Browse reusable Agent Skills, each with a clear purpose and practical guidance.
Use when launching major policy reforms or establishing trust before implementing new laws. Follows Shang Yang's 徙木立信 method — creating a simple public task with escalating rewards to demonstrate that government promises are kept before announcing real reforms.
Use when advising a ruler or superior during a political crisis. Employs historical analogies, proverbs, and consequence analysis to persuade leaders to take difficult but necessary action.
Use when evaluating unexpected benefits or opportunities during crisis or competition. Applies the principle that unearned benefits often carry hidden costs: analyze the source, examine causation chains, assume strategic motivation, and evaluate long-term consequences before accepting or rejecting.
Use when arguing against appeasement of an aggressive power demanding supremacy. Frames submission as total loss of sovereignty, cites historical precedents of destruction through capitulation, and proposes coalition resistance.
Use when managing uncollectible debts or converting financial obligations into political capital. Categorizes debtors by ability to pay, publicly burns uncollectible debt documents at a community gathering, and frames forgiveness as investment in loyalty and reputation rather than loss.
Use when requesting assistance from a powerful party at negligible cost to them. Based on Su Dai's (苏代) candlelight metaphor — framing the request as sharing excess that costs nothing ('your candlelight has surplus; share it and lose nothing') to maximize willingness to help.
Use when persuading a powerful but hesitant ally to provide military assistance during a crisis. Covers acknowledging the situation, establishing the value relationship, presenting urgency arguments, articulating consequences of inaction, and framing the ally's loss from delayed intervention.
Use when dissuading a victorious leader from overextending through further military action. Employs the 'painting feet on a snake' (画蛇添足) analogy to demonstrate that additional gains risk losing everything already achieved, and frames withdrawal as preserving honor.
Use when recruiting team members or building an organization for unpredictable environments. Based on Mengchang Jun's (孟尝君) acceptance of unconventional talents — including 'dog thieves' and 'rooster imitators' — who proved invaluable when conventional skills failed in crisis.