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Zero-Sum Game Reflection

Helps the agent sort life situations into status, wealth, or solo games to ease envy and attacks

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Repository
kangarooking/cangjie-skill
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11,998
Licence
MIT
Files
3 files

What it does

This is a reading-based thinking guide drawn from a book by Naval Ravikant. When someone feels envy, competition fatigue, or confusion about being attacked, the agent uses the skill to ask what kind of 'game' they are in: a zero-sum status game, a positive-sum wealth game, or a solo game of inner growth. It then offers steps such as checking whether they would trade places with the person they envy, and questioning whether an external reward is worth chasing. It is not meant for winning competitions.

Great for

  • People who feel stressed by envy or comparison with others
  • Someone trying to decide whether a rivalry or status pursuit is worth their energy
  • Readers of the Naval Almanack who want a practical framework from that book

Skip it if

  • Competitive planning, such as how to win a sports match or secure a promotion, since the skill itself says to use a different approach there
  • Serious mental health concerns, because this is a reflective framework from a popular book, not clinical support
  • Workplace or political conflicts that cannot be avoided, since the skill itself notes that 'exiting the game' is unrealistic in those settings

Try asking

  • “Why do people keep attacking me at work, and what game are they playing?”
  • “I feel envious of my friend's success. How can I work through that?”
  • “Am I doing this project for external approval or for my own standards?”
Step-by-step guide: how to use Zero-Sum Game ReflectionInstall, first run, examples, tips and FAQs

Install in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Download the skill

    The ZIP contains the 3 original files, the MIT licence and an attribution note.

    game-selection.zip
  2. 2

    Add it to your agent

    Claude Code (all projects)

    mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && unzip game-selection.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

    Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)

    mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip game-selection.zip -d .claude/skills/

    Claude apps (web/desktop): Settings → Capabilities → Skills → Upload skill, and choose the ZIP.

  3. 3

    Ask for the task

    No special command needed — the agent reads the skill's description and loads it when your request matches. Try one of the prompts above.

Get better results

  • Use it for reflection on emotions and motives, and pair it with practical advice when you have a real competition to handle.
  • Answer the diagnostic questions honestly; the skill works by changing how you frame a situation.
  • Treat the book's ideas as one perspective and cross-check important decisions with other sources.

What's inside

  • SKILL.md
  • test-prompts.json
  • test-results.md

Redistributed unmodified from kangarooking/cangjie-skill under the MIT licence. The assessment was drafted with AI from the skill's files on 2026-10-29. Skills can instruct your agent to run code — read SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.