Pre Mortem
- 1 installs
- 28 repo stars
- Updated June 29, 2026
- nickcrew/claude-cortex
Imagines project failure upfront to surface failure modes and mitigations across tech, UX, org, and market before work starts.
About
A planning skill that imagines failure upfront to surface failure modes, guardrails, and mitigations before work begins. A developer uses it when planning initiatives where early risk surfacing prevents rework.
- Imagines failure first to surface failure modes across tech, UX, org, and market
- Turns 2-3 mitigations into feature candidates with effort and owner
Pre Mortem by the numbers
- 1 all-time installs (skills.sh)
- Ranked #2,473 of 3,280 Productivity & Planning skills by installs in the Skillselion catalog
- Data as of Aug 4, 2026 (Skillselion catalog sync)
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| Installs | 1 |
|---|---|
| repo stars | ★ 28 |
| Last updated | June 29, 2026 |
| Repository | nickcrew/claude-cortex ↗ |
What it does
Imagines project failure upfront to surface failure modes and mitigations across tech, UX, org, and market before work starts.
Files
/collaboration:pre-mortem
Use when planning initiatives where early risk surfacing saves rework.
Inputs
- Initiative and horizon (30/90/180 days)
- Success definition
- Known risks/compliance constraints
Steps
1. Define success state and horizon (default 90 days). 2. List top failure modes across tech, UX, org, market, compliance. 3. For each, propose mitigations/guardrails with Effort (S/M/L) and Owner. 4. Pull 2–3 mitigations that double as feature ideas. 5. Create Tasks for guardrails or pass to /ctx:plan.
Output Template
### Success State (horizon)
### Failure Modes
### Mitigations & Guardrails (effort, owner)
### Feature Candidates from Mitigations
### Immediate TasksPairings
- Run after
/collaboration:concept-forgeto sanity-check top concepts. - Feed guardrails into
/dev:code-reviewor security skills as needed.
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