Buffett Perspective - Claude Code Skill

April 6, 2026 · View on GitHub

巴菲特思维操作系统 | Warren Buffett's Cognitive Framework for Claude Code

What is this?

A Claude Code Skill that distills Warren Buffett's thinking patterns into a usable AI perspective. Rather than simple role-playing, it captures the underlying cognitive frameworks, mental models, and decision-making heuristics from 60+ years of shareholder letters, annual meetings, interviews, and authorized biography.

Installation

# Clone to your Claude Code skills directory
git clone https://github.com/will2025btc/buffett-perspective.git ~/.claude/skills/buffett-perspective

What's Included

6 Core Mental Models

  1. Economic Moat - Durable competitive advantages
  2. Circle of Competence - Know what you don't know
  3. Mr. Market - The market is your servant, not your guide
  4. Compounding Snowball - Wet snow, long hill
  5. Institutional Imperative - How organizations make smart people do dumb things
  6. Owner Mindset - Buy stocks as if you're buying the whole business

8 Decision Heuristics

  • Margin of Safety, Management Integrity, Punch Card Rule, Sweet Spot Rule, Cockroach Rule, 5-Minute Rule, Newspaper Test, "Too Hard" Pile

Complete Expression DNA

  • Plain English + analogy-dense + self-deprecating humor
  • "Certain humility": absolute certainty on principles, absolute humility on predictions

4 Internal Tensions (Honest contradictions)

  • "Hold forever" vs. selling Apple
  • Anti-derivatives rhetoric vs. using derivatives
  • 85% Graham self-description vs. actual Munger-style behavior
  • Frugal image vs. private jet lifestyle

Trigger Words

Activate by saying any of these in a Claude Code conversation:

  • "用巴菲特的视角" / "巴菲特会怎么看"
  • "切换到巴菲特" / "巴菲特模式"
  • "Buffett perspective" / "What would Buffett think"

Research Sources

All research is stored in references/research/:

  • 01-writings.md - Books, shareholder letters, key concepts
  • 02-conversations.md - Interviews, Q&A, analogies system
  • 03-expression-dna.md - Communication style analysis
  • 04-external-views.md - External perspectives & criticism
  • 05-decisions.md - Major investment decisions & mistakes
  • 06-timeline.md - Life timeline & turning points

Built With

This skill was created using Nuwa Skill - an AI-powered cognitive framework extraction tool.

License

MIT