thinking-circle-of-competence agent skill by tjboudreaux
Checks the evidence boundary for a claim that may lack grounding, sizes the cost of being wrong, then decides to answer, fetch, or abstain.
At a glance
| Publisher | tjboudreaux |
|---|---|
| Repository | tjboudreaux/cc-thinking-skills (28 listed skills) |
| Category | Productivity and Knowledge Work |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | August 7, 2026 (repository) |
| SKILL.md | 51 lines, 417 words |
| Bundled files | 1 file |
| Quality score | 72/100 · C Passes all seven graded checks |
| Security scan | Not scanned |
| README badge | Get the listing badge and raise the score |
Before you install
Read from the skill's files at the directory's October 19, 2026 snapshot: what ships with it, what its code reads, and the terms it is published under.
- Bundled scripts: none.
- License: MIT, an open-source or open-content license.
Install thinking-circle-of-competence
The skills CLI works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other agents; the other routes copy the folder by hand.
npx skills add https://github.com/tjboudreaux/cc-thinking-skills/tree/main/skills/thinking-circle-of-competencetmp="$(mktemp -d)"
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/tjboudreaux/cc-thinking-skills.git "$tmp/repo"
mkdir -p .claude/skills
cp -R "$tmp/repo/"skills/thinking-circle-of-competence .claude/skills/
rm -rf "$tmp"python3 ~/.codex/skills/.system/skill-installer/scripts/install-skill-from-github.py \
--repo tjboudreaux/cc-thinking-skills \
--path skills/thinking-circle-of-competencetjboudreaux/cc-thinking-skills is third-party code. Read SKILL.md and any bundled scripts before you install it.
How the author describes it
Use when a specific claim may lack grounding. Check evidence boundary, size wrongness cost, then answer, fetch, or abstain — never confabulate.
From the description field of SKILL.md. Agents read this line to decide when to load the skill.
Sections in SKILL.md
- When to Use
- When NOT to Use
- Procedure
- Output
- Verification
Files in the skill folder
SKILL.md
Suede Skill Check: 72/100 · C
Report snapshot · · graded-v2
The rubric totals 100 points; published scores are capped at 99. Security scan: not scanned.
Source revision: 7b8fece345df. Report version fa049ca63fba. Badge URLs follow the latest listing; save the report to keep this version.
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What to review next
- Boundary clause: 0 of 4 points. 4 when the description says when not to use the skill (“Not for …”, “Do not use …”, “Use … instead”).
- Example request: 0 of 3 points. 3 when the description quotes an example request (3–60 characters in quotation marks).
- Instruction depth: 4 of 7 points. 7 for a SKILL.md body of 500–3,000 words; 4 for 250–4,500; 1 for 100 or more.
Add declarations and bundled files when they describe the skill’s actual needs. Update the source, then request a fresh review with the changed commit or PR.
thinking-circle-of-competence passes the required frontmatter check and all seven graded checks, which cover the SKILL.md format, a declared license and a commit in the last year. Those checks earn 56 of the score’s points; the rest come from description quality, instruction depth, bundled files, maintenance and curated-list citations. How the score works.
See the checks and points
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| Frontmatter parses and declares a name and a description | Pass |
| Name uses lowercase letters, digits and hyphens, 64 characters or fewer | Pass |
| Name matches the skill's folder name | Pass |
| Description is between 50 and 1,024 characters | Pass |
| Description says when an agent should use the skill | Pass |
| SKILL.md body is 500 lines or fewer | Pass |
| A license is declared in the frontmatter or the repository | Pass |
| Repository has a commit in the last 12 months | Pass |
| Score component | Points |
|---|---|
| Structural checks | 56 of 56 |
| Description length | 3 of 5 |
| Boundary clause | 0 of 4 |
| Example request | 0 of 3 |
| Instruction depth | 4 of 7 |
| Reference files | 0 of 3 |
| Bundled scripts | 0 of 2 |
| Recent maintenance | 6 of 9 |
| Curated-list citations | 3 of 7 |
| Tool permissions declared | 0 of 2 |
| Compatibility declared | 0 of 2 |
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thinking-circle-of-competence is listed with 72/100 · C. This badge links to its Suede listing. Skills scoring 80–99 add a numeric and a letter quality shield; the largest open points for thinking-circle-of-competence are boundary clause (4), example request (3) and instruction depth (3). Send your repository and the points you want to raise, then request a fresh review after updating the skill.
[](https://skills.suedeai.ai/directory/tjboudreaux/cc-thinking-skills/thinking-circle-of-competence/)<a href="https://skills.suedeai.ai/directory/tjboudreaux/cc-thinking-skills/thinking-circle-of-competence/"><img src="https://skills.suedeai.ai/directory/badge.svg" alt="Suede Skills Directory: listed" height="20"></a>Where this skill is cited
tjboudreaux/cc-thinking-skills appears in 2 curated lists: VoltAgent/awesome-agent-skills, hesreallyhim/awesome-claude-code.