heuristics-and-checklists

heuristics-and-checklists is a Structured reasoning & decision frameworks skill for AI agents, published by lyndonkl in the claude repository on GitHub. Skillspace rates heuristics-and-checklists C (71/100) and it passed the safety scan; the rating is based on static analysis only.

Provides practical frameworks for fast decision-making through mental shortcuts (heuristics) and systematic error prevention through structured checklists. Guides through designing effective heuristics, creating checklists for complex procedures, and recognizing when shortcuts lead to biases. Use when making decisions under time pressure or uncertainty, preventing errors in complex procedures, designing decision rules or checklists, simplifying complex choices, or when user mentions heuristics, rules of thumb, mental models, checklists, error prevention, cognitive biases, satisficing, or standard operating procedures.

Grade
C
Quality
71 / 100
Safety
Passed
GitHub stars
133

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Architecture
94 / 100
Maturity
Structured: ships references or scripts
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No issues found
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