Vc Problem Solving
withkynam/vibecode-pro-max-kit
Apply systematic problem-solving techniques when stuck. An agent skill from withkynam/vibecode-pro-max-kit.
Solve a problem backwards — ask how to guarantee the worst outcome, then avoid all of it.
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Install Inversion Thinking
$ npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill inversion-thinking -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills inversion-thinking --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/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/inversion-thinking .claude/skills/inversion-thinking && 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 "inversion-thinking" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/inversion-thinking into .claude/skills/inversion-thinking/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "inversion-thinking", 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/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/inversion-thinkingType 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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill inversion-thinking -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills inversion-thinking --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/inversion-thinking .agents/skills/inversion-thinking && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "inversion-thinking" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/inversion-thinking into .agents/skills/inversion-thinking/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "inversion-thinking", 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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill inversion-thinking -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills inversion-thinking --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/inversion-thinking .cursor/skills/inversion-thinking && 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 "inversion-thinking" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/inversion-thinking into .cursor/skills/inversion-thinking/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "inversion-thinking", 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/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git --path skills/inversion-thinking--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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill inversion-thinking -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills inversion-thinking --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/inversion-thinking .gemini/skills/inversion-thinking && 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 "inversion-thinking" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/inversion-thinking into .gemini/skills/inversion-thinking/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "inversion-thinking", 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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills inversion-thinkingInstalls 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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill inversion-thinking -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/inversion-thinking .github/skills/inversion-thinking && 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 "inversion-thinking" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/inversion-thinking into .github/skills/inversion-thinking/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "inversion-thinking", 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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill inversion-thinking -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills inversion-thinking --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/inversion-thinking .opencode/skills/inversion-thinking && 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 "inversion-thinking" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/inversion-thinking into .opencode/skills/inversion-thinking/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "inversion-thinking", 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
inversion-thinking- GitHub stars
- 1.4k
- Token cost
- ~892 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 449 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 1,322
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Solve a problem backwards — ask how to guarantee the worst outcome, then avoid all of it.
- Works in 5 steps: Flip the question. Replace "how do I… → Write the failure recipe in detail. List… → Invert each into a rule. Every failure… → …
- Asked to help me not fail at
- SKILL.md covers What This Skill Produces, Required Inputs, Framework: Guarantee The… and Output Format, plus 3 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Inversion Thinking is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Solve a problem backwards — ask how to guarantee the worst outcome, then avoid all of it. Use when asked to help me not fail at, what could go wrong with, how do I avoid messing up, or think about this in reverse. Produces the inverted question (how to guarantee failure), the specific ways you'd cause the disaster, and then the plan that is simply the avoidance of each — often clearer and more actionable than trying to plan success directly, because failure modes are more concrete than success factors.
Its SKILL.md is about 890 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.
The repository describes itself as: 1255 professional Agent Skills for Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor & Codex — PRDs, postmortems, leases, medical bills, layoffs, go-bags, new countries. Plain markdown, MIT, in… The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- Asked to help me not fail at
- What could go wrong with
- How do I avoid messing up
- Think about this in reverse
Example prompts
- “/inversion-thinking”
Workflow steps
5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Flip the question. Replace "how do I succeed?" with "how would I make absolutely sure this fails?" — the brain answers the negative more…
- Write the failure recipe in detail. List the specific behaviors, decisions, and conditions that would reliably cause the bad outcome. Be…
- Invert each into a rule. Every failure mode becomes a "don't do X / do Y instead" — that's your plan, and it's already actionable.
- Rank by leverage. Some failure modes are catastrophic and likely; prioritize avoiding those over minor ones.
- Notice the ones you're already doing. Inversion often reveals a failure you're currently walking into — flag it.
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1cbf1f0. 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
Inversion Thinking loads about 892 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 132 tokens; SKILL.md has 449 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
The full file from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills at commit 1cbf1f0, republished under its MIT licence (© mohitagw15856). 449 words, ~892 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/inversion-thinking/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- inversion-thinking
- description
- Solve a problem backwards — ask how to guarantee the worst outcome, then avoid all of it. Use when asked to help me not fail at, what could go wrong with, how do I avoid messing up, or think about this in reverse. Produces the inverted question (how to guarantee failure), the specific ways you'd cause the disaster, and then the plan that is simply the avoidance of each — often clearer and more actionable than trying to plan success directly, because failure modes are more concrete than success factors.
