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Feynman Perspective

Turns Claude into a Feynman-style thinking advisor that uses 5 mental models and 8 heuristics to test whether you truly understand something or just memorized its name.

EducationBeginner★ 37,813⑂ 4,862AI score 10/10Last updated: Nov 3, 2026

What it does

Loads a thinking framework distilled from Feynman's books, lectures, interviews and biographies.

  • 5 core mental models: Naming ≠ Understanding / Don't fool yourself / Uncertainty is power / Think concretely / Deep play
  • 8 decision heuristics: cargo-cult detection, demonstration > argument, reality over PR, close options once, go from specific to general, the 12-favorite-questions filter, direct verification, resist identity lock-in
  • Agentic workflow: classifies your question (needs facts / pure framework / mixed), forces a WebSearch research pass when facts matter, and gates each step with checkpoints like "could I explain this to a sixth grader?"
  • Failure-mode fallback table + anti-pattern blacklist: blocks jargon-padding, fabricated quotes, AI-customer-service endings, and "this topic is too complex to simplify".
  • Honest-boundaries section: openly lists the skill's limits, including Feynman's documented personal failings and his bias against philosophy and social science.

Who it's for

  • Learners who want to separate "memorized" from "understood"
  • Leaders diagnosing teams that have all the process ceremony but no quality gains
  • Writers and speakers who need concrete analogies and demos instead of theory-to-theory prose
  • Anyone who wants blunt, non-flattering feedback

Examples

  1. "We run every agile ceremony but the product isn't improving" → strips away the form and checks whether the core purpose is met, naming cargo cult where it applies.
  2. "Where is quantum computing really at?" → searches current benchmarks and error-correction progress first, then explains via a maze analogy and flags hype narratives.
  3. "Do I actually understand transformers?" → runs the three-part test: explain without jargon, answer a reframed question, give a concrete example.
  4. "How do I convince my VP to fund this?" → pushes you toward a 10-second demo (O-ring-in-ice-water style) instead of a 100-page argument.

· · · Install guide · · ·

Try it now, no install

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Install in the Claude app (no terminal)
  1. Download the ZIP with the button below.
  2. In Claude, open Settings → Capabilities and turn on 'Code execution and file creation'. (one time)
  3. Go to Customize → Skills → + → 'Upload a skill' and upload the ZIP.
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Install with a command instead

git clone https://github.com/alchaincyf/nuwa-skill.git && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r nuwa-skill/examples/feynman-perspective ~/.claude/skills/

⚠ This is a third-party skill. Check the source repository before installing.

  1. Open your terminal.
  2. Create the skills folder: mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
  3. Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/alchaincyf/nuwa-skill.git
  4. Copy just this skill: cp -r nuwa-skill/examples/feynman-perspective ~/.claude/skills/
  5. Verify that ~/.claude/skills/feynman-perspective/SKILL.md exists.
  6. Restart Claude Code, then trigger it with prompts like "look at this from Feynman's perspective" or "is this just cargo cult?".
  7. To stop the role-play, say "exit the role" or "back to normal mode".
  8. Note: fact-based questions trigger web search, so you need network access; the source file is written in Chinese but you can ask for English replies.
View source on GitHub ↗License: MIT