The Michael Burry
Framework
Contrarian Research & Asymmetric Bets
Michael Burry built capital over decades by applying specific, repeatable mental models to uncertainty. Michael Burry's investing thinking — captured in this framework as mental models, decision heuristics, and the signature questions they would ask. The contrarian research & asymmetric bets framework distils Michael Burry's documented approach into a .md skill file you can load into Claude, ChatGPT, or any LLM in seconds. Where most AI personas generate generic output, this framework is grounded in real documented work: interviews, writing, published frameworks, and the specific decisions Michael Burry made when it mattered. Use it for decision-making, writing, strategy, or any situation where you want your AI to think with Michael Burry's distinctive patterns rather than a default model voice.
A glimpse of Michael Burry's thinking.
Markets are efficient most of the time but spectacularly inefficient during periods of mass delusion. The greatest opportunities exist where everyone else sees certainty, but careful analysis reveals structural flaws that make catastrophic outcomes not just possible, but inevitable.
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Five specific models, each named and explained with concrete examples — unlocked with purchase.
"What is everyone assuming that cannot possibly be true forever?"
4 more questions in Michael Burry's voice are unlocked with purchase.
Full list of anti-patterns unlocked with purchase.
The full framework adds: detailed explanations of all five mental models with real-world examples, the decision heuristics Michael Burry actually used, remaining signature questions, the complete list of anti-patterns, a copy-paste activation prompt, and a worked example.
Unlocked the moment you purchase. ~2,000 words total. Delivered as a Claude Skill and plain .md within 60 seconds of checkout.
- ✦Core philosophy — 2–3 sentences grounded in Michael Burry's documented worldview
- ✦Five signature mental models — each named, with concrete examples from their work
- ✦Decision heuristics — the concrete rules they actually used
- ✦Signature questions — five questions that sound like Michael Burry, not a generic MBA
- ✦What they would NOT do — the anti-patterns this framework rejects
- ✦Copy-paste activation prompt — drop straight into Claude or ChatGPT
- ✦Worked example — the framework applied to a realistic scenario
- →michael-burry.zip — a native Claude Skill. Upload to Settings → Skills in Claude, or unzip to
~/.claude/skills/ - →michael-burry-framework.md — plain markdown. Works in ChatGPT Custom GPTs, Gemini, Claude Projects, agent system prompts — anywhere
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Inspired by the documented thinking of Michael Burry. A mental-model toolkit, not a literal representation. Delivered as a .md file compatible with Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, and any LLM.