What do I need to use Regret Minimizer?

The decision; The options; What's holding you back; The reversibility.

Is Regret Minimizer free to use?

Yes — run it free in the browser playground (no API key needed for the sponsored trial, or bring any provider key), or install it into Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT and more via npx pm-claude-skills. MIT-licensed and open source.

Regret Minimizer

Q: How do I know the Regret Minimizer output is good?

The skill verifies itself against its own quality checks: Projects each option forward to old age; Distinguishes action-regret from (usually heavier) inaction-regret; Names the fear actually driving the hesitation; Checks recoverability of the bold option.

🔵 Stable🕐 updated 2026-08-06 🔷 SkillSpec L3 pm-focus

Reframe a hard choice through the lens of future regret — which option will you regret less at 80? — to cut through short-term noise. Use when asked which will I regret less, help me decide with the long view, I don't want to look back and wish, or use the regret test on this. Produces each option projected forward to old age (the regret of doing it vs not), a distinction between action-regret and inaction-regret (people regret inactions more), the fear that's really driving the hesitation, and the choice that best minimizes lifelong regret — for the decisions that echo.

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🗣 Say this to your agent

“Which will I regret less — taking the job abroad or staying?”“Help me decide with the long view. I don't want to look back and wish.”“Should I finally start the thing I keep putting off? Regret test it.”“Use the 'what would I regret at 80' lens on this.”“I'm scared to do it but scared not to — which regret is worse?”

What to give it

▸The decision — the meaningful choice you're weighing

▸The options — especially the bold one vs. the safe one

▸What's holding you back — the fear or hesitation

▸The reversibility — and whether a failure would be recoverable

✅ The bar it holds itself to

Every skill in this library self-verifies — these are this skill's own quality checks, straight from its definition.

✓Projects each option forward to old age

✓Distinguishes action-regret from (usually heavier) inaction-regret

✓Names the fear actually driving the hesitation

✓Checks recoverability of the bold option

✓Lands a regret-minimizing choice with an honest caveat

⚠️ What it refuses to do

**Short-term pros/cons** that miss the lifelong view.

**Always pushing the bold option** even when the downside is catastrophic.

**Ignoring that some fear is protective** wisdom.

**No actual choice** at the end.

Install

npx pm-claude-skills add --agent claude   # or codex · cursor · gemini · hermes
# or one-line MCP (every skill, any client):
claude mcp add pm-skills -- npx -y pm-claude-skills-mcp

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