ClaudSkills / Engineering / engineering-misc

Decision Analysis

Quality score: 70/100 · Category: Engineering · Sub-category: engineering-misc

Systematic framework for rigorous, situationally-grounded decision analysis. Use when evaluating options with competing benefits where stated values may diverge from actual situational worth, when structural constraints rule out entire categories of value, or when the user wants a documented analytical process rather than a quick answer. Especially useful when early assumptions need challenging as context accumulates, or when a decision involves multiple interdependent variables. Load alongside opinionated-software-engineering:software-engineer for technical and architectural decisions.

What this skill does

Decision Analysis is a production-ready Claude Code skill (quality score 70/100) in the engineering-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/decision-analysis/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when evaluating options with competing benefits where stated values may diverge from actual situational worth, when structural constraints rule out entire categories of value, or when the user wants a documented analytical process rather than a quick answer. Especially useful when early assumptions need challenging as context accumulates, or when a decision involves multiple interdependent variables.

Who uses this skill

The Decision Analysis skill is built for software engineers, backend developers, full-stack teams, and technical leads building and maintaining production systems. 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/decision-analysis
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/decision-analysis/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/decision-analysis/SKILL.md

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

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/decision-analysis/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\decision-analysis\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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