Podcast Transcript Fetcher
Varnan-Tech/opendirectory
A skill your agent uses when fetching, searching, or analyzing transcripts from Lenny's Podcast, Dwarkesh Podcast, Cheeky Pint, 20VC, or A16z Podcast.
Turns a hard product or career decision into a one-page decision memo with the eigenquestion, options, pre-mortem with kill criteria, reversibility rating, a named decider and a review date.
Install Decide
$ npx skills add menkesu/awesome-pm-skills --skill decide -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install menkesu/awesome-pm-skills decide --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/menkesu/awesome-pm-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/decide .claude/skills/decide && 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 "decide" agent skill from https://github.com/menkesu/awesome-pm-skills/tree/main/skills/decide into .claude/skills/decide/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "decide", 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/menkesu/awesome-pm-skills/tree/main/skills/decideType 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 menkesu/awesome-pm-skills --skill decide -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install menkesu/awesome-pm-skills decide --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/menkesu/awesome-pm-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/decide .agents/skills/decide && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "decide" agent skill from https://github.com/menkesu/awesome-pm-skills/tree/main/skills/decide into .agents/skills/decide/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "decide", 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 menkesu/awesome-pm-skills --skill decide -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install menkesu/awesome-pm-skills decide --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/menkesu/awesome-pm-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/decide .cursor/skills/decide && 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 "decide" agent skill from https://github.com/menkesu/awesome-pm-skills/tree/main/skills/decide into .cursor/skills/decide/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "decide", 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/menkesu/awesome-pm-skills.git --path skills/decide--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 menkesu/awesome-pm-skills --skill decide -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install menkesu/awesome-pm-skills decide --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/menkesu/awesome-pm-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/decide .gemini/skills/decide && 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 "decide" agent skill from https://github.com/menkesu/awesome-pm-skills/tree/main/skills/decide into .gemini/skills/decide/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "decide", 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 menkesu/awesome-pm-skills decideInstalls 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 menkesu/awesome-pm-skills --skill decide -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/menkesu/awesome-pm-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/decide .github/skills/decide && 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 "decide" agent skill from https://github.com/menkesu/awesome-pm-skills/tree/main/skills/decide into .github/skills/decide/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "decide", 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 menkesu/awesome-pm-skills --skill decide -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install menkesu/awesome-pm-skills decide --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/menkesu/awesome-pm-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/decide .opencode/skills/decide && 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 "decide" agent skill from https://github.com/menkesu/awesome-pm-skills/tree/main/skills/decide into .opencode/skills/decide/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "decide", 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
decide- GitHub stars
- 429
- Token cost
- ~4.9k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 2,847 words
- Files
- 4 (incl. references, assets)
- Skills in repo
- 25
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Custom licence
At a glance
Turns a hard product or career decision into a one-page decision memo with the eigenquestion, options, pre-mortem with kill criteria, reversibility rating, a named decider and a review date.
- Works in 3 steps: Diagnose (ask before answering) → Pick the play → Run it
- You ask how should we decide
- SKILL.md covers When to use, Step 1 — Diagnose (ask before…, Step 2 — Pick the play and Step 3 — Run it, plus 6 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Decide is an agent skill from menkesu/awesome-pm-skills. Turns a hard product or career decision into a one-page decision memo with the eigenquestion, options, pre-mortem with kill criteria, reversibility rating, a named decider and a review date. Use when you ask 'how should we decide', 'should we build or kill this', 'one-way door or two-way door', 'run a pre-mortem', 'we keep going in circles', 'quit or pivot', or want to grade a decision doc. Draws on 396 insights from 177 Lenny's Podcast guests, led by Annie Duke, Shreyas Doshi and Shishir Mehrotra.
Its SKILL.md is about 4.9k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 5 other files, including reference files and assets (for example `references/frameworks.md` and `references/quotes.md`).
It sits in Media & Creative, covering Podcasting. The repository describes itself as: Product management workflows grounded in Lenny's Podcast, for Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor.
When your agent uses it
- You ask how should we decide
- Should we build
- Run a pre-mortem
- We keep going in circles
Example prompts
- “how should we decide”
- “should we build or kill this”
- “one-way door or two-way door”
- “/decide”
Workflow steps
3 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
- Diagnose (ask before answering)
- Pick the play
- Run it
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit c1b6e2d. 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 (its code samples are markdown).
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
Decide loads about 4.9k tokens when it runs, and up to ~11k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 128 tokens; SKILL.md has 2,847 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 (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 2,847 words (~4,937 tokens).
“Run a real decision process, not a debate: find the question that matters, set the rigor budget, collect independent input, stress-test with a pre-mortem, name the decider, and log the bet so you can learn from it. Built from 396…”
- name
- decide
Files
SKILL.md and 3 other files (references, assets) in skills/decide of menkesu/awesome-pm-skills.
- SKILL.md
- assets/card.png
- references/frameworks.md
- references/quotes.md
Open the folder on GitHubat commit c1b6e2d
Compare with similar skills
Decide 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.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decide this skillmenkesu/awesome-pm-skills | 429 | — | ~4.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Podcast Transcript FetcherVarnan-Tech/opendirectory | 674 | 1 repos | ~1.9k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| Podcastzarazhangrui/personalized-podcast | 437 | — | ~2.3k | Automated safety check: Notes | None | |
| Podpullxiaoleiy/podpull | 146 | — | ~962 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Xiaoyuzhou Downloadgainubi/wechat-skills | 170 | — | ~551 | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Summarizetrpc-group/trpc-agent-go | 1.8k | 22 repos | ~552 | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 |
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What does Decide do?
Turns a hard product or career decision into a one-page decision memo with the eigenquestion, options, pre-mortem with kill criteria, reversibility rating, a named decider and a review date. Decide is an agent skill from menkesu/awesome-pm-skills. Turns a hard product or career decision into a one-page decision memo with the eigenquestion, options, pre-mortem with kill criteria, reversibility rating, a named decider and a review date.
When should I use Decide?
Decide fits situations like: you ask how should we decide; should we build; run a pre-mortem; we keep going in circles.
How do I install Decide in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add menkesu/awesome-pm-skills --skill decide -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/decide in menkesu/awesome-pm-skills) into .claude/skills/decide in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Decide in Codex?
Run `npx skills add menkesu/awesome-pm-skills --skill decide -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/decide in menkesu/awesome-pm-skills) into .agents/skills/decide in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Decide 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 menkesu/awesome-pm-skills --skill decide -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/decide, .gemini/skills/decide, .github/skills/decide and .opencode/skills/decide in your project.
What does Decide need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Decide is instructions for the agent only.
Does Decide 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 Decide 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 Decide use?
Decide has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.
How many tokens does Decide use?
About 4.9k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 20k 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 6.1k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
What are the alternatives to Decide?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Decide: Podcast Transcript Fetcher (Varnan-Tech/opendirectory, 674 stars), Podcast (zarazhangrui/personalized-podcast, 437 stars), Podpull (xiaoleiy/podpull, 146 stars) and Xiaoyuzhou Download (gainubi/wechat-skills, 170 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Decide?
menkesu (a GitHub user) maintains it in menkesu/awesome-pm-skills, which has 429 GitHub stars. The repository holds 25 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.
Source: menkesu/awesome-pm-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.