Agent skill

Shifting Perspective

by infranodus in infranodus/skills

Analyze discourse structure using InfraNodus optimizetextstructure tool and shift perspective based on diversity score.

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Install Shifting Perspective

skills CLI
$ npx skills add infranodus/skills --skill shifting-perspective -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install infranodus/skills shifting-perspective --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/infranodus/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skill-shifting-perspective .claude/skills/shifting-perspective && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
shifting-perspective
GitHub stars
119
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~3.2k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,524 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
15
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Analyze discourse structure using InfraNodus optimizetextstructure tool and shift perspective based on diversity score.

  • Works in 7 steps: Structural Diagnosis with… → State-Specific Intervention → Diagnose and Present Structure → …
  • YouTube video would benefit from additional viewpoints
  • SKILL.md covers Requirements, Core Workflow, Intervention Strategies by… and Input Handling, plus 3 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Shifting Perspective is an agent skill from infranodus/skills. Analyze discourse structure using InfraNodus optimizetextstructure tool and shift perspective based on diversity score. Use when a conversation, text, URL, or YouTube video would benefit from additional viewpoints, when the user feels stuck in one frame of thinking, when research needs broadening, when analyzing any text for structural balance, or when the user asks to "shift perspective", "broaden the view", "what am I missing", "analyze the structure", "check for bias", "develop this further", or "give me a…

Its SKILL.md is about 3.2k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It works with YouTube and Model Context Protocol. The repository describes itself as: Skills to augment LLM thinking process, integrated with InfraNodus insight generation tool.

When your agent uses it

  • YouTube video would benefit from additional viewpoints
  • The user feels stuck in one frame of thinking
  • Research needs broadening
  • Analyzing any text for structural balance

Example prompts

  • “shift perspective”
  • “broaden the view”
  • “what am I missing”
  • “/shifting-perspective”

Workflow steps

7 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Structural Diagnosis with optimize_text_structure
  2. State-Specific Intervention
  3. Diagnose and Present Structure
  4. Apply the Intervention
  5. Offer Concrete Perspective Shifts
  6. Connect to Cognitive Variability
  7. Offer Next Steps

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 8a2a909. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Shifting Perspective loads about 3.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 209 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,524 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~209
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~3.2k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 1,524 words (~3,163 tokens).

“This skill uses InfraNodus knowledge graph analysis to diagnose the structural diversity of a discourse and then actively shift perspective by developing underrepresented areas, bridging gaps, and surfacing latent ideas — all grounded in the actual topology of the text's…”

— opening of SKILL.md by infranodus
name
shifting-perspective

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in skill-shifting-perspective of infranodus/skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 8a2a909

Used in 1 other repository

We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in infranodus/skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Questions about Shifting Perspective

What does Shifting Perspective do?

Analyze discourse structure using InfraNodus optimizetextstructure tool and shift perspective based on diversity score. Shifting Perspective is an agent skill from infranodus/skills. Analyze discourse structure using InfraNodus optimizetextstructure tool and shift perspective based on diversity score.

When should I use Shifting Perspective?

Shifting Perspective fits situations like: youTube video would benefit from additional viewpoints; the user feels stuck in one frame of thinking; research needs broadening; analyzing any text for structural balance.

How do I install Shifting Perspective in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add infranodus/skills --skill shifting-perspective -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skill-shifting-perspective in infranodus/skills) into .claude/skills/shifting-perspective in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Shifting Perspective in Codex?

Run `npx skills add infranodus/skills --skill shifting-perspective -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skill-shifting-perspective in infranodus/skills) into .agents/skills/shifting-perspective in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Shifting Perspective in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add infranodus/skills --skill shifting-perspective -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/shifting-perspective, .gemini/skills/shifting-perspective, .github/skills/shifting-perspective and .opencode/skills/shifting-perspective in your project.

What does Shifting Perspective need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Shifting Perspective is instructions for the agent only.

Does Shifting Perspective access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Shifting Perspective safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Shifting Perspective use?

No licence was found for Shifting Perspective or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Shifting Perspective use?

About 3.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 13k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Shifting Perspective?

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Who maintains Shifting Perspective?

infranodus (a GitHub organization) maintains it in infranodus/skills, which has 119 GitHub stars. The repository holds 15 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 20, 2026.

Source: infranodus/skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.