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Safety margin for quantified commitments v1.0.0

Use this resource to size a safety margin on a capacity, timeline or uncertain commitment

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Install with the CLI

In a terminal, from the folder you want:

npx --yes palatekit@latest install buffer-margin-sizing

With no option, the skill goes to ~/.agents/skills/; add --agent claude-code (or codex, cursor…) to target an agent.

First time: connect the CLI with

npx --yes palatekit@latest login

The agent sets a margin from residual uncertainty and the cost of an overrun: capacities, timeouts, pool sizes, storage quotas or service commitments. The margin covers estimation error, not slack.

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Updated November 2, 2026

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Licence
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What you get

  • SKILL.md: margin calculation by risk and cost
  • SKILL.md: use cases and verification criteria

Good fit for

  • You are setting a response timeout or pool size without load measurements
  • A delivery date promised to a client must hold despite setbacks

Not for

    Tags

    • margin
    • capacity
    • commitment

    About

    You say

    “Our connection pool is sized on the average: what margin should we add for peak load?”

    Card for the “Safety margin for quantified commitments” skill

    Skill published by tjboudreaux under the MIT license, delivered in its original version.

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    How to use it

    1. Install the skill in your agent's skills folder
    2. Ask your agent to size a safety margin on a capacity, timeline or uncertain commitment
    3. Review and adjust the result

    Content preview

    Files

    • LICENSE1.1 KB
    • NOTICE-PALATEKIT.md0.5 KB
    • SKILL.md3.4 KB

    Origin and licence

    Listed unmodified

    Author
    tjboudreaux
    Source
    github.com/tjboudreaux/cc-thinking-skills/tree/7b8fece345dfaa11773be7152ccd194589cb5437/skills/thinking-margin-of-safety
    Licence
    MIT

    Notice

    « thinking-margin-of-safety » (tjboudreaux, MIT) livré dans sa version d'origine : fiche en français et en anglais par PalateKit.

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