Verdict

Install in one command

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/verdict && curl -fsSL https://eliteaiadvantage.com/skills/verdict/SKILL.md -o ~/.claude/skills/verdict/SKILL.md

Verdict turns Claude into a five-person advisory council for one decision at a time. Each advisor has a distinct lens — long-term strategy, 90-day operations, failure modes, the buyer's chair, the person doing the work — and each is required to commit to a position. After they speak, Claude synthesizes one verdict, names the strongest dissent worth holding, and gives you a single concrete action to take in the next 48 hours.

It's built for the kind of decision that's reversible-but-expensive: pricing, scope, accepting or declining a client, build vs. buy, public positioning. The kind of call where one perspective either pumps you up or talks you out of it, and you discover the trade-off three weeks later anyway.

• →Forces structured disagreement instead of mush — five voices, each committed, no "on the other hand" hedging.
• →Surfaces the failure mode in advance — the Skeptic writes the regret email before you make the mistake.
• →Ends with one concrete action you can take today, not a list of things to consider.
• →Names the strongest dissent worth watching — so if it materializes later, you know to reverse.
• →Calibrated for solo operators and consultants making real money decisions, not generic startup advice.

• •Pricing a tier, package, or one-off engagement.
• •Accepting or declining a specific client or project.
• •Build vs. buy on a tool, system, or piece of content.
• •Public positioning shifts (rebrand, new offer name, thesis post).
• •What to publish, what to bet time on, what to kill or double down on.
• •Any "should I…" or "is it worth…" question where you're catching yourself looking for permission.

Without this skill, Claude tends to give balanced, both-sides answers to advice questions — which sounds thoughtful but rarely changes what you do. Verdict reshapes the response into five committed positions plus a synthesis that lands on one verdict and one next action. You stop getting consensus mush and start getting the structured argument you'd otherwise have with five different mentors over the course of a week.