future-selves-council
Bring three versions of future-you into a decision — you in a week, in a year, and in ten years — because they each want different things. Use when asked what would future me want, will I regret this, think long-term about this choice, or help me decide for the long run. Produces each future self's honest take on today's decision, where they conflict (short-term relief vs long-term payoff), whose vote should weigh most given what's at stake, and the choice that best serves the future-you that matters here.
Profile →npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill future-selves-council --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.
# Future Selves Council Most bad decisions are a fight between present-you (who wants relief now) and future-you (who pays for it). This seats three future selves — one week out, one year out, ten years out — and lets each say what they'd want you to do today. Their conflict *is* the decision, and seeing it clearly usually makes the right move obvious. ## What This Skill Produces - **Three future takes** — you-in-a-week, you-in-a-year, you-in-ten-years, each on today's decision - **The conflict** — where short-term relief and long-term payoff pull against each other (the heart of most tough choices) - **Whose vote weighs most** — which future self should dominate given what's actually at stake here - **The choice that serves them** — the decision that best honors the future-you that matters most, and how to make it bearable for present-you ## Required Inputs Ask for these if not provided: - **The decision** — what you're choosing, especially if it's now-vs-later - **The now-pull** — what present-you wants (comfort, avoidance, a treat, safety) - **The stakes** — reversible and small, or lasting and big - **Your values** — what future-you would actually care about ## Framework: Let E
- What This Skill Produces
- Required Inputs
- Framework: Let Each Future Self Vote
- Output Format
- Decision: [what you're choosing]
- Quality Checks
- Anti-Patterns
- Example Trigger Phrases
What does the future-selves-council skill do?
Bring three versions of future-you into a decision — you in a week, in a year, and in ten years — because they each want different things. Use when asked what would future me want, will I regret this, think long-term about this choice, or help me decide for the long run. Produces each future self's honest take on today's decision, where they conflict (short-term relief vs long-term payoff), whose vote should weigh most given what's at stake, and the choice that best serves the future-you that matters here.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill future-selves-council --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.