wrap-decision

Guide teams through structured decision-making with evidence, options, and guardrails.

Updated Aug 21, 2025
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Skill: wrap-decision
Source: https://github.com/tarrragon/blog/tree/main/.claude/skills/wrap-decision
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/tarrragon/blog --skill wrap-decision

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

💡 This Skill includes references (resource) components.

What problem does it solve?

WRAP Decision framework helps teams prevent biased, rushed or misaligned decisions by providing a structured, multi-stage process for evidence, options, and guardrails.

Core Features & Use Cases

It offers Anchor Check, Data Sufficiency Gate, Widen Your Options, Reality-Test, Attain Distance, Prepare to Be Wrong, and Tripwire safeguards, and is applicable to product decisions, architectural reviews, risk analysis, and policy proposals. The steps promote rigorous thinking, bias mitigation, and transparent trade-offs with practical patterns for quick starts and deep dives.

Quick Start

Run Anchor Check to confirm the decision context, then apply W/A/P steps to surface alternatives, test assumptions, and plan mitigations before proceeding.

Frequently Asked Questions about wrap-decision

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

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How do I prevent biased or rushed decisions during high-stakes product reviews?

To prevent biased or rushed decisions during product reviews, you need a structured decision-making framework that enforces data sufficiency checks, reality testing, and risk-aware planning before committing. This ensures transparent trade-offs and stakeholder alignment.

What is the best way to widen options and test assumptions for architectural decisions?

The best way to widen options for architectural decisions is applying a multi-stage framework that requires defining anchors, validating data, generating diverse options, and reality-testing assumptions to quantify opportunity costs before proceeding.

When do I need a structured guardrail process for stakeholder alignment?

You need a structured guardrail process for stakeholder alignment when facing stuck analysis, scope creep, or high-stakes policy proposals where bias mitigation and rigorous thinking are required to prevent misaligned commitments.

Can I use this decision framework for policy proposals and scope creep scenarios?

Yes, you can use this decision framework for policy proposals and scope creep scenarios. It applies structured, multi-stage processes for evidence gathering, option widening, and risk-aware planning to enforce rigorous thinking and prepare fallback plans.

How do I prepare fallback plans and tripwire safeguards before committing to a proposal?

To prepare fallback plans and tripwire safeguards before committing, you apply the prepare-to-be-wrong step to quantify opportunity costs, test assumptions, and establish distance, ensuring risk-aware planning and fallback readiness before the final decision.

Does this decision-making approach require specific dependencies to validate data sufficiency?

No, this decision-making approach requires no external dependencies to validate data sufficiency. It provides self-contained reference components to guide anchor checks, validate evidence, and enforce data sufficiency gates for transparent trade-offs.