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Supports structured what-if scenario analysis for research planning, experimental contingencies, and scientific project decisions.
Install What If Oracle
$ npx skills add K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills --skill what-if-oracle -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills what-if-oracle --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/scientific-agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/what-if-oracle .claude/skills/what-if-oracle && 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 "what-if-oracle" agent skill from https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/what-if-oracle into .claude/skills/what-if-oracle/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "what-if-oracle", 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/scientific-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/what-if-oracleType 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/scientific-agent-skills --skill what-if-oracle -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills what-if-oracle --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/what-if-oracle .agents/skills/what-if-oracle && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "what-if-oracle" agent skill from https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/what-if-oracle into .agents/skills/what-if-oracle/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "what-if-oracle", 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/scientific-agent-skills --skill what-if-oracle -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills what-if-oracle --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/what-if-oracle .cursor/skills/what-if-oracle && 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 "what-if-oracle" agent skill from https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/what-if-oracle into .cursor/skills/what-if-oracle/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "what-if-oracle", 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/scientific-agent-skills.git --path skills/what-if-oracle--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/scientific-agent-skills --skill what-if-oracle -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills what-if-oracle --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/scientific-agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/what-if-oracle .gemini/skills/what-if-oracle && 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 "what-if-oracle" agent skill from https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/what-if-oracle into .gemini/skills/what-if-oracle/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "what-if-oracle", 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/scientific-agent-skills what-if-oracleInstalls 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/scientific-agent-skills --skill what-if-oracle -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/what-if-oracle .github/skills/what-if-oracle && 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 "what-if-oracle" agent skill from https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/what-if-oracle into .github/skills/what-if-oracle/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "what-if-oracle", 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/scientific-agent-skills --skill what-if-oracle -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/scientific-agent-skills what-if-oracle --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/what-if-oracle .opencode/skills/what-if-oracle && 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 "what-if-oracle" agent skill from https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/what-if-oracle into .opencode/skills/what-if-oracle/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "what-if-oracle", 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
what-if-oracle- GitHub stars
- 48k
- Used in
- 1 other repo
- Token cost
- ~2.9k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 1,353 words
- Files
- 2 (incl. references)
- Skills in repo
- 153
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- CC-BY-NC-4.0
At a glance
Supports structured what-if scenario analysis for research planning, experimental contingencies, and scientific project decisions.
- Works in 4 steps: Frame the question and evidence → Explore scenario branches → Analyze and challenge each branch → …
- Stress-test a research plan under uncertainty
- SKILL.md covers When to use, Phase 1 — Frame the question…, Phase 2 — Explore scenario… and Phase 3 — Analyze and…, plus 5 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
What If Oracle is an agent skill from K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills. Supports structured what-if scenario analysis for research planning, experimental contingencies, and scientific project decisions. Explores favorable, reference, adverse, wild-card, contrarian, and second-order scenarios with explicit assumptions, evidence, and decision triggers. Use to stress-test a research plan under uncertainty; scenario narratives do not estimate causal effects or calibrated forecast probabilities.
Its SKILL.md is about 2.9k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including reference files (for example `references/scenario-templates.md`).
It sits in Research & Science, covering Load testing. The repository describes itself as: Turn any AI agent into an AI Scientist. The 1 Agent Skills library for science, used by 250,000+ scientists worldwide. 177 ready-to-use validated skills plus 100+ scientific…
When your agent uses it
- Stress-test a research plan under uncertainty
- Scenario narratives do not estimate causal effects
- Calibrated forecast probabilities
Example prompts
- “Use the what-if-oracle skill to support structured what-if scenario analysis for research planning, experimental contingencies, and scientific…”
- “/what-if-oracle”
Workflow steps
4 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
- Frame the question and evidence
- Explore scenario branches
- Analyze and challenge each branch
- Compare responses and define the next check
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 92ace75. 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
Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):
doi.orgmiguelhernan.orgipcc.chgov.ukcreativecommons.org
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
What If Oracle loads about 2.9k tokens when it runs, and up to ~5k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 110 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,353 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
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
Its licence (CC-BY-NC-4.0) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 1,353 words (~2,947 tokens).
“Explore a bounded set of possible futures before committing research resources. The output is a scenario comparison, an evidence ledger, and a contingency plan. It does not cover the full possibility space or establish that a narrated mechanism will occur.”
- name
- what-if-oracle
- license
- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- metadata.version
- 1.3
- metadata.last-reviewed
- 2026-10-01
- metadata.skill-author
- AHK Strategies (ashrafkahoush-ux)
- metadata.upstream
- https://github.com/ashrafkahoush-ux/claude-consciousness-skills
- metadata.research-doi
- 10.5281/zenodo.18736841, 10.5281/zenodo.18807387
Files
SKILL.md and 1 other file (references) in skills/what-if-oracle of K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills.
- SKILL.md
- references/scenario-templates.md
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 92ace75
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 K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.
Compare with similar skills
What If Oracle next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| What If Oracle this skillK-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills | 48k | 1 repos | ~2.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | CC-BY-NC-4.0 | |
| Paper ReviewEvoScientist/EvoSkills | 478 | — | ~4.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Data Finderbrycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills | 4.6k | — | ~1.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Weakness Scannerflonat/flonat-research | 146 | — | ~1.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Ecta Identificationfranklee16/academic-research-skills | 223 | 1 repos | ~1.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Jbv Topic Selectionfranklee16/academic-research-skills | 223 | 1 repos | ~1k | Automated safety check: Pass | None |
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Questions about What If Oracle
What does What If Oracle do?
Supports structured what-if scenario analysis for research planning, experimental contingencies, and scientific project decisions. What If Oracle is an agent skill from K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills. Supports structured what-if scenario analysis for research planning, experimental contingencies, and scientific project decisions.
When should I use What If Oracle?
What If Oracle fits situations like: stress-test a research plan under uncertainty; scenario narratives do not estimate causal effects; calibrated forecast probabilities.
How do I install What If Oracle in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills --skill what-if-oracle -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/what-if-oracle in K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills) into .claude/skills/what-if-oracle in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install What If Oracle in Codex?
Run `npx skills add K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills --skill what-if-oracle -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/what-if-oracle in K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills) into .agents/skills/what-if-oracle in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use What If Oracle 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/scientific-agent-skills --skill what-if-oracle -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/what-if-oracle, .gemini/skills/what-if-oracle, .github/skills/what-if-oracle and .opencode/skills/what-if-oracle in your project.
What does What If Oracle need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: What If Oracle is instructions for the agent only.
Does What If Oracle access the network?
SKILL.md names 5 domains. As links in the text: doi.org, miguelhernan.org, ipcc.ch, gov.uk and creativecommons.org. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is What If Oracle 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 What If Oracle use?
What If Oracle is published under the CC-BY-NC-4.0 licence (declared in SKILL.md).
How many tokens does What If Oracle use?
About 2.9k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 12k 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 2.1k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
What are the alternatives to What If Oracle?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with What If Oracle: Paper Review (EvoScientist/EvoSkills, 478 stars), Data Finder (brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills, 4.6k stars), Weakness Scanner (flonat/flonat-research, 146 stars) and Ecta Identification (franklee16/academic-research-skills, 223 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains What If Oracle?
K-Dense-AI (a GitHub organization) maintains it in K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills, which has 48,215 GitHub stars. The repository holds 153 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 5, 2026.
Source: K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.