# Make the choice, then show the result, not the method

It compares the options for each person a choice affects, including doing nothing, then shows you a short result you can check.

Free, to use and to change. What it can see: only the chat you add it to.

Its short name: decide. [Source on GitHub](https://github.com/mbsi-labs/skills/tree/main/plugins/decide/skills/decide).

## Install

Pick the one you use.

### Claude Code

> **Tested:** This install worked when we tried it.

```
/plugin marketplace add mbsi-labs/skills
/plugin install decide@skills
```


## Changelog

- 2026-10-16 (60a76c3): decide skill: compare options for each party, decide, show the outcome

Licence: MIT.

## The skill itself

The user judges results, not plans. So decide, then show them a short comparison of the outcome they can check.

1. **The question and its options.** Include doing nothing. The set of options is open: look for one you haven't thought of yet.
2. **For whom.** List the parties each option touches, for example the user, every Claude, a neighbour, a reader, et cetera.
3. **The door.** Is it cheap to undo (a two-way door, so decide now) or costly (a one-way door, which is the user's)? Say what undoing it would cost.
4. **Reward and cost for each party** for each option, including how sure you are of each.
5. **Pre-mortem.** Assume the choice failed a month from now. Write the most likely reason.
6. **The call.** Say which option, why, and what would make you revisit it.
7. **Show it** as one short table plus the call. Don't show the steps.

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Published 2026-10-16. Web page: https://www.mackenziebowes.com/skills/decide Part of [Skills](https://www.mackenziebowes.com/skills).