Thinking Reversibility
Before heavy deliberation, classify the decision as cheap or costly to undo; decide...
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npx skills add tjboudreaux/cc-thinking-skills --skill thinking-reversibility -g -a claude-code -y- Repository
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- Category
- Engineering
- Updated
- 3mo ago
- License
- MIT
- Context cost
- Lightabout 732 tokens
- Runs scripts
- No, instructions only
What it does
Before heavy deliberation, classify the decision as cheap or costly to undo; decide two-way doors fast and stage one-way doors to preserve options.
Reversibility
Core rule: match process depth to undo cost. Most decisions are cheaper to reverse than they look; irreversible ones deserve deliberation and staged commitment.
When to Use
- Uncertain how much analysis a decision deserves (tech, process, product, org)
- Tempted to committee a low-blast-radius choice, or to rush a high-lock-in one
- Can redesign the move (pilot, flag, abstraction, time-box) to lower undo cost
- High-stakes choice where acting vs waiting have asymmetric recovery profiles
When NOT to Use
- Already classified this session, decide at matched depth; do not re-label forever
- Trivial two-way calls (names, local refactors) where deciding is cheaper than classifying
- Externally forced move with no optionality (hard deadline, contract, regulation)
- Correctness gates (security, data integrity) that need the right answer, not speed theater
