the-ick-decoder
Figure out whether 'the ick' about someone you're dating is a real incompatibility, a genuine red flag, or an anxious/avoidant self-sabotage pattern worth pushing through — by interrogating the specific ick honestly. Use when someone says 'I caught the ick and I don't know why', 'is this a red flag or am I just scared', 'I always find a reason to end things', or is talking themselves out of someone good. Produces a decode of the specific ick, a red-flag vs pattern verdict, and a next move. Honest self-reflection, not a permission slip in either direction.
Profile →npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill the-ick-decoder --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.
# The Ick Decoder Skill "The ick" — the sudden inexplicable repulsion toward someone you were into — is one of dating's great confusions, because it comes in three completely different flavors wearing the same costume. Sometimes it's your instincts correctly flagging a real incompatibility or red flag. Sometimes it's an anxious/avoidant self-sabotage pattern that manufactures a reason to flee anyone who gets close. And sometimes it's a superficial ick (he ran for the bus funny) that has nothing to do with anything. Most dating advice validates whichever one you want to hear. This skill instead interrogates the *specific* ick to tell which flavor it is — because dumping someone great over an avoidant spiral and ignoring a real red flag are opposite mistakes with the same feeling. ## What This Skill Produces - A **decode of the specific ick**: what exactly triggered it, and what category it's pointing at (values/incompatibility, safety/red-flag, attachment-pattern, or genuinely superficial) - A **verdict**: real red flag (trust it, act) · genuine incompatibility (valid, no villain) · self-sabotage pattern (worth examining before acting) · superficial (let it pass) — with the reasonin
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What does the the-ick-decoder skill do?
Figure out whether 'the ick' about someone you're dating is a real incompatibility, a genuine red flag, or an anxious/avoidant self-sabotage pattern worth pushing through — by interrogating the specific ick honestly. Use when someone says 'I caught the ick and I don't know why', 'is this a red flag or am I just scared', 'I always find a reason to end things', or is talking themselves out of someone good. Produces a decode of the specific ick, a red-flag vs pattern verdict, and a next move. Honest self-reflection, not a permission slip in either direction.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill the-ick-decoder --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.