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cw-thesis

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About cw-thesis

cw-thesis is a Compound Writing skill for developing three thesis options that capture a piece’s central insight. It uses the topic and available audience context to shape distinct, arguable framings.

Key features

  1. 01Generates three thesis options
  2. 02Resolves available audience context
  3. 03Uses varied approaches to frame an idea
  4. 04Checks theses for specificity and generative value

Use cases

  1. 01Develop a central claim for an article
  2. 02Explore alternative framings for a piece
  3. 03Sharpen an insight into an arguable thesis

Install

Copy the command and run it in a terminal.

$npx skills add https://github.com/everyinc/compound-writing --skill cw-thesis

After installing, type/cw-thesisin Claude Code to confirm it loaded.

Details

From the project README

Thesis

Purpose

Generate 3 thesis options that crystallize the core insight of the piece.

Read ../../references/context-contract.md and resolve available audience context, including optional AUDIENCE.md or a named shared guide. The explicit assignment audience takes precedence; missing audience context does not block the task.

Invocation

  • /cw-thesis [context] — Generate theses for the specified topic/piece
  • /cw-thesis — System asks "What's the piece about?" then generates options

What Makes a Good Thesis

A thesis should achieve several of these qualities:

Core Functions
  • Reframes the familiar — Shows us something we thought we knew from a fresh angle
  • Bridges domains — Connects ideas that don't usually talk to each other
  • Names the unnamed — Articulates something we've felt but couldn't express
  • Reveals hidden physics — Exposes the actual forces driving a situation
  • Flips the script — Challenges conventional wisdom without being contrarian for sport
Forms It Might Take
  • A coined term that actually helps us think (not jargon for jargon's sake)
  • A paradox that reveals deeper truth
  • A question that reframes the entire conversation
  • Pattern recognition across unexpected domains
  • A "yes, and..." that builds on existing ideas
  • A synthesis that creates something genuinely new
  • A distinction that clarifies muddy thinking
  • A prediction grounded in observable shifts
Quality Checks
  • Could someone build on this idea?
  • Does it help readers see their own experience differently?
  • Is it memorable without being gimmicky?
  • Does it feel discovered rather than constructed?
  • Would it spark a good dinner conversation?

How to Generate

  1. Analyze the content — What's the core insight? What's the writer actually saying?

  2. Select 3 approaches that fit. Consider:

    • What's the strongest version of this argument?
    • What framing would make this stickiest?
    • What would make a reader stop and think?

  3. Generate one thesis per approach — Each should be 1-2 sentences that crystallize the insight.

  4. Present all three with a brief note on the approach.

Output Format

## Thesis Options

### Option 1: [Brief description of approach]
[1-2 sentence thesis]

### Option 2: [Brief description of approach]
[1-2 sentence thesis]

### Option 3: [Brief description of approach]
[1-2 sentence thesis]

---

Which feels closest? Or want me to try a different angle?

Principles

  • Arguable — Someone could disagree; it takes a position
  • Specific — Not so broad it could apply to anything
  • Sharp — Cuts through; not mushy or hedged
  • Generative — Opens up thinking rather than closing it down

Lessons

[Skill-specific lessons will be added here as they're captured]

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