Stop making big decisions in your head.
The Skill that turns a vague 'what should I do?' into a structured brief: the actual decision, your hidden assumptions, three plausible options with second-order consequences, and the strongest argument against the option you're leaning toward.
Most 'strategic thinking' is a founder pacing the kitchen at 11pm trying to decide which option feels less wrong. That's not a strategy. It's anxiety performing strategy. Decision Brief structures the actual thinking. You describe the decision. The Skill walks you through it the way a senior advisor would: What's the real decision? (Often not the one you think.) What are you assuming that you haven't checked? Who else is affected, and what are their visible vs hidden incentives? What are the three plausible options — and what does each look like 12 months from now? What's the strongest argument against the one you're leaning toward? What would change your mind? Then it produces the decision brief: a written record of the choice and the reasoning, ready to share with co-founders, advisors, or future-you when you're wondering why you did this.
What it actually does.
You're considering raising prices 30% across your retainers.
- →The actual decision — not 'raise prices,' but 'decide which clients to lose'.
- →Your assumption that 80% will stay — probably wrong — likely 50–60%.
- →Visible vs hidden incentive — the visible one (revenue) vs the hidden one (you're tired of underpricing yourself).
- →Three options with 12-month framings — raise across board / raise only on new / grandfather existing.
- →The strongest argument against your favourite option — the one a smarter person would make.
- →What would change your mind — e.g. 'if I lose 2 of my top 5, I bail'.
You pick option three. Six months later you re-read the brief and notice the assumption you got right vs wrong.
- ✦Founders making non-trivial decisions weekly
- ✦Operators who realise their gut isn't always right
- ✦Anyone tired of decision-by-Slack-thread
- →decision-brief.zip — a native Claude Skill. Upload to Settings → Skills in Claude, or unzip to
~/.claude/skills/ - →decision-brief-skill.md — plain markdown. Works in ChatGPT Custom GPTs, Gemini, Claude Projects, agent system prompts — anywhere
- →A README inside the zip with install steps for Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, and the API
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Before you buy.
How is this different from just asking Claude directly?
Ask Claude 'what should I do?' and it will usually validate the option you've already half-chosen. Decision Brief refuses to. It makes you name the actual decision (often not the stated one), surface the assumptions you haven't checked, and specify what would change your mind — then it argues against your favourite option on purpose. It's designed to make you mildly uncomfortable, which 'just asking' never does.
Will this work with ChatGPT, Gemini, and other LLMs?
Yes. You get a native Claude Skill (.zip) plus a plain .md that works in a ChatGPT Custom GPT, a Gemini system prompt, or any LLM. The step-by-step procedure travels with the file.
Can I share this with my team?
It's licensed for your own use. The brief it produces is yours to circulate to co-founders or advisors — that's the point of it. For deploying the Skill itself across a team, email hello@authority.md about team licensing.
What if it doesn't work for me?
If the file hasn't been delivered, or is defective or empty, we refund in full — see the refund policy in our terms. Decision Brief is a structured thinking tool, not financial or legal advice and not a substitute for a senior mentor.