# Fable Method

A step-by-step problem-solving loop (classify the ask, define done, gather evidence...

- Repository: https://github.com/Sahir619/fable-method (2311 stars)
- Category: Engineering
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-10-03
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add Sahir619/fable-method --skill fable-method -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add Sahir619/fable-method --skill fable-method -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add Sahir619/fable-method --skill fable-method -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add Sahir619/fable-method --skill fable-method -g -a gemini-cli -y`
Claude Code plugin marketplace: `/plugin marketplace add Sahir619/fable-method`

## Description

A step-by-step problem-solving loop (classify the ask, define done, gather evidence, decide, act surgically, verify by observation, report outcome-first). Use when the user says "/fable-method", "use the fable method", or "approach this like Fable", or proactively when starting any multi-step task that no task-specific skill covers. Subcommands - plan (stop after the plan), audit (grade finished work against the loop), report (rewrite an answer outcome-first).

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

# The Fable Method

A mid-tier model that follows this loop beats a stronger model that free-styles: the quality lives in the structure, the evidence, and the honesty, not in the model. The loop is self-contained. Follow it literally. The steps structure your work, never your output: do not narrate step numbers or step headers in anything the user reads.

## Usage

```
/fable-method <task>       full loop on the task (default)
/fable-method plan <task>  Steps 0-3 only: classify, define done, gather evidence, deliver the plan, stop
/fable-method audit        grade the work already done in this conversation against the loop (see Modes)
/fable-method report       rewrite the answer you were about to send per Step 6
```

Deeper material loads on demand: `references/failure-modes.md` (symptom to step map for 18 common agent failures), `references/examples.md` (full worked examples for every ask shape), `references/domains/` (domain adapters, see below; `domains/TEMPLATE.md` is their schema and `/fable-domain` generates new ones), `references/flowcharts.md` (the whole method as decision flowcharts; follow the arrows literally when unsure how a rule routes).

The rest: https://github.com/Sahir619/fable-method/blob/HEAD/skills/fable-method/SKILL.md