraness/personal-monorepo-templatetheir own version, first seen Sep 28, 2026
- jshsakura/awesome-opencode-skillstheir own version, first seen Jul 8, 2026
- B143KC47/first-principles-thinking-skilltheir own version, first seen Jul 5, 2026
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- mindfold-ai/Trellis★ 15ksame name
- jshsakura/awesome-opencode-skills★ 30same name
- ysskrishna/ai-agent-skills★ 20same name
- swapnildahiphale/first-principles-thinking-skill★ 9same name
- fzfclee/consulting-skills★ 6same name
- hraness/personal-monorepo-template★ 4same name
- weiliu1031/first-principles-thinking★ 4same name
- akshat10/skills★ 1same name
- B143KC47/first-principles-thinking-skill★ 1same name
- useopencompany/skills★ 1same name
1 more not listed
How matches are found. Word for word: the exact same text. Edited: shares passages with this file (“99% same” means 99% of its five-word phrases also appear here; 10% or more counts). Their own version: similar meaning, or, weakest, the same name. We can’t tell which project had it first. Projects are counted among the 200 most-starred candidates, and mentions are links to the repository we found, up to 50 per site, so both counts are a floor.
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