Agent skill · vasilyu1983
foundations-game-theory
Game-theory primitives for strategic decision systems, auctions, mechanism design, incentives, attribution, negotiation, debate, and trust. Use when modeling strategic play.
What it needs
About 10k tokens when loaded.
What this skill does
Game Theory Foundations 22 applied game-theory primitives for strategic decision systems, backed by a formal theory map. Each applied primitive solves a specific incentive or coordination failure. Primitives are domain-agnostic: the same mechanism that prevents free-riding in agent teams prevents cost-shifting in partnership contracts; the same auction that routes tasks routes ad placements. For the agent-team applied recipe layer (team.yaml manifest fields, agent-team anti-patterns, agent-team decision checklist, composition recipes for typical agent-team scenarios), see agents-subagents/references/game-theory-agent-teams.md. Contents Quick Reference Primitive Index Formal Supporting Theory Expert Judgment: When the Model Helps vs Misleads Anti-Patterns Misuse Boundaries Decision Checklist Composition Recipes Workflow ASCII Flow Current Pattern Review Navigation Fact-Checking --- Quick Reference Primitive Domain Recipe Stub ----------- -------- ------------- Belief-Driven Coordination (ECON) Multi-party teams, distributed analysis, agent teams Members optimize against beliefs about co-members; reduces redundant work and inter-member chat Adversarial Debate Content moderation, risk review, audit Two heterogeneous evaluators + reasoning-tree synthesis; no majority vote Auction-Based Routing Ad placement, task delegation, resource allocation Sealed-bid truthful auction; highest-value-per-cost wins Shapley Contribution Attribution, revenue sharing, team composition Marginal-contribution average across subsets Reputation-Gated Autonomy Supplier qualification, agent oversight, fraud gating Tiered trust: proven → standard → probationary; oversight inversely proportional Cooperation and Defection Partnership design, incentive alignment, compliance Iterated PD structure; payoff-scale to detect defection tendency Mechanism Design for Synthesis Decision aggregation, voting, policy-making Vickrey truthful-revelation; dissent is a required section Courtroom-Style Debate Legal r …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills vasilyu1983/foundations-game-theory