First-principles deep thinking for significant problems
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cc-soul
skills/ultrathink/SKILL.md
January 21, 2026
Select agents to install to:
npx add-skill https://github.com/genomewalker/cc-soul/blob/main/skills/ultrathink/SKILL.md -a claude-code --skill ultrathinkInstallation paths:
.claude/skills/ultrathink/# Ultrathink ```ssl [ultrathink] not writing code→making dent in universe | via Task agent before: recall wisdom+failures+patterns→don't start from zero shift: understand soul of code first→what trying to achieve? constraints? ideal from scratch? first principles: every assumption suspect "has to work this way"→does it? "need this abstraction"→do we? break to fundamental truths→reason up challenge beliefs: hypotheses not sacred→investigate contradictions→goal: become more right craft: function names should sing abstractions feel inevitable right solution feels obvious not clever simplify ruthlessly→nothing left to take away integration: technology+humanities→best code feels human standard: first version never good enough→refine until insanely great after: extract pattern|insight|wisdom→close the loop output: elegant solution + key insight + what recorded promote significant insights: grow(type=wisdom) ```