Inversion Thinking
It's often easier to see how something fails than how it succeeds. So instead of "how do I make this work?", this asks "how would I guarantee it fails?" — then hands you a plan that's just the systematic avoidance of every failure you listed. The disaster is specific; success is vague. Inverting turns a fuzzy goal into a concrete checklist of what not to do.
What This Skill Produces
- The inverted question — "how would I guarantee the worst outcome here?"
- The failure recipe — the specific actions and conditions that would cause the disaster
- The avoidance plan — each failure mode flipped into a concrete "don't / do instead"
- The highest-leverage avoidances — the few failure modes that matter most to prevent
Required Inputs
Ask for these if not provided:
- The goal or project — what you're trying to succeed at
- What "failure" looks like — the outcome you want to avoid
- Where you are — early planning, or fixing something wobbling
- Known risks — anything already worrying you
Framework: Guarantee The Disaster, Then Don't
- Flip the question. Replace "how do I succeed?" with "how would I make absolutely sure this fails?" — the brain answers the negative more concretely.
- Write the failure recipe in detail. List the specific behaviors, decisions, and conditions that would reliably cause the bad outcome. Be vivid and honest.
- Invert each into a rule. Every failure mode becomes a "don't do X / do Y instead" — that's your plan, and it's already actionable.
- Rank by leverage. Some failure modes are catastrophic and likely; prioritize avoiding those over minor ones.
- Notice the ones you're already doing. Inversion often reveals a failure you're currently walking into — flag it.
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Output Format
Goal: [what success means] — inverted
To guarantee failure, I would: [the specific failure recipe].
So the plan is to avoid each
| Failure mode | Avoid it by |
|---|
Highest-leverage avoidances: [the few that matter most]. Already doing? [any failure mode you're currently walking into].
Quality Checks
- The question is genuinely inverted (how to fail, not how to succeed)
- The failure recipe is specific and honest, not vague
- Each failure mode is flipped into a concrete action
- The highest-leverage avoidances are identified
- It flags any failure the person is currently causing
Anti-Patterns
- Just listing success factors — that's not inversion.
- Vague failures ("don't be lazy") instead of specific ones.
- Flipping to platitudes instead of concrete actions.
- Treating all failure modes as equal priority.
Example Trigger Phrases
- "Help me make sure this project doesn't fail."
- "What could go wrong with my launch, and how do I avoid it?"
- "Think about my fitness goal in reverse — how would I guarantee I quit?"
- "How do I avoid screwing up this presentation?"
- "Invert this problem for me."
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Files
Just SKILL.md in skills/inversion-thinking of mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1cbf1f0
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Questions about Inversion Thinking
What does Inversion Thinking do?
Solve a problem backwards — ask how to guarantee the worst outcome, then avoid all of it. Inversion Thinking is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Solve a problem backwards — ask how to guarantee the worst outcome, then avoid all of it.
When should I use Inversion Thinking?
Inversion Thinking fits situations like: asked to help me not fail at; what could go wrong with; how do I avoid messing up; think about this in reverse.
How do I install Inversion Thinking in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill inversion-thinking -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/inversion-thinking in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .claude/skills/inversion-thinking in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Inversion Thinking in Codex?
Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill inversion-thinking -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/inversion-thinking in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .agents/skills/inversion-thinking in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Inversion Thinking 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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill inversion-thinking -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/inversion-thinking, .gemini/skills/inversion-thinking, .github/skills/inversion-thinking and .opencode/skills/inversion-thinking in your project.
What does Inversion Thinking need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Inversion Thinking is instructions for the agent only.
Does Inversion Thinking 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 Inversion Thinking 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 Inversion Thinking use?
Inversion Thinking 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 Inversion Thinking use?
About 892 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.6k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
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Who maintains Inversion Thinking?
mohitagw15856 (a GitHub user) maintains it in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, which has 1,431 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,322 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.
Source: mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.