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Tradeoff — Development skill for Claude Code

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Compare two or more options with a structured tradeoff matrix.

How to install Tradeoff

Installs to ~/.claude/commands/utsabpanta-claude-code-toolkit-tradeoff.md

Terminal

mkdir -p ~/.claude/commands && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/utsabpanta/claude-code-toolkit/HEAD/.claude/commands/tradeoff.md -o ~/.claude/commands/utsabpanta-claude-code-toolkit-tradeoff.md

Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.

What Tradeoff does

description: Compare two or more options with a structured tradeoff matrix argument-hint: vs [vs option C ...]

Produce a tradeoff analysis of: $ARGUMENTS

If $ARGUMENTS doesn't clearly contain two or more options, ask the user to specify them.

Process

State each option neutrally in one sentence. Don't pre-load with opinions.
Pick 4–6 axes of comparison relevant to the decision. Common ones:
- Implementation effort
- Ongoing maintenance cost

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