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Peer Selection Advisor

Helps you choose which people to keep close, distance yourself from, or seek out, using the 'five chimpanzees' idea.

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

What it does

This skill teaches the agent to help you think about your closest relationships. It is based on an idea from Naval Ravikant's book about the 'five chimpanzees' theory: the people you spend the most time with tend to predict your behaviour, emotions and success. When you ask about making friends, changing social circles, choosing a partner or whether to pull away from someone, the agent walks you through a short process: listing your five most frequent contacts, checking whether each one is positive, negative or neutral, deciding how to handle negative relationships, and writing a short list of core values to judge new people by.

Great for

  • People who feel drained or pulled down by friends and want to reassess their circle
  • Someone moving to a new city or job who wants to deliberately find better company
  • Anyone wondering whether to distance themselves from a particular person

Skip it if

  • Workplace relationships you cannot avoid, such as colleagues you must work with; the skill itself says to set boundaries there instead of cutting ties (reason: cutting off is often impractical)
  • Family members or people you cannot realistically leave; the skill notes these need boundaries rather than exit (reason: the advice may cause real harm if applied bluntly)
  • Someone in a personal low point who blames everyone else; the skill says to take personal responsibility first (reason: selecting people will not solve a problem rooted in one's own choices)

Try asking

  • “I feel like my friends are always complaining and it is dragging me down. How do I decide whether to step back?”
  • “Help me list my five most frequent contacts and rate each as positive, negative or neutral.”
  • “I'm moving to a new city. How can I find friends who are more optimistic and successful?”
  • “Help me write a list of three to five core values to test whether a new friend or partner is a good fit.”
Step-by-step guide: how to use Peer Selection AdvisorInstall, 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.

    peer-selection.zip
  2. 2

    Add it to your agent

    Claude Code (all projects)

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

    Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)

    mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip peer-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

  • Be honest and specific about the people involved; the agent works from the details you give it, not from assumptions.
  • Treat the output as a reflection aid, not a verdict on anyone. The skill itself notes the five chimpanzees idea is a metaphor rather than rigorous psychology.
  • Ask for the values checklist separately if you want a reusable tool for judging new people.

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.