Claude skill · v1.0 · the judgment filter

Decide what
NOT to build.

A structured product-judgment engine. Four gates; most ideas die early, that is the point. Give Claude a roadmap, an idea, or a build-vs-buy question; it runs the filter and returns a verdict. Willing to answer "don't build anything."

JOV—4 judgment filter
IDEAS INGATESOUT
CONCEPTDEEPTECH
free · claude code & claude.ai

The 20% worth building, found in one pass.

Install it. Hand Claude your backlog. Get a verdict, not a yes-man.

4kill-gates
1survivor
9KBinstall
012
G1 spreadsheet test: discipline in a costume?
G2 80/20: keep the vital few, no-list the rest
G3 figure/ground: behavior installed, not features
G4 evidence: signal-backed assumptions only
OUT 1 survivor + cheapest disconfirming test
Download .skill
CONCEPT sells the skill · DEEPTECH shows it running
01How it works

Four gates. Pore size shrinks downstream.

Each gate can kill the idea, and killing early is the point. An idea that dies at Gate 1 saves everything below it.

FIG.1 — signal through the filter · lit = surviving
12
G1 spreadsheet
discipline in a costume?
7
G2 80/20
keep the vital few
4
G3 figure/ground
behavior, not features
1
G4 evidence
signal-backed only
12ideas in
4gates
1survivor
0yes-men
02Output

Every run ends in a verdict.

## Verdict
Classification: DISCIPLINE | TOOLING-EARNED | HYBRID
The 20%: the 1 to 3 moves that carry the impact, each with its number
The no-list: everything cut, one defensible line each
Riskiest assumption: the load-bearing one most likely false
Cheapest disconfirming test: what to run, the cost, what kills it
Epitaphs: killed ideas, what killed each and what resurrects it
03Install

Two minutes, no dependencies.

▸ claude code
# personal, available in every project
unzip judgment-over-velocity.skill -d ~/.claude/skills/

# verify
do you have the judgment-over-velocity skill?
▸ claude.ai
Settings Capabilities Skills upload the .skill file.
04Try it on

Hand it a real decision.

"We want to build an internal dashboard to track KPIs across teams. Should we?"
"Here are the 14 items on our Q3 roadmap, help me prioritize."
"Sales wants a customer-feedback platform. We get ~30 items a quarter."
"Evaluate this: an AI agent that writes PRDs from Slack threads."
▸ get it

Run the four gates on your own roadmap.