strategy-kernel

A framework for turning a strategic problem into a diagnosis, a guiding policy, and coordinated actions. It is based on Richard Rumelt’s approach to strategy.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to create or review strategic plans, decide what to focus on, and align actions after a pivot or market change.
Why use it?
It replaces scattered activity and vague ambitions with a specific problem and a focused direction.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/voxtechnologies/anty-framework/strategy-kernel
Any agent
npx skills add VoxTechnologies/anty-framework --skill strategy-kernel
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/VoxTechnologies/anty-framework

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

Per session 56 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 813 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

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ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00056 $0.00813
Opus 5 $0.00028 $0.00407
Sonnet 5 $0.00011 $0.00163
Haiku 4.5 $0.00006 $0.00081

Measured 2d ago against content hash f6f4d37eb397, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

strategy-kernel 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 2d 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.

Origin

Copies of this mod

1 near-identical copy found in the catalogue:

skills/strategy-kernel/SKILL.md · 76 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 76 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Strategy Kernel (Rumelt's Crux)

When to Apply

  • Creating or revising a Goal's strategy
  • Actions feel scattered or incoherent
  • Founder asks "what should we focus on?"
  • Buffer enters YELLOW/RED zone and strategy needs validation
  • After a major pivot or market shift

Core Framework

Three-Part Kernel (strict sequence)

1. DIAGNOSIS — What is the actual challenge?

Generate TWO framings:

  • Standard Diagnosis: Identify the specific obstacle preventing progress. Not symptoms — the underlying structural challenge.
  • Reframed Diagnosis: Question whether you're solving the right problem. "Disruption = changing the question." Present both to the founder.
Standard: "No scalable acquisition channel — LinkedIn organic works but can't scale."
Reframed: "Instead of 'how do we acquire customers,' ask 'how do we make customers acquire us?' — shifts from outbound push to product-led pull."

Diagnosis must be SPECIFIC and TESTABLE. Reject vague statements like "we need to grow faster."

2. GUIDING POLICY — Overall approach

One clear directional commitment that:

  • Directly addresses the diagnosed challenge
  • Says what you WILL do AND what you WON'T do
  • Creates advantage by concentrating effort
"Focus exclusively on LinkedIn organic through content + community. Do NOT invest in paid channels until CAC < CLV."

3. COHERENT ACTIONS — Mutually reinforcing set

All actions must:

  • Reinforce each other (not pull in different directions)
  • Align with the Guiding Policy
  • Be specific enough to execute this week

Decision Rules

  1. Sequence is sacred: Diagnosis MUST complete before Guiding Policy. Policy MUST exist before Actions.
  2. Reframing is required: Every Diagnosis must include at least one alternative framing.
  3. Coherence check: Run on every planning cycle. If any active Action contradicts the Guiding Policy, flag it immediately: "This contradicts your current strategy of [policy]."
  4. Deviation requires justification: If proposing an Action outside the Guiding Policy, explicitly state why the deviation is warranted.
  5. Founder chooses framing: Present both standard and reframed diagnoses. The founder decides which to pursue.

Read the full file on GitHub · 76 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. 2d ago First seen · 76 lines · 56 tokens per session scan A f6f4d37eb397

Subscribe to this mod's changes

strategy-kernel is a skill published in the GitHub repository VoxTechnologies/anty-framework (6 stars, last pushed 4mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 56 tokens to every session and 813 once invoked, about $0.0003 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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