Brooks Harness
sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills
Maintenance orchestrator for the brooks-lint plugin itself. An agent skill from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.
Use Business Adventures for "why did this fail?", "analyze this crisis", "what pattern applies?", or "what would Brooks notice?"
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Install Business Adventures Analysis Brooks
$ npx skills add simbajigege/book2skills --skill business-adventures-analysis-brooks -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install simbajigege/book2skills business-adventures-analysis-brooks --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/simbajigege/book2skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/business-adventures-analysis-brooks .claude/skills/business-adventures-analysis-brooks && 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 "business-adventures-analysis-brooks" agent skill from https://github.com/simbajigege/book2skills/tree/main/skills/business-adventures-analysis-brooks into .claude/skills/business-adventures-analysis-brooks/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "business-adventures-analysis-brooks", 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/simbajigege/book2skills/tree/main/skills/business-adventures-analysis-brooksType 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 simbajigege/book2skills --skill business-adventures-analysis-brooks -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install simbajigege/book2skills business-adventures-analysis-brooks --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/simbajigege/book2skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/business-adventures-analysis-brooks .agents/skills/business-adventures-analysis-brooks && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "business-adventures-analysis-brooks" agent skill from https://github.com/simbajigege/book2skills/tree/main/skills/business-adventures-analysis-brooks into .agents/skills/business-adventures-analysis-brooks/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "business-adventures-analysis-brooks", 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 simbajigege/book2skills --skill business-adventures-analysis-brooks -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install simbajigege/book2skills business-adventures-analysis-brooks --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/simbajigege/book2skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/business-adventures-analysis-brooks .cursor/skills/business-adventures-analysis-brooks && 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 "business-adventures-analysis-brooks" agent skill from https://github.com/simbajigege/book2skills/tree/main/skills/business-adventures-analysis-brooks into .cursor/skills/business-adventures-analysis-brooks/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "business-adventures-analysis-brooks", 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/simbajigege/book2skills.git --path skills/business-adventures-analysis-brooks--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 simbajigege/book2skills --skill business-adventures-analysis-brooks -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install simbajigege/book2skills business-adventures-analysis-brooks --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/simbajigege/book2skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/business-adventures-analysis-brooks .gemini/skills/business-adventures-analysis-brooks && 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 "business-adventures-analysis-brooks" agent skill from https://github.com/simbajigege/book2skills/tree/main/skills/business-adventures-analysis-brooks into .gemini/skills/business-adventures-analysis-brooks/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "business-adventures-analysis-brooks", 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 simbajigege/book2skills business-adventures-analysis-brooksInstalls 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 simbajigege/book2skills --skill business-adventures-analysis-brooks -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/simbajigege/book2skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/business-adventures-analysis-brooks .github/skills/business-adventures-analysis-brooks && 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 "business-adventures-analysis-brooks" agent skill from https://github.com/simbajigege/book2skills/tree/main/skills/business-adventures-analysis-brooks into .github/skills/business-adventures-analysis-brooks/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "business-adventures-analysis-brooks", 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 simbajigege/book2skills --skill business-adventures-analysis-brooks -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install simbajigege/book2skills business-adventures-analysis-brooks --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/simbajigege/book2skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/business-adventures-analysis-brooks .opencode/skills/business-adventures-analysis-brooks && 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 "business-adventures-analysis-brooks" agent skill from https://github.com/simbajigege/book2skills/tree/main/skills/business-adventures-analysis-brooks into .opencode/skills/business-adventures-analysis-brooks/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "business-adventures-analysis-brooks", 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
business-adventures-analysis-brooks- GitHub stars
- 183
- Token cost
- ~2.5k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 888 words
- Files
- 27
- Skills in repo
- 37
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Custom licence
At a glance
Use Business Adventures for "why did this fail?", "analyze this crisis", "what pattern applies?", or "what would Brooks notice?"
- Works in 6 steps: Read only the modules required by the… → If the user gives a broad failure… → If the user data is thin, ask for the… → …
- SKILL.md covers Skill Purpose, Core Principle, Workflow Inventory and When to Use This Skill, plus 6 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Business Adventures Analysis Brooks is an agent skill from simbajigege/book2skills. Use Business Adventures for "why did this fail?", "analyze this crisis", "what pattern applies?", or "what would Brooks notice?"
Its SKILL.md is about 2.5k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 33 other files (for example `README.md`, `quotes/corporate-strategy-quotes.md` and `quotes/investor-behavior-quotes.md`).
The repository describes itself as: Create best skills based on best books.
Example prompts
- “why did this fail?”
