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Superior Thinking Skill

Re-solves a big task as a far smarter, unconstrained mind would, then turns the gaps into changes.

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Repository
danielmiessler/LifeOS
Stars
19,682
Licence
MIT
Files
2 files

What it does

When installed, the agent pauses before carrying out a large task such as designing an architecture, a system implementation, or a strategy. It first states the scope it thinks you mean, then imagines how a vastly more knowledgeable mind with no inherited habits or invented limits would approach the same task. It compares that approach with its own plan and turns each difference into a concrete change or a named real limit. The skill is described as built for big problems, not small one-function questions.

Great for

  • Engineers planning how a whole system or architecture should be built
  • Leads reviewing a strategy who want to check for unexamined assumptions
  • People exploring whether they are thinking too small about a project

Skip it if

  • Small, single-function questions, where the files say the approach gives no benefit
  • Tasks where the agent's plan already exists and the skill runs inline, since the files warn this tends to produce the same plan with stronger wording
  • Situations needing a deliberate attack on a plan or constraint analysis, which the files route to other skills (RedTeam, FirstPrinciples)

Try asking

  • “Superior: how should this whole notification system be built?”
  • “What would a genius do differently with our data pipeline architecture?”
  • “Are we thinking too small about how we implement our billing subsystem?”
  • “Analyze how this big multi-service product should be implemented, using a Superior pass.”
Step-by-step guide: how to use Superior Thinking SkillInstall, first run, examples, tips and FAQs

Install in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Download the skill

    The ZIP contains the 2 original files, the MIT licence and an attribution note.

    Superior.zip
  2. 2

    Add it to your agent

    Claude Code (all projects)

    mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && unzip Superior.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

    Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)

    mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip Superior.zip -d .claude/skills/

    Claude apps (web/desktop): Settings → Capabilities → Skills → Upload skill, and choose the ZIP.

  3. 3

    Ask for the task

    No special command needed — the agent reads the skill's description and loads it when your request matches. Try one of the prompts above.

Get better results

  • Name the scope clearly (a feature, a subsystem, or the whole system) so the skill does not have to guess; it will ask a short interview if the scope is unclear.
  • Ask for a full, blind pass when you already have a plan, so the reasoning is not anchored to your draft.
  • Treat invented-looking constraints as hypotheses to check, and keep any limits you actually set, since the skill is designed to respect those.

What's inside

  • Intents/Elevate.md
  • SKILL.md

Redistributed unmodified from danielmiessler/LifeOS under the MIT licence. The assessment was drafted with AI from the skill's files on 2026-10-29. Skills can instruct your agent to run code — read SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.