What is the difference between a one-way and two-way door?

A one-way door is a high-stakes, irreversible decision that requires deep analysis. A two-way door is easily reversible and can be made quickly with less rigor.

What is the primary goal of the Thesis Framing skill?

The primary goal is to clearly articulate what is being decided and why, ensuring all constraints and stakeholders are identified before any technical or financial analysis begins.

How does this skill handle decision complexity?

It recommends a 'Weight' (Light, Medium, or Complete) based on factors like financial impact, reversibility, and your domain expertise, helping you decide how much time to invest in the process.

Does this skill produce any permanent records?

Yes, it automatically generates a structured Markdown artifact in your project's documentation folder to track the decision's context and logic.

Decision Thesis Framing

Name: Decision Thesis Framing
Author: wme3

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Establishes a rigorous foundation for decision-making by defining the core problem, stakeholders, constraints, and reversibility.

The Thesis Framing skill is the critical first stage of the Deliberate Decisions framework for Claude Code. It prevents 'jumping to conclusions' by guiding the user through a structured discovery process to articulate exactly what is being decided and why. By analyzing stakeholders, success metrics, and Jeff Bezos’ 'one-way vs. two-way door' reversibility concept, this skill ensures that complex architectural or business choices are correctly scoped. It concludes by recommending an appropriate level of analysis depth—Light, Medium, or Complete—based on the high-stakes nature of the decision.

Key Features

01Constraint analysis (budget, time, regulations)

02Stakeholder mapping and conflict identification

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04Automated decision weight recommendations

05Iterative questioning to define clear decision statements

06Reversibility assessment to determine decision risk

Use Cases

01Aligning cross-functional teams on project success criteria

02Standardizing decision documentation within a development repository

03Framing high-stakes software architecture and infrastructure choices

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add wme3/deliberatedecisions thesis-framing

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

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