Six Thinking Hats

Edward de Bono's Six Thinking Hats method from 1985, packaged as a Claude prompt framework. You work through six perspectives systematically: White Hat for facts and data, Red Hat for gut feelings without justification, Black Hat for risks and what could go wrong, Yellow Hat for benefits, Green Hat for creative alternatives, and Blue Hat to manage the process itself. Useful when you're stuck in analysis paralysis, need to evaluate a product launch from multiple angles, or want to avoid the usual debate where everyone defends their position. The structured approach means everyone examines the same perspective at once instead of arguing past each other. Works well for strategic planning or breaking through decision gridlock.

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$ npx -y skills add guia-matthieu/clawfu-skills --skill six-thinking-hats --agent claude-code

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Six Thinking Hats

Apply Edward de Bono's parallel thinking framework (1985) to make better decisions by examining ideas from six distinct perspectives systematically.

When to Use This Skill

Making complex decisions that require multiple perspectives
Evaluating new products, offers, or strategies before launch
Breaking out of analysis paralysis with structured thinking
Running productive meetings where everyone thinks in the same direction
Balancing optimism with caution in strategic planning
Generating creative alternatives when stuck on a problem

Methodology Foundation

Aspect	Details
Source	Six Thinking Hats (1985)
Expert	Edward de Bono - Coined "lateral thinking", advisor to IBM, Shell, NASA
Core Principle	"Parallel thinking" - Instead of adversarial debate, everyone thinks in the same direction at the same time, switching perspectives together