Updated 3mo ago
by MADEVAL
Pre-Mortem-Skill
A structured failure-analysis workflow that assumes your plan already failed and works backward to find every reason why. Based on Gary Klein's premortem method (Harvard Business Review), validated by prospective-hindsight research from Wharton and Cornell
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- 1 skill (1 skills found in its SKILL.md files)
- 11 forks (11 forks)
- 3mo ago last update (Last updated 3mo ago)
Install
Skills CLI
npx skills add MADEVAL/Pre-Mortem-Skill
Asks which agents to install it for. Add -g to install it for every project.
Claude Code
git clone https://github.com/MADEVAL/Pre-Mortem-Skillcp -r "Pre-Mortem-Skill" ~/.claude/skills/Pre-Mortem-Skill
Copies the premortem skill into ~/.claude/skills/ for every project (use .claude/skills/ for one project).
Plugin
/plugin marketplace add MADEVAL/Pre-Mortem-Skill
Run inside Claude Code if the repository ships a plugin marketplace, then pick plugins from /plugin.
Skills can run code on your machine — read the SKILL.md first.
What it does
In the author's own words, from each skill's SKILL.md.
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premortem
Run a premortem on any plan, launch, product, hire, strategy, or decision. Assumes it already failed and works backward to find every reason why. Produces a revised plan with blind spots exposed, likelihood/impact scores on each failure mode, and a concrete committed action. MANDATORY TRIGGERS: 'premortem this', 'premortem my', 'run a premortem', 'what could kill this', 'future-proof this', 'stre…
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Review before you install
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