critical-thinking

critical-thinking is a skill for Claude Code from GiangGiangTran/ba-skills. It costs 41 tokens per session (1,702 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A structured way to analyze problems, test assumptions, judge evidence, and find root causes before reaching a conclusion.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it for complex problem analysis, decision-making, requirement clarification, proposal comparison, and business-logic validation.
Why use it?
It helps separate symptoms from causes and turns vague business problems into specific questions and arguments.

Skill for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: allowed-tools in frontmatter.

Good fit Use it for complex problem analysis, decision-making, requirement clarification, proposal comparison, and business-logic validation.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/gianggiangtran/ba-skills/critical-thinking
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Any agent
npx skills add GiangGiangTran/ba-skills --skill critical-thinking
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/GiangGiangTran/ba-skills

Made for: Claude Code.

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Per session 41 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 1,702 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 $0.00041 $0.01702
Opus 5 $0.00020 $0.00851
Sonnet 5 $0.00008 $0.00340
Haiku 4.5 $0.00004 $0.00170

Measured 12d ago against content hash 62dbed560101, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-12, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

critical-thinking 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 12d 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.

skills/critical-thinking/SKILL.md · 279 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 279 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Critical Thinking for BA

Master the BA's core skill: analyzing problems logically and rigorously.

What is Critical Thinking for BA?

Definition: Disciplined process of actively analyzing, evaluating, and synthesizing information to reach well-reasoned conclusions and identify root causes.

When to Use:

  • ✅ Analyzing complex business problems
  • ✅ Breaking down vague requirements into specific issues
  • ✅ Testing assumptions before major decisions
  • ✅ Evaluating competing proposals fairly
  • ✅ Identifying root causes vs symptoms
  • ✅ Building logical arguments for stakeholders

5 Core Thinking Frameworks

1. Root Cause Analysis (5 Whys)

Dig deeper to find real cause, not symptoms.

Process:

Problem: "Users complaining about slow system"
Why 1: Why is system slow?
      → Database queries taking too long
Why 2: Why are queries slow?
      → Missing indexes on common queries
Why 3: Why missing indexes?
      → Database optimization not prioritized
Why 4: Why not prioritized?
      → Performance metrics not tracked
Why 5: Why not tracked?
      → No performance SLA defined

Root Cause: Missing performance SLA and monitoring

When: When initial problem seems obvious but may not be the real issue

See: references/root-cause-analysis.md


2. Logical Argumentation (Toulmin Model)

Build arguments that stakeholders can follow and challenge.

Structure:

CLAIM: "We should build feature X"

EVIDENCE:
- 60% of users requested this
- Competitors have it
- User testing shows $50K annual value

WARRANT (Why evidence supports claim):
- User research is reliable indicator
- Competitor feature validates market need
- Financial impact is material

COUNTER-ARGUMENT:
- Effort: 3 months development
- Risk: Integration complexity

CONCLUSION:
- Benefits outweigh costs
- Recommend proceeding

When: Presenting proposals to decision-makers

See: references/logical-argumentation.md


3. Assumption Testing (Lean Startup)

Read the full file on GitHub · 279 lines

Files

What ships with it

1 file beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.

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. 12d ago First seen · 279 lines · 41 tokens per session scan A 62dbed560101

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critical-thinking is a skill published in the GitHub repository GiangGiangTran/ba-skills (6 stars, last pushed 7mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 41 tokens to every session and 1,702 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. 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.

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