- “analyze this crisis”
- “what pattern applies?”
- “/business-adventures-analysis-brooks”
Workflow steps
6 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Read only the modules required by the routing table.
- If the user gives a broad failure question, run M1 first and then route to the most relevant specialist module.
- If the user data is thin, ask for the missing timeline, actors, incentives, disclosures, and consequences before giving a confident…
- Do not run every module for a narrow question.
- Use historical parallels as diagnostic lenses, not as predictions.
- Each module owns its reference IDs in references/case_library.md; when citing Brooks-derived claims, use the IDs from the module actually…
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit e5ba66c. 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
Business Adventures Analysis Brooks loads about 2.5k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 41 tokens; SKILL.md has 888 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 888 words (~2,503 tokens).
“Knowledge source: Business Adventures by John Brooks. Architecture: Orchestrator + 6 subskills. The main SKILL.md routes the user query; subskills execute the diagnostic workflows and own their reference IDs.”
- name
- business-adventures-analysis-brooks
- license
- Skill distillation for personal/educational use. Do not reproduce source passages verbatim.
Files
SKILL.md and 26 other files in skills/business-adventures-analysis-brooks of simbajigege/book2skills.
- SKILL.md
- LICENSE.txt
- README.md
- quotes/corporate-strategy-quotes.md
- quotes/investor-behavior-quotes.md
- quotes/market-dynamics-quotes.md
- quotes/risk-crisis-quotes.md
- quotes/wall-street-wisdom-quotes.md
- subskills/m1_failure_diagnosis/module.md
- subskills/m1_failure_diagnosis/references/case_library.md
- subskills/m2_market_panic/module.md
- subskills/m2_market_panic/references/case_library.md
- subskills/m3_regulatory_risk/module.md
- subskills/m3_regulatory_risk/references
- … and 13 more
Open the folder on GitHubat commit e5ba66c
Compare with similar skills
Business Adventures Analysis Brooks 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Adventures Analysis Brooks this skillsimbajigege/book2skills | 183 | — | ~2.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Brooks Harnesssickn33/agentic-awesome-skills | 47k | 1 repos | ~1.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Debug Failed Runactivepieces/activepieces | 25k | — | ~3.7k | Automated safety check: Warn | Custom licence | |
| Brooks Lintsickn33/agentic-awesome-skills | 47k | 1 repos | ~1.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Brooks Reviewsickn33/agentic-awesome-skills | 47k | 1 repos | ~591 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Brooks Auditsickn33/agentic-awesome-skills | 47k | 1 repos | ~648 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Business Adventures Analysis Brooks
What does Business Adventures Analysis Brooks do?
Use Business Adventures for "why did this fail?", "analyze this crisis", "what pattern applies?", or "what would Brooks notice?". Business Adventures Analysis Brooks is an agent skill from simbajigege/book2skills.
How do I install Business Adventures Analysis Brooks in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add simbajigege/book2skills --skill business-adventures-analysis-brooks -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/business-adventures-analysis-brooks in simbajigege/book2skills) into .claude/skills/business-adventures-analysis-brooks in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Business Adventures Analysis Brooks in Codex?
Run `npx skills add simbajigege/book2skills --skill business-adventures-analysis-brooks -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/business-adventures-analysis-brooks in simbajigege/book2skills) into .agents/skills/business-adventures-analysis-brooks in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Business Adventures Analysis Brooks 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 simbajigege/book2skills --skill business-adventures-analysis-brooks -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/business-adventures-analysis-brooks, .gemini/skills/business-adventures-analysis-brooks, .github/skills/business-adventures-analysis-brooks and .opencode/skills/business-adventures-analysis-brooks in your project.
What does Business Adventures Analysis Brooks need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Business Adventures Analysis Brooks is instructions for the agent only.
Does Business Adventures Analysis Brooks 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 Business Adventures Analysis Brooks 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 Business Adventures Analysis Brooks use?
Business Adventures Analysis Brooks has a licence file (from the LICENSE file in the skill folder) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.
How many tokens does Business Adventures Analysis Brooks use?
About 2.5k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 10k 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 Business Adventures Analysis Brooks?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Business Adventures Analysis Brooks: Brooks Harness (sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, 47k stars), Debug Failed Run (activepieces/activepieces, 25k stars), Brooks Lint (sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, 47k stars) and Brooks Review (sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, 47k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Business Adventures Analysis Brooks?
simbajigege (a GitHub user) maintains it in simbajigege/book2skills, which has 183 GitHub stars. The repository holds 37 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on August 26, 2026.
Source: simbajigege/book2skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.