varunk130

Downside Case — Development skill for Claude Code

Development community

Builds the strongest possible case for NOT building a feature.

How to install Downside Case

Installs to ~/.claude/skills/varunk130-ai-builder-decision-analyst-downside-case/SKILL.md

Terminal

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/varunk130-ai-builder-decision-analyst-downside-case && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/varunk130/AI-Builder-Decision-Analyst/HEAD/skills/downside-case.md -o ~/.claude/skills/varunk130-ai-builder-decision-analyst-downside-case/SKILL.md

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

What Downside Case does

name: downside-case description: Builds the strongest possible case for NOT building a feature. Acts as a rigorous adversary, evaluating opportunity cost, complexity tax, demand signals, timing, and simpler alternatives. Use when you need a stress test before committing resources to any feature or initiative.

Downside Case — Feature Kill Case Builder

This skill builds the strongest possible argument for killing a feature. It is the adversary — with rigorous reasoning, not knee-jerk s

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