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decide — Structured decision workflow + archive

Triages the 37signals decision questions down to the 6–8 that matter, forces a clear call, and archives the rationale with a revisit date.

UtilitiesBeginner★ 855⑂ 71AI score 9/10Last updated: Oct 8, 2026

What it does

  • Captures the decision in one sentence plus stakes, reversibility, and deadline — and refuses to proceed on vague framing.
  • Picks 6–8 load-bearing questions from the 37signals 38 plus house additions (Q39 opportunity cost: "what does saying yes displace?") using a decision-type table.
  • Records your first instinct (Q9) before any analysis, so you can later tell insight from rationalization.
  • Lands a crisp call: decide now, decide smaller, wait, don't decide, or hand it to the right decider — no hedging.
  • Sets a revisit date (tools 30 days, strategy 90 days, hires/partnerships 90–180 days) and archives a markdown entry plus INDEX.md line in ~/.config/makerskills/decide/archive/.

Who it's for

  • Founders, solo makers, and team leads who make lots of calls but never log them
  • Anyone prone to analysis paralysis who needs a forcing function
  • People who want to grep "what did I decide about pricing last year?"

Examples

  1. "Should I raise my SaaS plan from $29 to $49?" → money questions (Q38, Q36, Q39) get added, with a 60-day revisit to check MRR movement.
  2. "Hire a full-time engineer instead of contractors?" → flagged hard-to-reverse, adds Q14/Q17/Q34 and a 90–180 day revisit.
  3. "I've been stuck on a rebrand for months" → stuck-path questions (Q4, Q10, Q31) test whether the decision even needs making.

· · · Install guide · · ·

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git clone https://github.com/coreyhaines31/makerskills.git /tmp/makerskills && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r /tmp/makerskills/skills/decide ~/.claude/skills/

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  1. Open your terminal.
  2. Clone the repo: git clone https://github.com/coreyhaines31/makerskills.git /tmp/makerskills
  3. Create the skills folder: mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
  4. Copy the skill, including its references/ folder: cp -r /tmp/makerskills/skills/decide ~/.claude/skills/
  5. Verify the question bank exists: ls ~/.claude/skills/decide/references/questions.md
  6. Restart Claude Code and type "/decide" or "help me decide whether to ...".
  7. Entries are archived to ~/.config/makerskills/decide/archive/; override the location with the MAKERSKILLS_CONFIG environment variable.
View source on GitHub ↗License: MIT