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Compare Masters

A meta-skill that answers one Buddhist question through the parallel, source-cited perspectives of 2–3 historical masters — without ever ranking them.

EducationIntermediate★ 437⑂ 84AI score 8/10Last updated: Oct 3, 2026

What it does

  • Extracts Buddhist keywords from your question and picks the 2–3 most relevant masters out of 15 across four traditions (Indian, Chinese, Tibetan, Theravada); you can override with --masters.
  • Runs a separate retrieval pass per master and only accepts citations that resolve to that persona's own meta.json.sources[] and allowed source types.
  • Emits a fixed protocol: shared ground → each master's view → core divergence → suitable dispositions → 5-axis divergence radar → labeled disagreement types → sectarian background → follow-up questions → citation list.
  • Ships preset frameworks for real historical controversies: Chan vs Pure Land, nature vs characteristics, emptiness vs existence, sudden vs gradual awakening.
  • Hard guardrails: crisis signals trigger an immediate referral to emergency/mental-health help before anything else; no certification of attainment; no "which school is higher" verdicts; no fabricated debates between masters (that's delegated to /master-debate).

Who it's for

  • Students, researchers and teachers working on comparative Buddhist doctrine.
  • Practitioners who want several traditions' takes side by side instead of a single method.
  • Writers handling religious content who need strict source traceability and safety rules.

Examples

  1. "Do I need to see my nature before rebirth in the Pure Land?" → Huineng vs Yinguang, self-power vs other-power, each difference tagged by type.
  2. "How does Yogacara's alaya-vijnana differ from Madhyamaka emptiness?" → Xuanzang vs Nagarjuna/Kumarajiva with canonical citations on both sides.
  3. "How is mindfulness framed differently across traditions?" → Huineng, Ajahn Chah and Mahasi Sayadaw: Chan self-nature, plain forest sati, Burmese noting method.

· · · Install guide · · ·

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  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/xr843/Master-skill.git && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r Master-skill/prebuilt/* ~/.claude/skills/

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

  1. Open a terminal.
  2. Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/xr843/Master-skill.git
  3. Create your skills folder if needed: mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
  4. This skill reads its sibling master-* persona folders, so copy the whole prebuilt set: cp -r Master-skill/prebuilt/* ~/.claude/skills/
  5. Restart Claude Code, then call /compare-masters or just ask something like "compare how Chan and Pure Land view rebirth" — the trigger keywords fire automatically.
  6. For the optional helpers, check usage with python3 ~/.claude/skills/compare-masters/scripts/cite.py --help (the skill asks you not to read the script source directly).
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