Agent skill

Pre Mortem Analyst

by sundial-org in sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills

Imagine the project already failed, then work backward to find why.

No licenceAuto-check passedTesting & QA

Install Pre Mortem Analyst

skills CLI
$ npx skills add sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill pre-mortem-analyst -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills pre-mortem-analyst --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/sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/pre-mortem-analyst .claude/skills/pre-mortem-analyst && 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
pre-mortem-analyst
GitHub stars
663
Token cost
~571 tokens
SKILL.md length
147 words
Files
3 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
383
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Imagine the project already failed, then work backward to find why.

  • Works in 6 steps: Set the scene: "It's [date]. This has… → Brainstorm causes: List 10+ failure… → Categorize: People, Process, Technology,… → …
  • User says pre-mortem
  • SKILL.md covers Why Pre-Mortem > Risk Assessment, The Process, Output Format and Common Failure Categories, plus 1 more section
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Pre Mortem Analyst is an agent skill from sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills. Imagine the project already failed, then work backward to find why. More powerful than risk assessment because it assumes failure is certain. Use when user says "pre-mortem", "premortem", "imagine this failed", "what could go wrong", "risk analysis", "before we launch", "stress test", "what would kill this", "project risks".

Its SKILL.md is about 570 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 3 other files, including reference files (for example `references/examples.md` and `references/framework.md`).

It sits in Testing & QA, covering Load testing. The repository describes itself as: Top OpenClaw skills, with the most popular and useful ones.

When your agent uses it

  • User says pre-mortem
  • Imagine this failed
  • What could go wrong
  • Before we launch

Example prompts

  • “pre-mortem”
  • “premortem”
  • “imagine this failed”
  • “/pre-mortem-analyst”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Set the scene: "It's [date]. This has failed completely."
  2. Brainstorm causes: List 10+ failure reasons (no filtering)
  3. Categorize: People, Process, Technology, External
  4. Rate: Likelihood × Impact (H/M/L)
  5. Prevent: Top 3 get specific mitigation actions
  6. Monitor: Define early warning signs

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit b80cde2. 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

Pre Mortem Analyst loads about 571 tokens when it runs, and up to ~2.9k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 86 tokens; SKILL.md has 147 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~86
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~571
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~2.9k

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

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 147 words (~571 tokens).

“Risk Assessment: "What MIGHT go wrong?" → Optimism bias filters answers Pre-Mortem: "It's 6 months later. It FAILED. Why?" → Liberates honest analysis”

— opening of SKILL.md by sundial-org
name
pre-mortem-analyst

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 2 other files (references) in skills/pre-mortem-analyst of sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/examples.md
  • references/framework.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit b80cde2

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Categories

Questions about Pre Mortem Analyst

What does Pre Mortem Analyst do?

Imagine the project already failed, then work backward to find why. Pre Mortem Analyst is an agent skill from sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills. Imagine the project already failed, then work backward to find why.

When should I use Pre Mortem Analyst?

Pre Mortem Analyst fits situations like: user says pre-mortem; imagine this failed; what could go wrong; before we launch.

How do I install Pre Mortem Analyst in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill pre-mortem-analyst -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/pre-mortem-analyst in sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills) into .claude/skills/pre-mortem-analyst in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Pre Mortem Analyst in Codex?

Run `npx skills add sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill pre-mortem-analyst -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/pre-mortem-analyst in sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills) into .agents/skills/pre-mortem-analyst in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Pre Mortem Analyst 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 sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills --skill pre-mortem-analyst -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/pre-mortem-analyst, .gemini/skills/pre-mortem-analyst, .github/skills/pre-mortem-analyst and .opencode/skills/pre-mortem-analyst in your project.

What does Pre Mortem Analyst need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Pre Mortem Analyst is instructions for the agent only.

Does Pre Mortem Analyst 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 Pre Mortem Analyst 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 Pre Mortem Analyst use?

No licence was found for Pre Mortem Analyst or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Pre Mortem Analyst use?

About 571 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.3k 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 2.4k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Pre Mortem Analyst?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Pre Mortem Analyst: Writing Livekit Scenarios (livekit-examples/agent-starter-python, 264 stars), Go Testing (cxuu/golang-skills, 172 stars), Goalcraft (grp06/goalcraft, 102 stars) and Thinking Partner (mattnowdev/thinking-partner, 206 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Pre Mortem Analyst?

sundial-org (a GitHub organization) maintains it in sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills, which has 663 GitHub stars. The repository holds 383 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on March 7, 2026.

Source: sundial-org/awesome-openclaw-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.