# Let Fate Decide

Draws the 12 Houses of the Zodiac Tarot spread to inject entropy into planning when...

- Repository: https://github.com/trailofbits/skills (7935 stars)
- Category: Engineering
- License: CC-BY-SA-4.0
- Last updated: 2026-10-28
- Runs scripts: yes, review before use

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add trailofbits/skills --skill let-fate-decide -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add trailofbits/skills --skill let-fate-decide -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add trailofbits/skills --skill let-fate-decide -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add trailofbits/skills --skill let-fate-decide -g -a gemini-cli -y`
Claude Code plugin marketplace: `/plugin marketplace add trailofbits/skills`

## Description

Draws the 12 Houses of the Zodiac Tarot spread to inject entropy into planning when prompts are vague, ambiguous, or casually delegated. Interprets the spread to guide next steps. Use when the user says 'let fate decide', 'YOLO', 'whatever', 'idk', or other nonchalant phrases, makes Yu-Gi-Oh references, or when you are about to arbitrarily pick between multiple reasonable approaches. Prefer over asking clarifying questions when the user's tone is casual or playful rather than precision-seeking.

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

# Let Fate Decide

When the path forward is unclear, let the cards speak.

## Quick Start

Resolve [the drawing script](scripts/draw_cards.py) from this `SKILL.md`'s installed
location, not the shell's working directory. In the commands below, replace
`<resolved-script-path>` with that absolute path, keeping the quotes. Relative
links and JSON `file` paths resolve from the directory containing this `SKILL.md`.

1. Run the drawing script:
   ```bash
   uv run --no-config "<resolved-script-path>"
   ```

2. The script outputs JSON for the default 12 Houses of the Zodiac spread:
   12 houses, each with 1 Major Arcana card and 2 Minor Arcana cards. Each
   house and card includes a `file` path relative to this `SKILL.md`'s directory.

3. Read each house file and each card's meaning file to understand the draw.
   For faster reads, use `--content` to include house and card text directly
   in the JSON:
   ```bash
   uv run --no-config "<resolved-script-path>" --content
   ```

4. Interpret the spread using [the interpretation guide](references/INTERPRETATION_GUIDE.md)

5. When the task belongs to a specialized technical workflow, use
   [technical context lenses](references/TECHNICAL_CONTEXT_LENSES.md)
   to translate the reading into an audit, verification, domain, failure-class,
   or stakeholder lens

6. Apply the interpretation to the task at hand

## When to Use

The rest: https://github.com/trailofbits/skills/blob/HEAD/plugins/let-fate-decide/skills/let-fate-decide/SKILL.md