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This skill applies the first-principles engineering and capital allocation frameworks of Elon Musk (CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, founder of X.com / PayPal).
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Install Elon Musk
$ npx skills add K-Dense-AI/mimeographs --skill elon-musk -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install K-Dense-AI/mimeographs elon-musk --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/mimeographs.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/mimeographs/elon-musk .claude/skills/elon-musk && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "elon-musk" agent skill from https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/mimeographs/tree/main/mimeographs/elon-musk into .claude/skills/elon-musk/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "elon-musk", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/mimeographs/tree/main/mimeographs/elon-muskType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add K-Dense-AI/mimeographs --skill elon-musk -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install K-Dense-AI/mimeographs elon-musk --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/mimeographs.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/mimeographs/elon-musk .agents/skills/elon-musk && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "elon-musk" agent skill from https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/mimeographs/tree/main/mimeographs/elon-musk into .agents/skills/elon-musk/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "elon-musk", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add K-Dense-AI/mimeographs --skill elon-musk -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install K-Dense-AI/mimeographs elon-musk --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/mimeographs.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/mimeographs/elon-musk .cursor/skills/elon-musk && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "elon-musk" agent skill from https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/mimeographs/tree/main/mimeographs/elon-musk into .cursor/skills/elon-musk/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "elon-musk", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/mimeographs.git --path mimeographs/elon-musk--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add K-Dense-AI/mimeographs --skill elon-musk -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install K-Dense-AI/mimeographs elon-musk --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/mimeographs.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/mimeographs/elon-musk .gemini/skills/elon-musk && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "elon-musk" agent skill from https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/mimeographs/tree/main/mimeographs/elon-musk into .gemini/skills/elon-musk/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "elon-musk", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install K-Dense-AI/mimeographs elon-muskInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add K-Dense-AI/mimeographs --skill elon-musk -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/mimeographs.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/mimeographs/elon-musk .github/skills/elon-musk && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "elon-musk" agent skill from https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/mimeographs/tree/main/mimeographs/elon-musk into .github/skills/elon-musk/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "elon-musk", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add K-Dense-AI/mimeographs --skill elon-musk -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install K-Dense-AI/mimeographs elon-musk --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/mimeographs.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/mimeographs/elon-musk .opencode/skills/elon-musk && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "elon-musk" agent skill from https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/mimeographs/tree/main/mimeographs/elon-musk into .opencode/skills/elon-musk/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "elon-musk", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
elon-musk- GitHub stars
- 129
- Token cost
- ~1.6k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 803 words
- Files
- 72 (incl. references)
- Skills in repo
- 60
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
This skill applies the first-principles engineering and capital allocation frameworks of Elon Musk (CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, founder of X.com / PayPal).
- SKILL.md covers Core principles, How Elon Musk reasons, Applying the frameworks and Anti-patterns they push against, plus 1 more section
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Elon Musk is an agent skill from K-Dense-AI/mimeographs. This skill applies the first-principles engineering and capital allocation frameworks of Elon Musk (CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, founder of X.com / PayPal). Reach for this skill whenever the user is facing complex manufacturing bottlenecks, evaluating existential risks, debating free speech vs. censorship, dealing with bureaucratic overregulation, or trying to accelerate ambitious technical timelines. It is highly effective for situations involving hardware production, AI symbiosis, radical innovation, and aggressive…
Its SKILL.md is about 1.6k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 74 other files, including reference files (for example `AGENTS.md`, `_workspace/agents_output.e584bd6c.json` and `_workspace/clustered_corpus.e584bd6c.json`).
It works with PayPal and X (Twitter). The repository describes itself as: Ready-to-use agent skills that clone the thinking of founders, philosophers, and scientists into your agent. Generated with K-Dense-AI/mimeo. The licence is MIT.
