ClaudSkills / Science & Research / research-methods

Think Rigorously

Quality score: 70/100  ·  Category: Science & Research  ·  Sub-category: research-methods
First-person rigor patterns for non-trivial work — type/dimension check, decompose, bound-then-refine, sanity at limits, falsifiability. Use before starting a derivation, proof, training run, or analysis, and again when stuck. Sister to /scientific-critical-thinking (about others' claims) and /hypothesis-generation (structured ideation); this one runs on your own working before claims solidify.

What this skill does

Think Rigorously is a production-ready Claude Code skill (quality score 70/100) in the research-methods sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/think-rigorously/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Think Rigorously skill is built for researchers, data scientists, academics, and analysts working with complex data and scientific literature. 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/think-rigorously
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/think-rigorously/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/think-rigorously/SKILL.md

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

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