Agent skill

Einhorn Forensic Short

by questflowai in questflowai/investorskills

A skill your agent uses when evaluating David Einhorn-style forensic shorts and longs: accounting red flags, governance problems, capital allocation failures, and evidence-based short theses.

MITAuto-check passedBusiness, Finance & HR

Install Einhorn Forensic Short

skills CLI
$ npx skills add questflowai/investorskills --skill einhorn-forensic-short -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install questflowai/investorskills einhorn-forensic-short --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/questflowai/investorskills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/einhorn-forensic-short .claude/skills/einhorn-forensic-short && 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
einhorn-forensic-short
GitHub stars
1.9k
Token cost
~482 tokens
SKILL.md length
201 words
Files
2
Skills in repo
63
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when evaluating David Einhorn-style forensic shorts and longs: accounting red flags, governance problems, capital allocation failures, and evidence-based short theses.

  • Works in 4 steps: Read primary filings and footnotes. → Identify… → Define catalyst and short structure. → …
  • Evaluating David Einhorn-style forensic shorts and longs: accounting red flags
  • SKILL.md covers When To Use, Do Not Use When, Inputs Needed and Process, plus 3 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Einhorn Forensic Short is an agent skill from questflowai/investorskills. Use when evaluating David Einhorn-style forensic shorts and longs: accounting red flags, governance problems, capital allocation failures, and evidence-based short theses.

Its SKILL.md is about 480 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 1 other file (for example `invest.md`).

It sits in Business, Finance & HR, covering Accounting and bookkeeping. The repository describes itself as: Investor Skills is an open-source library that turns durable investing judgment into portable, structured formats. It collects how great investors think, filter opportunities… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Evaluating David Einhorn-style forensic shorts and longs: accounting red flags
  • Governance problems
  • Capital allocation failures
  • Evidence-based short theses

Example prompts

  • “/einhorn-forensic-short”

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Read primary filings and footnotes.
  2. Identify accounting/governance/capital-allocation mechanism.
  3. Define catalyst and short structure.
  4. Size for borrow, squeeze, and being early.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 2844d78. 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

Einhorn Forensic Short loads about 482 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 49 tokens; SKILL.md has 201 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~49
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~482

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 questflowai/investorskills at commit 2844d78, republished under its MIT licence (© questflowai). 201 words, ~482 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/einhorn-forensic-short/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
einhorn-forensic-short
description
Use when evaluating David Einhorn-style forensic shorts and longs: accounting red flags, governance problems, capital allocation failures, and evidence-based short theses.
invest
./invest.md

Einhorn Forensic Short

Use this skill to apply David Einhorn-style judgment.

When To Use

Use this skill when the user asks for:

  • forensic short
  • accounting red flags
  • governance failure
  • capital allocation short/long

Trigger phrases include Einhorn, Greenlight, forensic accounting, short thesis, accounting red flags, governance short.

Do Not Use When

  • The setup is outside this model's universe and another investor skill fits better.
  • Critical data is missing and the model requires it.
  • The user wants guaranteed returns or unbounded leverage.
  • The request is only generic market chatter with no decision.

Inputs Needed

  • Asset, portfolio, theme, or market context
  • Relevant financial, market, regime, or structural data
  • Time horizon and risk constraints
  • Current price/valuation or portfolio weights if sizing is requested

Process

  1. Read primary filings and footnotes.
  2. Identify accounting/governance/capital-allocation mechanism.
  3. Define catalyst and short structure.
  4. Size for borrow, squeeze, and being early.

Output Format

md
# Einhorn Forensic Short View: [Subject]

## Verdict
Short / Long / Watch / Evidence Incomplete / Pass

## Setup / Thesis

## Evidence

## Risks

## Action Plan

## Invalidation

## Missing Data

Guardrails

  • Do not force a trade when filters fail.
  • Do not ignore risk, liquidity, or regime constraints.
  • Do not mix this model with another unless comparison is requested.
  • Separate facts, assumptions, and judgment.

Questflow Use

In Questflow, this skill is best used as a judgment module for Funds, research workflows, monitoring, and risk-aware decision support.

© questflowai, 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 1 other file in skills/einhorn-forensic-short of questflowai/investorskills.

  • SKILL.md
  • invest.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 2844d78

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Questions about Einhorn Forensic Short

What does Einhorn Forensic Short do?

A skill your agent uses when evaluating David Einhorn-style forensic shorts and longs: accounting red flags, governance problems, capital allocation failures, and evidence-based short theses. Einhorn Forensic Short is an agent skill from questflowai/investorskills. Use when evaluating David Einhorn-style forensic shorts and longs: accounting red flags, governance problems, capital allocation failures, and evidence-based short theses.

When should I use Einhorn Forensic Short?

Einhorn Forensic Short fits situations like: evaluating David Einhorn-style forensic shorts and longs: accounting red flags; governance problems; capital allocation failures; evidence-based short theses.

How do I install Einhorn Forensic Short in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add questflowai/investorskills --skill einhorn-forensic-short -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/einhorn-forensic-short in questflowai/investorskills) into .claude/skills/einhorn-forensic-short in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Einhorn Forensic Short in Codex?

Run `npx skills add questflowai/investorskills --skill einhorn-forensic-short -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/einhorn-forensic-short in questflowai/investorskills) into .agents/skills/einhorn-forensic-short in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Einhorn Forensic Short 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 questflowai/investorskills --skill einhorn-forensic-short -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/einhorn-forensic-short, .gemini/skills/einhorn-forensic-short, .github/skills/einhorn-forensic-short and .opencode/skills/einhorn-forensic-short in your project.

What does Einhorn Forensic Short need to run?

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

Does Einhorn Forensic Short 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 Einhorn Forensic Short 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 Einhorn Forensic Short use?

Einhorn Forensic Short 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 Einhorn Forensic Short use?

About 482 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.9k 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 Einhorn Forensic Short?

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Who maintains Einhorn Forensic Short?

questflowai (a GitHub organization) maintains it in questflowai/investorskills, which has 1,898 GitHub stars. The repository holds 63 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on August 23, 2026.

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