decision-when-tired
Make a decent decision when you're too depleted to think well — a low-energy protocol that protects you from bad tired-brain choices. Use when asked I'm too tired to decide, help me choose I'm exhausted, I can't think straight right now, or should I even decide this now. Produces a first check on whether this decision can simply wait until you're rested, and if not, a minimal-effort path to a safe-enough choice (default to reversible, avoid the tired-brain traps, use a simple rule) — because decisions made depleted are predictably worse, and the best move is often not to make them now.
Profile →npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill decision-when-tired --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Decision When Tired Tired brains make bad decisions — impulsive, pessimistic, or whatever's easiest — and then live with them. The best protocol when depleted is usually *don't decide yet*. This first checks whether the decision can wait; if it genuinely can't, it walks you to a safe-enough choice with minimal thinking: default to the reversible option, dodge the known tired-brain traps, and apply a simple rule rather than deep analysis you can't do right now. ## What This Skill Produces - **The can-it-wait check** — the first and best question: does this actually need deciding now, or can it wait for a rested brain? - **The tired-brain trap flags** — the predictable ways exhaustion distorts choices (impulse-buying, catastrophizing, picking the easy-not-right option, saying yes to make it stop) - **The safe-enough path** — if it can't wait, a low-effort route to a reasonable choice (favor reversible, satisfice, use a rule) - **A simple decision rule** — a heuristic to apply instead of analysis you don't have the energy for - **A do-not-decide list** — the choices to explicitly defer until rested ## Required Inputs Ask for these if not provided: - **The decision** — what you're tr
- What This Skill Produces
- Required Inputs
- Framework: First, Don't Decide
- Output Format
- Decision: [what you're choosing] · depletion: [level]
- Quality Checks
- Anti-Patterns
- Example Trigger Phrases
What does the decision-when-tired skill do?
Make a decent decision when you're too depleted to think well — a low-energy protocol that protects you from bad tired-brain choices. Use when asked I'm too tired to decide, help me choose I'm exhausted, I can't think straight right now, or should I even decide this now. Produces a first check on whether this decision can simply wait until you're rested, and if not, a minimal-effort path to a safe-enough choice (default to reversible, avoid the tired-brain traps, use a simple rule) — because decisions made depleted are predictably worse, and the best move is often not to make them now.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill decision-when-tired --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, a repository with 1,277 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.