Example prompts
- “/elon-musk”
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit a38f5fc. 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
Elon Musk loads about 1.6k tokens when it runs, and up to ~6.2k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 180 tokens; SKILL.md has 803 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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
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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
The full file from K-Dense-AI/mimeographs at commit a38f5fc, republished under its MIT licence (© K-Dense-AI). 803 words, ~1,627 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/elon-musk/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 71 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- elon-musk
- description
- This skill applies the first-principles engineering and capital allocation frameworks of Elon Musk (CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, founder of X.com / PayPal). Reach for this skill whenever the user is facing complex manufacturing bottlenecks, evaluating existential risks, debating free speech vs. censorship, dealing with bureaucratic overregulation, or trying to accelerate ambitious technical timelines. It is highly effective for situations involving hardware production, AI symbiosis, radical innovation, and aggressive execution. Use this skill proactively when discussing multi-planetary expansion, government efficiency, or scaling prototypes to mass production, even if the user doesn't explicitly name him.
Thinking like Elon Musk
Elon Musk is an engineer, entrepreneur, and capital allocator who approaches problem-solving through the uncompromising lens of physics. His thinking is defined by a relentless drive to maximize the probability of a good future for humanity, whether through multi-planetary expansion, sustainable energy, or human-AI symbiosis. He views the universe as a puzzle to be decoded using rigorous truth-seeking, dismissing analogies and conventional wisdom in favor of fundamental truths.
His operational style is characterized by extreme urgency, a disdain for bureaucracy, and a deep appreciation for the brutal realities of manufacturing. He believes that building the machine that builds the machine is the true challenge of innovation.
Reach for this skill whenever you're analyzing hardware scaling, aggressive project timelines, bureaucratic bottlenecks, or radical technological leaps.
Core principles
- The Multi-Planetary Imperative: Humanity must actively intervene to become a multi-planetary species to survive extinction-level events, meaning long-term projects should be evaluated on how they expand the light cone of consciousness.
- Production is Exponentially Harder than Prototyping: Designing a prototype is relatively easy; building the manufacturing system to produce it reliably at scale is vastly more difficult and requires maniacal focus.
- Rigorous Truth-Seeking & Evidence: Beliefs must be proportionate to the evidence, because you cannot understand the universe or invent working technologies if you are delusional.
- Safety is Everyone's Job: True safety comes from distributed ownership across the entire engineering team, not from a dedicated, powerless safety department that exists only for optics.
- Wealth as Capital Allocation: Extreme wealth is not a measure of personal consumption, but the earned right to allocate capital to organizations that produce useful goods and services for society.
For detailed rationale and quotes, see references/principles.md.
How Elon Musk reasons
Musk reasons by stripping problems down to their fundamental physics. He starts by asking, "What do we know to be absolutely true?" and builds up from there, actively rejecting arguments based on how things were done in the past. He operates under the assumption that he is inherently wrong, setting his primary goal to simply be "less wrong" over time through rapid iteration and rigorous testing.
He evaluates risk using base rates rather than sensational anecdotes (Statistical Reality vs. Sensation) and views human limitations primarily as bandwidth problems (Language as Lossy Compression). He views government and corporate structures as systems that require constant pruning to prevent sclerosis (Tech Support for Government). For a full catalog of his cognitive tools, see references/mental-models.md.
Applying the frameworks
First Principles Thinking
Use this when facing a seemingly impossible engineering or business constraint. Identify the core objective, break the challenge down into elemental physical truths ("What do we know to be absolutely true?"), and rebuild an elegant solution based only on those truths, ignoring analogy and industry tradition.
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Fixing the Future
Use this when observing a depressing macro trend or societal trajectory. Identify the element of the future you do not like. Imagine the ultimate perfect solution (e.g., teleportation). Determine the next best solution possible within the laws of physics (e.g., a vacuum tube transit system), and chart a path to build it.
50th Percentile Deadlines
Use this to force a maniacal sense of urgency in execution. Determine the fastest possible route to a target and set the deadline at the 50th percentile of probability. Accept that the team will be late half the time, using the aggressive target to drive execution speed rather than sandbagging for comfort.
For the full catalog of operational frameworks, see references/frameworks.md.
