ClaudSkills / Science & Research / science-misc

High Stakes

Q: What is a Claude Code skill and how does the High Stakes skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. High Stakes is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Science & Research category. Learn more at https://claudskills.com/learn/what-is-skill-md/.

Category: Science & Research · Sub-category: science-misc · Last updated: 2026-06-15

Produce a reliable, high-stakes-grade result for ANY task — code, writing, research, ops — by treating the work as guilty until independent skeptics fail to break it. Runs the task through a dynamic many-subagent adversarial-verification Workflow that hunts for ten specific failure modes (silent assumptions, unmanaged confusion, hidden inconsistencies, unsurfaced tradeoffs, no pushback, sycophancy, subtle conceptual errors, overcomplication, dead code, orthogonal damage) and loops until they come back clean. Use this whenever the cost of a quiet mistake is high, when the user says "do this carefully / for real / no mistakes / high stakes", invokes /high-stakes, or asks for maximum effort / ultracode-grade rigor on a task they care about — even if they don't name the failure modes.

About this skill (catalog notes)

High Stakes includes pricing or quota commentary. At roughly 1,821 words the SKILL.md is on the longer end of the catalog distribution.

License: MIT
Original author: titusz
Indexed lastmod: 2026-06-15
Catalog position: Science & Research · science-misc
Indexed related skills: 10

How High Stakes fits the catalog

High Stakes sits in the Science & Research category under the science-misc sub-topic in the ClaudSkills catalog. There are 10 related skills indexed alongside it; comparing a few before installing usually reveals which fits your workflow best.

These notes are auto-generated from features detected in the SKILL.md file and from this catalog's structure — they aren't part of the source repository.

From the source SKILL.md

The task to execute is in $ARGUMENTS. Treat that text as the work to deliver, not as a description to discuss.

What this skill does

High Stakes is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the science-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/high-stakes/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The High Stakes Claude Code skill is built for researchers, data scientists, academics, and analysts working with complex data and scientific literature. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 117,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

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

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

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

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the High Stakes Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/high-stakes/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.

What does the High Stakes skill do?

Is this skill free to install?

Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.

When should I use the High Stakes skill?

Use High Stakes when your Claude Code task falls under the Science & Research category — specifically in the science misc area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use High Stakes" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/science/.

What is a Claude Code skill and how does the High Stakes skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. High Stakes is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Science & Research category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.

Attribution & license

Source: https://github.com/titusz/skills/blob/9d30fb55cc55ea4b2ec17c021091c1af853091df/plugins/high-stakes/skills/high-stakes/SKILL.md
License: MIT
Author: titusz

Cite this skill

If you reference this skill in a blog post, paper, or documentation, you can cite it as:

APA

titusz. (2026). High Stakes [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/high-stakes/

BibTeX

@misc{high-stakes-2026,
  author    = {titusz},
  title     = {High Stakes [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/high-stakes/}
}

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