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thinking-partner
mattnowdev/thinking-partnerPlugin
A deterministic thinking partner that challenges assumptions and applies 150+ mental models across 17 disciplines to sharpen decisions, solve problems, and think more clearly. Features include orientation detection that diagnoses 6 thinking states with targeted interventions, a structured 6-step workflow from diagnosis to synthesis, 7 complementary cognitive operation pairs, and explicit anti-patterns to avoid common reasoning failures. Works as a sparring session, not a lecture, asks one question at a time, names the model being applied, and challenges where it matters.
Why this score
Popularity score: 55/100 from public GitHub signals only. It shows how widely used and maintained this is, not how well it works. Not included yet: the fake-star check. The security scan is shown separately and doesn't change the score. How we rank
Security
Scanned Nov 4, 2026 at commit ce95b6280660, with Cisco's open-source skill-scanner.
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| Name | Score | Stars | Context | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| This onethinking-partner mattnowdev/thinking-partner · Plugin | 55 | ★ 226 | not measured | 7mo ago |
| sparring-partner QinghongLin/data2story-skill · Skill Both about partner and sparring | 51 | ★ 157 | ≈154 always | 4mo ago |
| design-thinking tronghieu/agent-skills · Skill Both about thinking | 60 | ★ 84 | ≈22 always | 17d ago |
| thinking-cynefin tjboudreaux/cc-thinking-skills · Skill Both about thinking | 67 | ★ 1.7k | ≈29 always | 3mo ago |
| gemini-thinking-protocol kennyzir/7deer_skills · Skill Both about thinking | 61 | ★ 326 | ≈28 always | 1mo ago |
| Leghis-smart-thinking Leghis/Smart-Thinking · MCP server Both about thinking | 74 | ★ 33 | not measured | 2mo ago |