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WorldThreatModel

Persistent world-model harness that stress-tests ideas, strategies, and investments against 11 time horizons from 6 months to 50 years.

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The Problem

When you ask an AI to stress-test an idea or strategy, you get a single flat list of risks written from wherever the model happens to be standing — usually the next 12 months, usually obvious. There's no structure for how threats change across time horizons. A business model that works in 2 years might be wrecked by regulatory capture in 7, or made irrelevant by a technology shift in 15. A generic threat analysis treats all of that as equally uncertain noise. You can't reason about long-term positioning without models that distinguish each horizon.

How This Skill Approaches It

Eleven persistent world models, one per time horizon from 6 months to 50 years, each stored at MEMORY/RESEARCH/WorldModels/. Every model covers geopolitics, technology, economics, society, environment, security, and wildcards for that specific window. When you run TestIdea, the idea gets tested against all 11 simultaneously and returns a probability-weighted scenario matrix — not a flat list. Three execution tiers let you pick depth: Fast runs a single synthesizer agent for a quick check, Standard spins up 11 parallel agents plus RedTeam and FirstPrinciples for most decisions, Deep adds per-horizon Research agents plus Council debate for high-stakes calls. Models persist between sessions and are updated when major events happen, so the analysis reflects accumulated world knowledge rather than starting cold each time. UpdateModels refreshes content; ViewModels lets you audit current state before trusting the output.

  • Each horizon model is a deep (~10 page) analysis of geopolitics, technology, economics, society, environment, security, wildcards
  • Three tiers: Fast (~2 min, single synthesizer), Standard (~10 min, 11 parallel agents + RedTeam + FirstPrinciples), Deep (~1hr, adds Research + Council)
  • Orchestrates RedTeam, FirstPrinciples, Council, Research
Not for single-shot idea attack (use RedTeam)

In Action

What you say to your DA, and what the WorldThreatModel skill actually does.

  • You say "threat model my bet on ai-first content creation"
    Runs TestIdea (Standard tier): 11 parallel agents each analyze the thesis against their horizon model, RedTeam attacks the assumptions, FirstPrinciples decomposes the hard vs soft constraints, and the output is a probability-weighted scenario matrix showing how the bet holds up from 6 months to 50 years.
  • You say "deep threat model this investment — it's a major decision"
    Runs TestIdea at Deep tier: 11 parallel agents plus per-horizon Research agents pulling fresh data, RedTeam adversarial stress test, and Council debate across multiple expert perspectives — up to an hour of analysis for a high-stakes call.
  • You say "update the world models, a lot has changed this year"
    Runs UpdateModels: refreshes each of the 11 horizon files with current research and analysis, updates INDEX.md with new last-updated timestamps, so subsequent TestIdea runs reflect the current state of the world.

Inside the Skill

The thinking, frameworks, and architecture that distinguish this skill from a generic version of the same task.

What It Does

Stress-tests an idea, strategy, or investment against 11 time horizons from 6 months to 50 years. Each horizon is a deep (~10 page) world model covering geopolitics, technology, economics, society, environment, security, and wildcards. Three speed tiers: Fast (~2 min, single synthesizer), Standard (~10 min, 11 parallel agents plus RedTeam and FirstPrinciples), Deep (~1 hr, adds Research and Council). Four workflows: TestIdea returns a probability-weighted scenario matrix across all 11 horizons; UpdateModels, ViewModels, and TestScenario handle the rest.

The Problem

Most plans get tested against the present, or against the next year or two at most — so they break the moment the world shifts on a timeline you never modeled. A strategy that looks great at the 1-year horizon can be fatal at 10 years, and a 50-year bet can ignore the near-term cascade that kills it first. Holding all those horizons in your head at once, with real geopolitical, economic, and technological reasoning behind each, is more than any single pass can do. This harness keeps 11 persistent world models warm and runs your idea against all of them at the same time, with adversarial analysis on top.

