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- S4h Ecology Keystone SpeciesIdentifies the entities with disproportionate structural importance — whose removal would collapse the system. Use when asked 'who is critical here', 'what holds this together', 'single points of failure', 'what if we lose X', 'irreplaceable actors', or 'structural dependencies'.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 219
- S4h Ecology SuccessionApplies ecological succession to understand how systems evolve through stages — pioneer, consolidation, climax, and disturbance. Use when asked 'what stage are we at', 'where are we in the cycle', 'what comes next', 'the old model isn't working anymore', 'we're in transition', or 'what does disruption mean for us'.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 219
- S4h EcologyEntry point for the ecology thinking toolkit. Routes to the right ecology skill based on your situation. Use when you say 'ecology', 'carrying capacity', 'keystone', 'interdependence', 'succession', 'what holds this system together', 'who depends on whom', 'what happens if we remove X', or want ecological thinking applied without knowing which specific tool fits.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 219
- S4h Economics CoordinationDiagnoses collective action failures, public goods problems, and why individually rational behaviour produces collective irrationality. Triggers: 'collective action problem', 'tragedy of the commons', 'free rider', 'everyone is acting in their own interest but the result is bad for all', 'why won't people contribute', 'public good', 'how do we get people to cooperate', 'commons', any situation where individual rationality produces group-level harm.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 219
- S4h Economics ExternalitiesIdentifies costs and benefits not borne by the decision-maker — and how to internalise them. Triggers: 'externality', 'who else is affected', 'costs falling on others', 'side effects', 'spillover', 'the market isn't accounting for this', 'negative externality', 'positive externality', 'social cost vs. private cost', 'Pigou', any situation where the person deciding does not bear all the consequences.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 219
- S4h Economics Incentive MappingMaps who benefits, who pays, and what behaviours the incentive structure actually produces. Triggers: 'what's the incentive here', 'why do people keep doing this', 'incentives are misaligned', 'who benefits from this', 'why isn't this working despite the policy', 'what does the structure reward', 'people say one thing but do another', any situation where behaviour diverges from stated intent.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 219
- S4h Economics MarginApplies marginal thinking: the relevant decision is the next unit, not the average or the sunk cost. Triggers: 'should we do more of this', 'should we expand', 'should we cut', 'marginal cost', 'sunk cost', 'we've already invested so much', 'average cost', 'is this worth continuing', 'how much should we produce', 'at what point should we stop', any decision about quantity, scale, or whether to continue an existing commitment.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 219
- S4h Economics Opportunity CostMaps the true cost of a choice by making explicit what is foregone. Triggers: 'opportunity cost', 'what am I giving up', 'what else could I do with this', 'hidden cost', 'what's the real cost of this', 'what are we not doing by doing this', any decision where the cost of the chosen path needs to be compared against the best alternative.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 219
- S4h EconomicsEntry point for the economics toolkit. Routes to the right economics skill based on your situation. Use when you say 'economics', 'what's the incentive here', 'what am I giving up', 'who pays for this', 'should we do more or less of this', 'why won't people cooperate', 'externality', 'opportunity cost', 'marginal', or want economic reasoning applied without knowing which specific tool fits.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 219
- S4h Emotional Motivation MappingMaps what genuinely drives different people — beyond stated reasons and job descriptions. Use when incentives seem misaligned or individual behaviour is hard to predict. TRIGGERS: 'what motivates them', 'motivation map', 'why are they behaving like this', 'what drives this person', 'understand the incentives'.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 219
- S4h Emotional Resistance DiagnosisDiagnoses why people are resisting — finding what's underneath the pushback. Resistance is information, not obstruction; it always has a source. TRIGGERS: 'why are they resisting', 'diagnose the pushback', 'they won't get on board', 'people aren't buying in', 'resistance diagnosis'.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 219
- S4h Emotional Stakes MappingMaps what each stakeholder actually cares about underneath their stated position — because addressing the stated position while missing the real stake accomplishes nothing. TRIGGERS: 'what do they actually want', 'underlying stakes', 'what's really at stake', 'beneath the position', 'why won't they agree'.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 219
- S4h Emotional Trust AuditMaps what is building and eroding trust in a relationship or situation — trust degrades silently until it fails loudly. TRIGGERS: 'trust audit', 'why don't they trust us', 'relationship health check', 'what's eroding trust', 'build trust with'.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 219
