Honest Retrospective
Runs an honest retrospective on an executed decision, scoring it against pre-committed success and kill criteria and revisiting preserved dissent. Produces a structured post-mortem record that closes the strategic sprint loop.
✨ What it does
- Scores outcomes against pre-committed success and kill criteria
- Revisits and scores preserved dissent from the boardroom memo
- Audits original assumptions for validity
- Generates a structured post-mortem record with status (WIN/PARTIAL/LOSS/MIXED)
- Includes process lessons and forward actions
🎯 When to use it
- At the 90-day checkpoint of a decision
- When a kill criterion triggers
- After a major decision is reversed
- Quarterly to review all decisions from the past quarter
🚀 How to use
Trigger: /cs:post-mortem
Trigger with the slash command /cs:post-mortem <decision-path> where <decision-path> identifies the decision record. Provide the decision record (from /cs:decide), the execution plan (from /cs:execute), and actual outcomes (metrics, events, customer signals). Example prompts:
/cs:post-mortem pricing-change-q1
Run a post-mortem on the Q1 pricing change using the decision record and actual metrics.
📄 Output: A post-mortem record saved to ~/.claude/postmortems/YYYY-MM-DD-<slug>.md with outcome scoring, dissent review, assumption audit, and forward actions.
📦 Add this skill to Claude Code
# 1. Get the skills repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills /tmp/claude-skills
# 2. Copy this skill into your project (or ~/.claude/skills for all projects)
mkdir -p .claude/skills
cp -r /tmp/claude-skills/c-level-agents/skills/post-mortem .claude/skills/post-mortemSkill source: c-level-agents/skills/post-mortem/SKILL.md
⚠️ Good to know
Requires pre-committed success and kill criteria from the original decision; cannot be used for decisions without such criteria.
❓ FAQ
What happens if the post-mortem reveals a new decision?
It routes to /cs:brief to schedule a new decision.
Why are pre-committed criteria important?
They prevent retroactive justification by forcing the numbers to match or not match the original thresholds.
🤖 Overview, features, install steps and FAQ were generated from the project's SKILL.md on Sep 4, 2026. Always check the original source before running commands.