widescreen-research: Command for Claude Code

.claude/commands/games/ulysses-protocol.md

ulysses-protocol is a command for Claude Code from glassBead-tc/widescreen-research. It costs 0 tokens per session (2,003 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A structured method for debugging difficult or high-risk problems through fixed phases and decision checks.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to investigate bugs, plan solutions, assess risk, and decide when to change or escalate an approach.
Why use it?
It limits repeated trial-and-error and requires a clear problem, likely causes, success measures, and risks before work continues.

Command for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: $ARGUMENTS substitution.

This is glassBead-tc/widescreen-research's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on widescreen-research itself, so it is not a mod to install elsewhere. Copy it as a starting point and replace the rules that are about this project. Everything widescreen-research configures →

Needs its repository: it reads a path above its own folder, which exists only inside the repository. The line is => [swarm_intelligence](../orchestration/swarm-intelligence.md): Deploy research_agent to gather all available context.

Reuse

Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to glassBead-tc/widescreen-research. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.

Copy the file
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/glassBead-tc/widescreen-research/main/.claude/commands/games/ulysses-protocol.md
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/glassBead-tc/widescreen-research

Made for: Claude Code.

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Per session 0 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 2,003 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00000 $0.02003
Opus 5 $0.00000 $0.01001
Sonnet 5 $0.00000 $0.00401
Haiku 4.5 $0.00000 $0.00200

Measured 8d ago against content hash 1036eb8691b6, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-08, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

ulysses-protocol scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 8d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

.claude/commands/games/ulysses-protocol.md · 296 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 296 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Ulysses Protocol

High-stakes debugging and problem-solving framework that prevents endless iteration cycles while maintaining quality through systematic phases and decision gates.

Variables

PROBLEM_STATEMENT: $ARGUMENTS ITERATION_LIMIT: $ARGUMENTS (default: 3) CONFIDENCE_THRESHOLD: $ARGUMENTS (default: 0.95) STAKES: "low" | "medium" | "high" | "critical" COMMENTS: $ARGUMENTS

Protocol Phases

Phase 1: Reconnaissance (Time-boxed: 25% of budget)

OBJECTIVE: Understand the problem space completely

=> [swarm_intelligence](../orchestration/swarm-intelligence.md): Deploy research_agent to gather all available context
=> [swarm_intelligence](../orchestration/swarm-intelligence.md): Deploy analysis_agent to map system state and dependencies
=> [time_machine](../analysis/time-machine.md): Historical context and decisions
=> [knowledge_graph](../analysis/knowledge-graph.md): Visualize relationships

GATE: Can we clearly define the problem?
- [ ] Problem statement is specific and measurable
- [ ] Root cause hypotheses are formed
- [ ] Success criteria are defined
- [ ] Risk assessment is complete

If GATE fails: Escalate or change approach

Phase 2: Strategic Planning (Time-boxed: 15% of budget)

OBJECTIVE: Design solution approach with multiple contingencies

-> [implementation_variants](../development/implementation-variants.md): Generate 3 solution approaches
-> [swarm_intelligence](../orchestration/swarm-intelligence.md): Evaluate approaches across dimensions
-> [pattern_synthesizer](../synthesis/pattern-synthesizer.md): Learn from similar problems

DECISION MATRIX:
- Implementation complexity
- Risk of unintended consequences
- Resource requirements
- Probability of success
- Rollback difficulty

GATE: Do we have a viable plan?
- [ ] Primary approach selected with high confidence
- [ ] Backup approaches identified
- [ ] Risk mitigation strategies in place
- [ ] Success metrics defined

If GATE fails: Return to reconnaissance or escalate

Read the full file on GitHub · 296 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 8d ago First seen · 296 lines · 0 tokens per session scan A 1036eb8691b6

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ulysses-protocol is a command published in the GitHub repository glassBead-tc/widescreen-research (6 stars, last pushed 10mo ago), licensed MIT. It costs nothing until one of its globs matches a file; then it loads 2,003 tokens. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.