Alterlab What If Oracle
Skill ActivePart of the AlterLab Academic Skills suite. Run structured What-If scenario analysis with multi-branch possibility exploration. Use this skill when the user asks speculative questions like "what if...", "what would happen if...", "what are the possibilities", "explore scenarios", "scenario analysis", "possibility space", "what could go wrong", "best case / worst case", "risk analysis", "contingency planning", "strategic options", or any question about uncertain futures. Also trigger when the user faces a fork-in-the-road decision, wants to stress-test an idea, or needs to think through consequences before committing.
To enable users to rigorously explore uncertain futures and make more informed decisions by mapping out the full possibility space of speculative questions.
Features
- Structured What-If scenario analysis
- Multi-branch possibility space exploration
- Sharpening vague questions into precise variables
- Analysis of best case, likely case, worst case, and other scenarios
- Identification of key assumptions, triggers, and consequences
- Synthesis of findings into robust and hedge actions
Use Cases
- Exploring potential outcomes of strategic decisions
- Stress-testing new ideas or business plans
- Conducting risk analysis and contingency planning
- Analyzing uncertain futures in research or policy
Non-Goals
- Predicting the future with certainty
- Replacing real-world action and execution
- Providing definitive answers without user input
Trust
- warning:Issues AttentionThere are 2 open issues and 0 closed issues in the last 90 days, indicating slow or no maintainer engagement on reported problems.
Installation
npx skills add AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab-Academic-SkillsRuns the Vercel skills CLI (skills.sh) via npx — needs Node.js locally and at least one installed skills-compatible agent (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, …). Assumes the repo follows the agentskills.io format.
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