- S4h EmotionalEntry point for the emotional intelligence toolkit. Routes to the right emotional skill based on your situation. Use when you say 'emotional', 'why are they behaving like this', 'what motivates them', 'why the resistance', 'what do they really want', 'trust issues', or want emotional/interpersonal reasoning applied without knowing which specific tool fits.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 219
- S4h Epistemology Epistemic StatusProduces an honest, rigorous calibration of what you know vs. believe vs. assume vs. hope across a domain. Assigns explicit epistemic statuses to claims and flags when high-confidence claims rest on lower-confidence foundations. Draws from the rationalist tradition of explicit epistemic labeling. Use when you say 'how certain should I be', 'what do we actually know here', 'I want an honest read of our assumptions', 'separate what we know from what we're guessing', 'give me an epistemic audit'...Votes: 0GitHub stars: 219
- S4h Epistemology JustificationAnalyzes what would actually justify believing a claim. Maps the justification structure (foundationalist, coherentist, reliabilist) and identifies the weakest link in the chain. Use when you say 'what would it actually take to know this', 'is this belief actually justified', 'what's the foundation for this assumption', 'we keep citing the same evidence for everything', 'I believe this but I can't say why', 'what would change my mind', or when a claim feels supported but you want to make the ...Votes: 0GitHub stars: 219
- S4h Epistemology Knowledge TypesMaps what kind of knowing is actually in play for a claim or question. Distinguishes a priori from a posteriori knowledge; propositional (knowing that) from procedural (knowing how) from acquaintance (knowing of); and knowledge sourced from perception, inference, testimony, intuition, or memory. Use when you say 'what kind of claim is this', 'is this something we can reason our way to or do we need evidence', 'they're treating this as obvious but I don't think it is', 'is this really an empir...Votes: 0GitHub stars: 219
- S4h Epistemology LimitsIdentifies what can't be known and why, then clarifies what can be established within those limits and reframes the question into its answerable part. Distinguishes fundamental limits (Gödel, underdetermination, observer effects), practical limits (evidence is unavailable, destroyed, or counterfactual), and conceptual limits (the question is malformed). Use when you say 'can this even be known', 'we keep investigating and it doesn't settle', 'is this question actually answerable', 'I need to ...Votes: 0GitHub stars: 219
- S4h EpistemologyEntry point for the epistemology toolkit. Routes to the right skill based on your situation. Use when you say 'what do I actually know here', 'is this knowable', 'how certain should I be', 'what would justify believing this', 'what kind of claim is this', 'am I confusing assumption with knowledge', 'what are the limits of what we can establish', or want philosophical rigor applied to questions of knowledge without knowing which specific tool fits.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 219
- S4h Ethics Bias CheckEvaluate an algorithm, model, ranking system, recommendation engine, or automated decision process for discriminatory patterns and unfair outcomes. Use before deploying any system that makes decisions about people or ranks/filters/scores people. TRIGGERS: 'bias check', 'check this algorithm for bias', 'is this fair', 'fairness audit', any ML model, ranking function, scoring system, content recommendation, or automated decision that differentiates between people.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 219
- S4h Ethics CheckA fast, comprehensive ethics report on any decision, action, or situation — runs all five ethical frameworks in a single pass. Lighter than ethics-council (no peer review, no HTML report), heavier than ethics-impact-scan. Triggers: 'ethics check', 'quick ethics review', 'full ethics report', 'check this ethically', 'run an ethics check', any request for a complete ethical assessment without full council process.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 219
- S4h Ethics Consent ReviewReview a UX flow, data practice, or communication pattern to verify that user consent is genuine — informed, voluntary, and meaningful. Use during design or implementation of checkout flows, onboarding, notification settings, permissions requests, terms of service, dark patterns, or any feature where users make choices about what they share or agree to. TRIGGERS: 'consent review', 'is this dark pattern', 'check this onboarding flow', 'is this consent genuine', any UX that involves users agree...Votes: 0GitHub stars: 219
- S4h Ethics CouncilRun any decision, feature, policy, or action through a council of 5 ethical framework advisors who independently analyze it from different moral foundations, peer-review each other's reasoning, and synthesize a final verdict. MANDATORY TRIGGERS: 'ethics council this', 'run the ethics council', 'ethical pressure-test', 'is this ethical', 'sanity check the ethics'. STRONG TRIGGERS: any decision with clear stakeholder harm potential, trade-offs between competing values, questions about fairness ...Votes: 0GitHub stars: 219
- S4h Ethics Crisis TriageRapid multi-framework ethical assessment when something has already gone wrong — a data breach, a harmful outcome, a discriminatory incident, a policy failure, or any situation requiring an urgent ethical response. Use when the user is dealing with an active incident or has just discovered something went wrong. TRIGGERS: 'ethics triage', 'something went wrong', 'incident ethics', 'how do we handle this', any post-incident or mid-incident situation where the ethical dimensions of a response ne...Votes: 0GitHub stars: 219
