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decision-mental-models

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Apply the most relevant mental models (First Principles, Inversion, Second-Order Thinking, Occam's Razor, and 16 others) to any problem or decision, surfaces non-obvious insights by explicitly matching and working through 2-3 models per query.

When to use

• User presents a problem they are stuck on or unsure how to approach
• User faces a decision between two or more options
• User asks "how should I think about X?" or "what am I missing?"
• User describes a situation that feels complex, unclear, or emotionally loaded
• User says "help me decide", "what would you do", "I keep going in circles", or "what's the best way to approach this?"
• User is planning something and wants to stress-test assumptions
• User is explaining a failure and wants to understand what went wrong
• Requests for factual lookups, definitions, or research summaries with no decision component

When not to use

• factual lookups
• definitions
• research summaries with no decision component
• pure creative writing tasks
• technical tasks like code, data, or math
• small talk or casual conversation

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