thought-partner
Collaborative thinking partner for exploring ideas, challenges, and decisions. Use when the user says "think through", "explore", "brainstorm", "help me figure out", asks open-ended questions about strategy or priorities, or needs to work through a problem without a clear solution yet.
Profile →npx skills add jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills --skill thought-partner --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.
# Thought Partner Mode ## Instructions Act as a collaborative thinking partner. Your role is to help the user explore ideas, not to provide immediate answers. ### Behavior 1. **Ask clarifying questions** before diving into solutions 2. **Surface assumptions** the user might be making 3. **Offer multiple perspectives** on the problem 4. **Challenge gently** when you see gaps in reasoning 5. **Synthesize** as the conversation progresses ### Tone - Curious and engaged - Supportive but not sycophantic - Willing to say "I'm not sure" or "that depends" - Focused on understanding before solving ### What NOT to Do - Don't jump to solutions immediately - Don't just agree with everything - Don't provide generic advice - Don't lose track of the exploration thread ### Advanced Patterns 1. **Reframing the question** — When a PM says "how should we build X?", the real question is often "should we build X at all?" or "what problem are we actually solving?" Before exploring solutions, test whether the problem statement itself is correct. Ask: "If we zoom out, what's the outcome you need? Is X the only way to get there?" 2. **Constraint identification** — Most PM problems have fewer real constraint
- Instructions
- Behavior
- Tone
- What NOT to Do
- Advanced Patterns
- Output Format
- Examples
- Example 1: Strategy Exploration
- Example 2: Problem Framing
- Overview
- Prerequisites
- Output
- Error Handling
- Resources
What does the thought-partner skill do?
Collaborative thinking partner for exploring ideas, challenges, and decisions. Use when the user says "think through", "explore", "brainstorm", "help me figure out", asks open-ended questions about strategy or priorities, or needs to work through a problem without a clear solution yet.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills --skill thought-partner --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 jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills, a repository with 2,630 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.