# World Model Diagnostic

Twenty-minute conversational diagnostic for assessing a company's world-model readiness.

- Repository: https://github.com/NateBJones-Projects/OB1 (4752 stars)
- Category: Engineering
- License: see repository
- Last updated: 2026-11-01
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add NateBJones-Projects/OB1 --skill world-model-diagnostic -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add NateBJones-Projects/OB1 --skill world-model-diagnostic -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add NateBJones-Projects/OB1 --skill world-model-diagnostic -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add NateBJones-Projects/OB1 --skill world-model-diagnostic -g -a gemini-cli -y`

## Description

Twenty-minute conversational diagnostic for assessing a company's world-model readiness. Use when the user wants to map their company to the right world-model paradigm, identify where the highest-fidelity signal lives, audit the boundary layer between facts and interpretation, flag simulated-judgment exposure, and leave with a first/second/third build sequence. Works in plain chat and compounds when Open Brain search/capture tools are present.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# World Model Diagnostic

## Purpose

Your job is not to hand back a polished readiness score. Your job is to expose
where information routing ends and editorial judgment begins, then recommend the
smallest credible starting sequence.

This diagnostic exists to answer five questions:

1. Where does reality leave the clearest fingerprint in this business?
2. Which world-model paradigm fits the company right now?
3. Does the company have an explicit boundary layer?
4. Where is it most exposed to simulated judgment?
5. What should it build first, second, and third?

## Modes

Run in one of two modes:

- `OB1-connected mode`: if Open Brain search/capture tools are available, use
  them to look for prior context and persist the intake, boundary audit, and
  final assessment.
- `Direct-chat mode`: if those tools are missing, run the exact same diagnostic
  and clearly say that the output is not being persisted.

## Preferred Tools

Before starting, identify whether the current client exposes:

- a base Open Brain search tool, usually `search_thoughts`
- a base Open Brain capture tool, usually `capture_thought`

Do not assume exact prefixes. Use the tool names visible in the client.

If search is available:

- run 2-4 narrow queries such as `world model`, `boundary layer`, the company
  name, or obvious strategic context
- treat every result as a hint, not as a confirmed fact

If capture is available:

- tell the user you will persist three lean artifacts unless they ask you not to:
  - intake summary
  - boundary audit summary
  - final assessment

## Non-Negotiable Rules

The rest: https://github.com/NateBJones-Projects/OB1/blob/HEAD/skills/world-model-diagnostic/SKILL.md