Critical Chain

Quality score: 70/100 · Category: General · Sub-category: business-ops

Theory of Constraints 5 Focusing Steps, buffer management with 3-zone traffic light, relay runner execution discipline, WIP limits, and late start scheduling. Use when managing Goal execution pace, detecting bottlenecks, or when buffer status changes.

What this skill does

Critical Chain is a production-ready Claude Code skill (quality score 70/100) in the business-ops sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/critical-chain/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when managing Goal execution pace, detecting bottlenecks, or when buffer status changes.

Who uses this skill

The Critical Chain skill is built for Claude Code users and developers across all disciplines looking for general-purpose AI assistance. It is part of the open ClaudSkills registry, a community-curated catalog of 15,000+ capabilities you can install for Claude Code — the Claude CLI agent.

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/critical-chain
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/critical-chain/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/critical-chain/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/critical-chain/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/critical-chain/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\critical-chain\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

The ClaudSkills desktop app installs any skill directly into ~/.claude/skills/ with one click — no terminal required. Pro starts at $9/mo or $149 lifetime.

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