- S4h Ethics Data AuditAudit a data collection, retention, or sharing decision against ethical standards. Use when the user is making decisions about what data to collect, how long to keep it, who can access it, or who it's shared with. TRIGGERS: 'audit this data decision', 'is this data practice ok', 'data ethics check', any change to data models, privacy controls, analytics instrumentation, data sharing agreements, or retention policies. Goes beyond legal compliance — evaluates whether the practice is ethical, no...Votes: 0GitHub stars: 219
- S4h Ethics Empathy CircleApplies Jaron Lanier's Circle of Empathy framework to determine which entities deserve moral consideration and rights. Use when questions arise about AI personhood, machine rights, robot citizenship, algorithmic agency, animal rights, or any decision about which entities belong inside or outside the circle of moral concern. Triggers: 'does this AI deserve rights?', 'should we treat this system as a person?', 'circle of empathy', 'moral consideration', 'AI personhood', 'which entities matter m...Votes: 0GitHub stars: 219
- S4h Ethics Impact ScanRun a quick ethical impact assessment on a proposed feature, change, or decision before it ships. Use when the user is about to build or ship something and wants to surface who benefits, who's harmed, and at what scale — before commitments are made. TRIGGERS: 'ethics scan', 'impact check', 'who does this affect', 'is this safe to ship', any new feature proposal where stakeholder impact is unclear. Lightweight — takes minutes, not hours.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 219
- S4h Ethics Vendor ReviewEvaluate a third-party vendor, supplier, partner, or integration against ethical standards before signing a contract or shipping their code or service. Use when considering a new supplier, SaaS tool, data provider, API integration, outsourcing arrangement, or partnership. TRIGGERS: 'vet this vendor', 'is this supplier ok', 'ethics check on this partner', 'should we use this third party', any third-party evaluation where labour practices, data handling, business model, or alignment with values...Votes: 0GitHub stars: 219
- S4h EthicsEntry point for the ethics toolkit. Routes to the right ethical analysis skill based on your situation. Use when you say 'ethics', 'is this ethical', 'sanity check this', 'who does this affect', 'is this fair', 'something feels wrong', or want ethical reasoning applied without knowing which specific tool fits.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 219
- S4h Evolution Arms RaceAnalyses coevolutionary escalation — when parties adapt to each other in cycles that may help neither. Triggers: 'arms race', 'coevolution', 'escalation spiral', 'we keep one-upping each other', 'race to the bottom', 'they adapt to everything we do', 'tit-for-tat escalation', 'are we running to stand still', 'coevolutionary treadmill'.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 219
- S4h Evolution Fitness LandscapeMaps the solution space as peaks and valleys to understand local optima, adaptive valleys, and path dependence. Triggers: 'are we stuck', 'local maximum', 'fitness landscape', 'why can't we get to the next level', 'path dependence', 'trapped by success', 'incremental improvement is not working', 'we need a discontinuous leap', 'adjacent possible'.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 219
- S4h Evolution NicheApplies competitive exclusion and niche theory to understand differentiation, coexistence, and competitive strategy. Triggers: 'what niche are we in', 'how do we differentiate', 'why can these two strategies coexist', 'competitive exclusion', 'who will win this market', 'niche overlap', 'are we too similar to our competitors', 'resource partitioning'.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 219
- S4h Evolution Variation SelectionApplies the variation-selection-retention triad to understand how populations and strategies adapt over time. Triggers: 'how does this evolve', 'what gets selected for', 'why do some strategies persist and others die out', 'population dynamics', 'selection pressure', 'what survives in this environment', 'who wins over time'.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 219
- S4h EvolutionEntry point for the evolution thinking toolkit. Routes to the right evolution skill based on your situation. Use when you say 'evolution', 'natural selection', 'how does this population change over time', 'why does this strategy persist', 'what niche am I competing in', 'fitness landscape', 'arms race', 'coevolution', or want evolutionary thinking applied without knowing which specific tool fits.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 219
- S4h Game Theory AuctionAnalyses bidding strategy and auction design — how much to bid, how to avoid the winner's curse, and how to design revenue-maximising or efficient auctions. Triggers: 'bidding strategy', 'auction analysis', 'how much should I bid', 'auction design', 'winner's curse', 'sealed bid', 'how do I avoid overbidding', 'procurement auction', 'design an auction', 'competitive offer'.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 219
- S4h Game Theory CoalitionAnalyses which coalitions form and how to divide gains fairly using cooperative game theory and the Shapley value. Triggers: 'coalition formation', 'who should we partner with', 'cooperative game theory', 'Shapley value', 'fair division', 'stable coalition', 'which coalition will form', 'equity split', 'power in a coalition', 'how should we divide this up fairly'.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 219
