How do I install the Meta First Principles Claude Code skill?

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

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.

ClaudSkills / General / general-misc

Meta First Principles

Category: General · Sub-category: general-misc · Last updated: 2026-05-08

Apply first principles thinking to break problems down to fundamental truths and reason up from there. Use this skill when the user is stuck in conventional thinking, needs to challenge assumptions, find breakthrough solutions, or evaluate whether something is truly impossible vs just assumed to be — even if they say 'everyone does it this way', 'is there a fundamentally better approach', 'why does it have to cost this much', or 'challenge my assumptions'.

What this skill does

Meta First Principles is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the general-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/meta-first-principles/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Meta First Principles 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 56,000+ capabilities you can install for Claude Code — the Claude CLI agent.

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/meta-first-principles
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/meta-first-principles/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/meta-first-principles/SKILL.md

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

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/meta-first-principles/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\meta-first-principles\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.

Pro

For the full experience including quality scoring and one-click install features for each skill — upgrade to Pro.

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