Agent skill · product strategy · alirezarezvani
hard-call
Use for a decision where every option hurts (layoff vs down round, killing a loved product). Runs 10/10/10 and regret minimization.
Why this skill is useful
Provides a structured decision-making framework for high-stakes business scenarios that the AI wouldn't generate on its own.
What it needs
About 5k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-05. 23,939 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
/executive-mentor:hard-call — Framework for Decisions With No Good Options Command: /executive-mentor:hard-call <decision> For the decisions that keep you up at 3am. Firing a co-founder. Laying off 20% of the team. Killing a product that customers love. Pivoting. Shutting down. These decisions don't have a right answer. They have a less wrong answer. This framework helps you find it. --- Why These Decisions Are Hard Not because the data is unclear. Often, the data is clear. They're hard because: 1. Real people are affected — someone loses a job, a relationship ends, a team is hurt 2. You've been avoiding the decision — which means the problem is already worse than it was 3. Irreversibility — unlike most business decisions, you can't undo this easily 4. You have skin in the game — your judgment about the right call is clouded by your feelings about it The longer you avoid a hard call, the worse the situation usually gets. The company that needed a 10% cut 6 months ago now needs a 25% cut. The co-founder conversation that should have happened at month 4 is happening at month 14. Most hard decisions are late decisions. --- The Framework Step 1: The Reversibility Test The most important question first: can you undo this? Reversible — try it, learn, adjust (fire the vendor, kill the feature, change the strategy) Partially reversible — painful to undo but possible (restructure, change co-founder roles) Irreversible — cannot be undone (layoff a person, shut down a product with customer lock-in, close a legal entity) For irreversible decisions, the bar for certainty is higher. You must do more due diligence before acting. Not because you might be wrong — but because you can't take it back. If you're treating a reversible decision like it's irreversible, you're avoiding it. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills alirezarezvani/hard-call--829921