- S4h Game Theory EquilibriumFinds the stable outcome of a strategic interaction — the point where no player can improve their result by changing their strategy alone. Triggers: 'Nash equilibrium', 'dominant strategy', 'what's the stable outcome', 'equilibrium analysis', 'payoff matrix', 'what will rational players do', 'where will this land'.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 219
- S4h Game Theory IteratedAnalyses long-run repeated interactions — how cooperation forms, how trust is built, how defection spirals start, and which strategies sustain cooperation. Triggers: 'repeated game', 'iterated strategy', 'long-run relationship', 'reputation effects', 'how do I sustain cooperation', 'tit for tat', 'shadow of the future', 'will they defect', 'ongoing relationship after betrayal', 'how do we recover from this'.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 219
- S4h Game Theory Mechanism DesignDesigns rules and incentive systems that produce desired outcomes even when players are self-interested. Triggers: 'mechanism design', 'incentive design', 'design a system that makes people do X', 'reverse game theory', 'incentivize honest behavior', 'design rules', 'how do I get people to reveal their true preferences', 'how do I align incentives', 'the current system produces the wrong behavior'.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 219
- S4h Game Theory Prisoners DilemmaAnalyses cooperation problems where individual rationality produces collective irrationality. Triggers: 'cooperation problem', 'prisoner's dilemma', 'everyone defects even though cooperation is better', 'race to the bottom', 'should I cooperate or defect', 'why won't anyone cooperate', 'collective action failure', 'why do we all end up worse off'.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 219
- S4h Game Theory SignalingAnalyses credibility problems and designs signals that are believable because they're costly to fake. Triggers: 'how do I signal credibly', 'signaling', 'they won't believe me', 'cheap talk', 'commitment device', 'how do I make a credible commitment', 'asymmetric information', 'how do I prove I'm serious', 'they don't trust my claim'.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 219
- S4h Game TheoryRoutes to the right game-theory skill for your strategic situation. Triggers: 'game theory', 'strategic interaction', 'what will they do', 'payoff analysis', 'how do I think about this strategically', 'incentive design', 'cooperation problem', 'bidding strategy', any situation where the best choice depends on what others choose.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 219
- S4h Historical Cycle DetectionIdentifies what recurring cycle the current situation is an instance of — and where in that cycle you currently are. TRIGGERS: 'what cycle is this', 'where are we in the cycle', 'is this a bubble', 'what comes next', 'have we been here before'.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 219
- S4h Historical Failure AnalysisExtracts recurring failure modes from similar past situations — most failures have happened before in recognisable patterns. TRIGGERS: 'what usually goes wrong', 'failure pattern analysis', 'how do these typically fail', 'what went wrong last time', 'avoid past mistakes'.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 219
- S4h Historical Lesson ExtractionExtracts the transferable principle from a specific historical case — separating the contingent surface details from the underlying rule that applies across contexts. TRIGGERS: 'what's the lesson', 'extract the lesson', 'what should we learn from this', 'generalise from this case', 'apply this to our situation'.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 219
- S4h Historical Precedent AnalysisFinds and applies genuinely similar historical situations to inform a current decision — distinguishing true precedents from superficial analogies. TRIGGERS: 'historical precedent', 'has this happened before', 'what does history say', 'find a precedent', 'what did others do in this situation'.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 219
- S4h HistoricalEntry point for the historical reasoning toolkit. Routes to the right historical skill based on your situation. Use when you say 'historical', 'has this happened before', 'what does history say', 'what cycle is this', 'what usually goes wrong', 'what's the lesson', or want historical reasoning applied without knowing which specific tool fits.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 219
- S4h Identity Character TestingAsks what a person or organisation of genuine integrity would do — grounding decisions in character rather than calculation. Triggers: 'character test', 'what would a person of integrity do', 'what does this say about us', 'gut check', 'would I be proud of this', 'are we being who we want to be'.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 219
- S4h Identity Mission AlignmentTests whether a proposed decision is genuinely aligned with stated mission — or is rationalising a departure from it. Triggers: 'mission alignment', 'is this on mission', 'are we drifting', 'mission check', 'does this serve our purpose', 'on brand'.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 219
- S4h Identity Values ClarificationSurfaces and tests actual operative values — distinguishing what is stated from what decisions actually reveal. Triggers: 'values clarification', 'what do we actually stand for', 'is this consistent with our values', 'values alignment check', 'test the values', 'what do our decisions reveal'.Votes: 0GitHub stars: 219