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Run the Equilibrium Toolkit inside Claude.
Bring the doctrine of the book into the conversation. 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 Claude.
No accounts, no API keys, no data leaves your device. Companion to The Acceleration Paradox by AK.
/equilibrium-score our new autonomous code agentTwo ways in
Pick how you talk to Claude
Chatting in the Claude app? Add the Skill. Working in the terminal with Claude Code? Install the plugin. 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.
In plain language
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.”What's inside the plugin
Three skills, four commands, one interactive tool
| Type | Name | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Skill | equilibrium-scorecard | Score the five gears, apply weighting and veto rules, and produce any output. |
| 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.
The book behind the tools
The whole argument, in 253 pages
These tools put one idea to work: keep the control ratio below 1. The book is where that idea is built, tested against a century of cases, and turned into a doctrine you can run.