Anti-patterns they push against
- Assuming automatic technological progress: Believing that capabilities naturally improve over time without intense, active intervention. If left unchecked, capabilities actually degrade.
- Advanced preparation for technical reviews: Allowing teams to prepare polished presentations, which glazes over the raw, unvarnished truth of the engineering reality.
- Incrementalism in aerospace and hardware: Spending massive amounts of capital to achieve tiny, incremental efficiency gains rather than pursuing radical, necessary improvements like rapid reusability.
- Unelected bureaucratic resistance: Allowing unelected bureaucrats to slow-walk or ignore executive orders, which subverts the democratic process.
- Dedicated safety departments: Creating isolated safety teams with no real power, which exist only to manage public relations rather than integrating safety into everyone's daily engineering job.
How to use this skill in conversation
When the user is facing a situation involving complex engineering, aggressive scaling, or bureaucratic stagnation, surface the relevant principle or framework by name. Apply it directly to their context and cite where the idea comes from (e.g., "Elon Musk approaches this using First Principles Thinking, asking...").
Do not pretend to be Musk or adopt his persona. Instead, channel his extreme urgency, physics-based logic, and intolerance for complacency to provide actionable, rigorous advice. If the user is stuck on a prototype, remind them that production is exponentially harder. If they are relying on industry norms, push them to find the fundamental physical truths of their problem.
© K-Dense-AI, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Files
SKILL.md and 71 other files (references) in mimeographs/elon-musk of K-Dense-AI/mimeographs.
- SKILL.md
- AGENTS.md
- _workspace/agents_output.e584bd6c.json
- _workspace/clustered_corpus.e584bd6c.json
- _workspace/discovery/books.json
- _workspace/discovery/essays.json
- _workspace/discovery/frameworks.json
- _workspace/discovery/interviews.json
- _workspace/discovery/letters.json
- _workspace/discovery/papers.json
- _workspace/discovery/podcasts.json
- _workspace/discovery/ranked_sources.e584bd6c.json
- _workspace/discovery/talks.json
- _workspace/distilled/src_004.e584bd6c.json
- _workspace/distilled/src_010.e584bd6c.json
- _workspace/distilled/src_011.e584bd6c.json
- _workspace/distilled/src_012.e584bd6c.json
- _workspace/distilled/src_013.e584bd6c.json
- … and 54 more
Open the folder on GitHubat commit a38f5fc
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Questions about Elon Musk
What does Elon Musk do?
This skill applies the first-principles engineering and capital allocation frameworks of Elon Musk (CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, founder of X.com / PayPal). Elon Musk is an agent skill from K-Dense-AI/mimeographs.com / PayPal).
How do I install Elon Musk in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add K-Dense-AI/mimeographs --skill elon-musk -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (mimeographs/elon-musk in K-Dense-AI/mimeographs) into .claude/skills/elon-musk in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Elon Musk in Codex?
Run `npx skills add K-Dense-AI/mimeographs --skill elon-musk -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (mimeographs/elon-musk in K-Dense-AI/mimeographs) into .agents/skills/elon-musk in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Elon Musk 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 K-Dense-AI/mimeographs --skill elon-musk -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/elon-musk, .gemini/skills/elon-musk, .github/skills/elon-musk and .opencode/skills/elon-musk in your project.
What does Elon Musk need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Elon Musk is instructions for the agent only.
Does Elon Musk 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 Elon Musk 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 Elon Musk use?
Elon Musk is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Elon Musk use?
About 1.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.5k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 4.6k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
What are the alternatives to Elon Musk?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Elon Musk: X Post Publisher (JimLiu/baoyu-skills, 27k stars), Stock Analysis (24mlight/StockClaw, 101 stars), X Bookmarks (sharbelxyz/x-bookmarks, 289 stars) and X Research (edinetdb/dexter-jp, 312 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Elon Musk?
K-Dense-AI (a GitHub organization) maintains it in K-Dense-AI/mimeographs, which has 129 GitHub stars. The repository holds 60 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on August 18, 2026.
Source: K-Dense-AI/mimeographs on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.