Getting it into your agent
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npx skills add redhuntlabs/wizard --skill decisions-need-an-alternativegit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/redhuntlabs/wizardWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/skills/redhuntlabs/wizard/decisions-need-an-alternative)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/redhuntlabs/wizard/decisions-need-an-alternative"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/redhuntlabs/wizard/decisions-need-an-alternative/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/redhuntlabs/wizard/decisions-need-an-alternative"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/redhuntlabs/wizard/decisions-need-an-alternative.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>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.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00029 | $0.00861 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00015 | $0.00430 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00006 | $0.00172 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00003 | $0.00086 |
Grade A, and why
decisions-need-an-alternative 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 10d 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.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 92 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Decisions Need an Alternative
What this does
Forces every decision to name at least one explicit alternative that was considered and the reason it lost. Prevents the "obvious choice" trap that's the source of most preventable bad calls.
When to use
- About to recommend an option to someone
- About to commit to a path
- About to close out a comparison
- About to tell someone "let's do X"
What you bring (Inputs)
- The decision being made
- The recommended option
What you get (Output)
The decision PLUS an explicit "considered alternative" with reason rejected.
How it works (Steps)
This is a discipline. The behavioral structure is: a non-negotiable rule (below), an excuses-and-counters table to defeat rationalizations, warning signs to spot the moment of risk, and a hard gate that fires before declaring the decision. Apply the gate at every decision; name an alternative or pause.
The non-negotiable rule
No decision is final without naming at least one alternative considered and the specific reason it was rejected.
Excuses and counters
| If you think... | Reality |
|---|---|
| "There's an obvious choice" | "Obvious" is the rationalization that costs the most. Name an alternative. |
| "I considered alternatives in my head" | If they're not written down, they don't count. Write them. |
| "We're in a hurry" | The cost of a bad decision is bigger than the cost of writing one alternative. |
| "There's no real alternative" | "Do nothing" is always an alternative. So is "wait a week." Name one. |
| "Everyone agrees on this" | Universal agreement is a warning sign, not a green light. Name the dissent. |
| "This is reversible, doesn't need rigor" | Reversible decisions still benefit from one named alternative. 30 seconds. |
Warning signs
- Reasoning includes "obviously," "clearly," "the answer is"
- You're recommending something without having to think about why
- You feel time pressure to skip the comparison
- Everyone in the room nodded immediately
- You can't say what would have been a reasonable second-best
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.
- 10d ago First seen · 92 lines · 29 tokens per session scan A 56878c3abd36
decisions-need-an-alternative is a skill published in the GitHub repository redhuntlabs/wizard (9 stars, last pushed 4mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 29 tokens to every session and 861 once invoked, about $0.0001 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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