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critical-thinking-tools

Critical Thinking Tools is a science-backed Claude Code plugin from Cognitive Bias Lab that helps users reason more clearly about decisions,

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Critical Thinking Tools is a science-backed Claude Code plugin from Cognitive Bias Lab that helps users reason more clearly about decisions, beliefs, plans, forecasts, and disagreements. It provides structured thinking workflows based on research in psychology, decision science, forecasting, intelligence analysis, and debiasing. The plugin includes 12 practical tools: devil’s advocate review, pre-mortem analysis, outside-view forecasting, competing hypotheses, consider-the-opposite, steelmanning, Socratic questioning, base-rate audits, causal story dissection, calibration forecasting, decision journals, and groupthink red-team checks. Each tool guides Claude to produce structured outputs with likely bias risks, evidence that would change the conclusion, next actions, and a short science note. The plugin is designed as a practical judgment aid, not a guarantee of unbiased thinking, and emphasizes uncertainty, evidence updates, and careful reasoning.

Details

Kind
Plugins
Topic
Government & public data
Publisher
cognitive-bias-lab
Origin
marketplace
Category
ferramentas
Last push
2026-04-18T16:10:22Z
Repository state
ativo
Language
JavaScript
License
MIT
Added
2026-08-30 01:48:58
Updated
2026-08-30 01:48:58
Origin id
cognitive-bias-lab/cognitive-bias-lab-plugins/critical-thinking-tools

README

# Cognitive Bias Lab Plugins

Science-backed Claude Code and Codex plugins from Cognitive Bias Lab.

Website: https://www.cognitivebiaslab.com/

Practice hub: https://www.cognitivebiaslab.com/practice/

## Available Plugins

- `critical-thinking-tools`: prompts and templates for clearer decisions, including devil's advocate review, pre-mortem analysis, outside-view checks, competing hypotheses, decision journals, calibration exercises, and groupthink red-team sessions.

## Install In Claude Code

```bash
claude plugin marketplace add cognitive-bias-lab/cognitive-bias-lab-plugins --scope user
claude plugin install critical-thinking-tools@cognitive-bias-lab
```

## Use Locally

```bash
git clone https://github.com/cognitive-bias-lab/cognitive-bias-lab-plugins.git
cd cognitive-bias-lab-plugins
node plugins/critical-thinking-tools/scripts/validate-skills.mjs
node plugins/critical-thinking-tools/scripts/smoke-prompts.mjs
```

## Marketplace Files

- Claude Code: `.claude-plugin/marketplace.json`
- Codex: `.agents/plugins/marketplace.json`

## Caveat

These tools are practical judgment aids, not guarantees of unbiased thinking. For medical, legal, financial, safety, or mental health decisions, use them alongside qualified expert advice.

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