Run the toolkit inside Claude.
Score any project on the five gears, find out whether you are still in control of a fast system, and pre-commit the brakes, all without leaving the conversation. Now also available as an MCP server for any client that speaks the protocol.
Free · no accounts, no API keys · companion to the book by AK
/equilibrium-score our new autonomous code agentPick how you connect
Chatting in the Claude app? Add the Skill. Working in the terminal with Claude Code? Install the plugin. Using Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client? Run the MCP server. Same doctrine, same five gears, same control ratio.
Effective Equilibrium
effective-equilibrium.skill
A Skill that helps Claude judge whether a fast-moving project, product, policy, or AI system can be shipped, funded, scaled, or kept running safely, and tell you exactly what to fix.
- Score the five gears for a verdict, with veto rules for high-stakes and self-improving systems.
- Compute the control ratio R = L / H and read green, yellow, or red.
- Draft circuit breakers as measurable If-Then tripwires.
- Run a five-minute audit on anything that moves faster than the people watching it.
- Download the
.skillfile below. - In Claude, open Settings → Capabilities → Skills and upload it.
- Ask: "are we still in control of this pipeline?"
Acceleration Paradox Toolkit
acceleration-paradox-toolkit.plugin · v0.1.1
Four slash commands and three skills that turn the doctrine into commands you can run while you build, plus a bundled, self-contained interactive scorecard.
/equilibrium-scorea named project or a pasted doc./oversight-half-lifeto see if oversight is keeping up./circuit-breakerto draft tripwires with owners and deadlines./equilibrium-auditfor the five-minute gut check.
- Download the
.pluginbundle below. - In Claude Code, run
/pluginand add it from the bundle. - Type
/equilibrium-scoreor ask in plain language.
Acceleration Paradox MCP
mcp-server/ · local install, no npm registry
The same scoring engine as tools, resources, and prompts over the Model Context Protocol, for Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, or anything else that speaks MCP.
score_equilibriumandcompute_control_ratioas callable tools, plus circuit-breaker drafting.track_control_driftandgenerate_disclosure, implementing the open specification.- Doctrine, gear rubric, veto rules, and the five-minute audit as readable resources.
- Guided prompts:
score_project,five_minute_audit,control_ratio_check. - Runs locally over stdio. No network calls, no accounts, nothing stored.
- Download the source below and unzip it, then run
npm installinsidemcp-server/. - Point your MCP client's config at
node /path/to/mcp-server/index.js. - Ask: "score this project on the five gears" or "what's our control ratio?"
Just ask Claude
No syntax to learn. The Skill and the plugin both respond to natural prompts.
Score it
"Score our new autonomous code agent on the five gears."Check control
"Are we still in control of this data pipeline? Work out the oversight half-life."Set guardrails
"Draft circuit breakers for this model rollout, with owners and deadlines."Quick audit
"Run a five-minute risk audit on this launch plan."Three skills, four commands,
one interactive tool
| Type | Name | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Skill | equilibrium-scorecard | Score the five gears, apply weighting and veto rules, and produce a verdict in any of the output formats. |
| Skill | oversight-half-life | Compute the control ratio R = L / H and read green, yellow, or red. |
| Skill | circuit-breaker-cards | Draft measurable If-Then tripwires with owners and deadlines. |
| Command | /equilibrium-score | Score a named project or a pasted document. |
| Command | /oversight-half-life | Check whether oversight is keeping up with a fast system. |
| Command | /circuit-breaker | Draft circuit-breaker cards for a system or risk. |
| Command | /equilibrium-audit | The five-minute gut check. |
Outputs: a chat verdict, a self-contained interactive HTML tool, a Word or PDF report, or a fillable markdown scorecard.
Decision-support tools, not legal, financial, or safety certification.
Six tools, five resources,
four prompts
| Type | Name | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Tool | compute_control_ratio | R = decision latency / oversight half-life, with the in control / narrowing / lost bands. |
| Tool | score_equilibrium | Score the five gears and apply the veto rules to reach a verdict. |
| Tool | draft_circuit_breaker | Turn a trigger and a response into a pre-committed If-Then card. |
| Tool | list_circuit_breakers | A few worked circuit-breaker examples to start from. |
| Tool | track_control_drift | Compare a version against its predecessor and report control drift: a rising R, or any gear moving toward red. |
| Tool | generate_disclosure | Render the specification's six-line public control surface disclosure. |
| Resource | equilibrium://doctrine | The book's core argument: the two clocks, R = L / H, the equilibrium law. |
| Resource | equilibrium://gear-rubric | The exact rating rubric for each of the five gears. |
| Resource | equilibrium://five-minute-audit | One question per gear, fast enough to run before any meeting ends. |
| Resource | equilibrium://control-surface-spec | The Open Control Surface Specification v0.1 this server implements. |
| Resource | equilibrium://veto-rules | The exact branching logic behind every verdict. |
| Prompt | score_project | Walks the client through scoring a named project. |
| Prompt | five_minute_audit | Asks the five gear-questions about a system, fast. |
| Prompt | control_ratio_check | Walks through estimating H and L and computing R. |
| Prompt | control_surface_review | Runs the specification's full four-step assessment, including a drift check against the previous version. |
Same scoring logic as the web Scorecard, the Skill, and the plugin, ported and unit-tested so every surface agrees, and implementing the Open Control Surface Specification v0.1. Stdio transport, local only. Not legal, financial, or safety certification.