How It Works

A system of 11 persistent world models spanning 6 months to 50 years. Each model is a deep (~10 page) analysis of geopolitics, technology, economics, society, environment, security, and wildcards for that time horizon. Ideas, strategies, and investments are tested against ALL horizons simultaneously using adversarial analysis (RedTeam, FirstPrinciples, Council).

Tier System

All workflows support three execution tiers:

Tier Target Time Strategy When to Use
Fast ~2 min Single agent synthesizes across all models Quick gut-check, casual exploration
Standard ~10 min 11 parallel agents + RedTeam + FirstPrinciples Most use cases, good depth/speed balance
Deep Up to 1 hr 11 parallel agents + per-horizon Research + RedTeam + Council + FirstPrinciples High-stakes decisions, major investments

Default tier: Standard. User specifies with "fast", "deep", or tier defaults to Standard.

World Model Storage

Models are stored at: $PAI_DIR/MEMORY/RESEARCH/WorldModels/

Horizon Models (base views)

File Horizon
INDEX.md Summary of all models with last-updated dates
6-month.md 6-month outlook
1-year.md 1-year outlook
2-year.md 2-year outlook
3-year.md 3-year outlook
5-year.md 5-year outlook
7-year.md 7-year outlook
10-year.md 10-year outlook
15-year.md 15-year outlook
20-year.md 20-year outlook
30-year.md 30-year outlook
50-year.md 50-year outlook

Scenario Models (alternative futures)

Stored at: $PAI_DIR/MEMORY/RESEARCH/WorldModels/Scenarios/

File Scenario
great-correction-2027.md Severe US crash (2027 ± 12mo) — AI capex burst + housing + credit cascade

Context Files

File Purpose
ModelTemplate.md Template structure for world model documents
OutputFormat.md Template for TestIdea results output

Skill Integrations

This skill orchestrates multiple PAI capabilities:

  • RedTeam — Adversarial stress testing of ideas against each horizon
  • FirstPrinciples — Decompose idea assumptions into hard/soft/assumption constraints
  • Council — Multi-perspective debate on idea viability across horizons
  • Research — Deep research for model creation and updates

Customization Check

Before execution, check for user customizations at: ~/.claude/PAI/USER/CUSTOMIZATIONS/SKILLS/WorldThreatModelHarness/

Gotchas

  • 11 time horizons (6mo-50yr). Don't over-index on short-term predictions — the value is in long-term structural analysis.
  • Threat models are hypothetical. Present as scenarios with probability ranges, not predictions.
  • Update models when major world events occur. Static threat models decay in accuracy.

Examples

Example 1: Test an investment thesis

User: "threat model my bet on AI-first content creation"
→ Analyzes across 11 time horizons (6mo to 50yr)
→ Identifies structural risks at each horizon
→ Returns probability-weighted scenario matrix

Example 2: Stress test a strategy

User: "what could go wrong with our newsletter business model?"
→ Maps threat vectors: market, technology, regulatory, competitive
→ Returns prioritized risk register with mitigations

Workflows · 3

  1. 01
    `Workflows/TestIdea.md` Workflows/`Workflows/TestIdea.md`.md

    test idea, test strategy, test investment, how will this hold up, stress test, test against future

  2. 02
    `Workflows/UpdateModels.md` Workflows/`Workflows/UpdateModels.md`.md

    update world model, update models, refresh models, new analysis

  3. 03
    `Workflows/ViewModels.md` Workflows/`Workflows/ViewModels.md`.md

    view world model, show models, current models, model status

How to Invoke

Say any of these to your DA and PAI activates the WorldThreatModel skill automatically:

  • "threat model"
  • "world model"
  • "test idea"
  • "future analysis"
  • "time horizon"
  • "stress test against future"
  • "long-term risk"

Or invoke explicitly:

Skill("WorldThreatModel")

References · 2

Auxiliary files the skill loads at runtime — frameworks, guides, configs.

  • ModelTemplate
  • OutputFormat

References & Credits

The thinkers, books, frameworks, and research this skill is built on. The ideas belong to them — the integration belongs to PAI.

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