Getting it into your agent
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npx skills add tupe12334/instinct --skill the-project-portfolio-matrixgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/tupe12334/instinctWrote 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.
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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 | $0.00024 | $0.01625 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00012 | $0.00813 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00005 | $0.00325 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00002 | $0.00162 |
Grade A, and why
the-project-portfolio-matrix 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 9d 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 — 145 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
The Project Portfolio Matrix
Overview
Plot projects on two axes to guide investment and prioritization decisions:
- Strategic Value (vertical): impact on goals, revenue, competitive position
- Effort / Risk (horizontal): cost, time, complexity, uncertainty
LOW EFFORT HIGH EFFORT
┌─────────────┬─────────────────┐
HIGH VALUE │ QUICK WINS │ MAJOR PROJECTS │
│ (Do first) │ (Plan & staff) │
├─────────────┼─────────────────┤
LOW VALUE │ FILL-INS │ THANKLESS │
│ (If spare │ TASKS │
│ capacity) │ (Eliminate) │
└─────────────┴─────────────────┘
Quadrant Definitions
Quick Wins — High Value, Low Effort
- Maximum ROI
- Do these first; they build momentum and free capacity
- Watch for scope creep turning them into Major Projects
Major Projects — High Value, High Effort
- Strategic bets; essential for long-term positioning
- Require dedicated teams, milestones, and risk management
- Schedule carefully; don't understaff
Fill-ins — Low Value, Low Effort
- Nice to have; do only when high-value work is blocked
- Easy to overinvest; timebox these
Thankless Tasks — Low Value, High Effort
- Kill these. If they exist for compliance/legacy reasons, automate or outsource
- Never staff strategically important people here
How to Apply
Step 1 — Inventory
List all candidate projects or initiatives.
Step 2 — Score Strategic Value (1–10)
Consider:
- Revenue or cost impact
- Alignment with top-level goals/OKRs
- Competitive differentiation
- Customer impact
- Strategic optionality (does it unlock future projects?)
Step 3 — Score Effort / Risk (1–10)
Consider:
- Person-weeks or cost to deliver
- Technical complexity
- Dependencies on other teams or systems
- Uncertainty in scope or outcome
- Opportunity cost
Step 4 — Plot and classify
High value = score ≥6. High effort = score ≥6. Adjust thresholds to your context.
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.
- 9d ago First seen · 145 lines · 24 tokens per session scan A 028c4c8e4413
the-project-portfolio-matrix is a skill published in the GitHub repository tupe12334/instinct (1 stars, last pushed 24d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 24 tokens to every session and 1,625 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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