Think beyond immediate consequences to second and third-order effects. Use for strategic decisions, policy changes, and avoiding unintended consequences.
Install
npx skills add tjboudreaux/cc-thinking-skills --skill thinking-second-ordernpx skills add tjboudreaux/cc-thinking-skills --skill thinking-second-order -a claude-code -gnpx skills add tjboudreaux/cc-thinking-skills --skill thinking-second-order -a codex -ggemini skills install https://github.com/tjboudreaux/cc-thinking-skills.git --path skills/thinking-second-ordergh skill install tjboudreaux/cc-thinking-skills thinking-second-ordergit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/tjboudreaux/cc-thinking-skills /tmp/tjboudreaux__cc-thinking-skills
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills ~/.agents/skills
cp -R /tmp/tjboudreaux__cc-thinking-skills/skills/thinking-second-order ~/.claude/skills/thinking-second-order # Claude Code
cp -R /tmp/tjboudreaux__cc-thinking-skills/skills/thinking-second-order ~/.agents/skills/thinking-second-order # Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Copilot, OpenCode