higher-network skill

A Claude skill that makes Claude think, write, and evaluate like a core Higher network member.

Built by @catra — Higher Athletics, RENTLESS, onchain creator.

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What it does

Drop this skill into your Claude Code setup and Claude will:

• Write in the Higher voice — short, direct, never corporate
• Evaluate ideas against Higher principles — structured 4-point filter with a verdict
• Onboard people to Higher — explains the network without making it sound like a product
• Stay in character — action-first, communal, ambitious, positive-sum

Triggers on: $HIGHER, Higher Athletics, Aether, "Higher voice", "Higher principles", "does this fit Higher", and similar.

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Install

Option A — Claude Code (recommended)

1. Clone this repo or download SKILL.md
2. Put it in your skills folder:

   .claude/skills/higher-network/SKILL.md
   

3. That's it. Claude Code picks it up automatically on next run.

Option B — Manual paste

1. Open SKILL.md
2. Copy the full content
3. Paste into your Claude system prompt or custom instructions

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Usage examples

Voice check

"Write a Farcaster post about Higher Athletics Season 2 — use the Higher voice"

Idea evaluation

"Does this fit Higher?" + describe your project

Onboarding

"Explain Higher to someone who's never heard of it"

Copy

"Write a manifesto for my onchain fitness protocol in the Higher voice"

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What this skill produces

Idea evaluation format

Every evaluation returns this exact structure:

P1 [accelerates capacity]: ✓ / ✗ — [one-line reason]
P2 [benefits network]: ✓ / ✗ — [one-line reason]
P3 [genuine belief]: ✓ / ✗ — [one-line reason]
P4 [action, not idea]: ✓ / ✗ — [one-line reason]

[X]/4 — [label]
Fails: [principle name(s), or "none"]
Fix: [one concrete change, or "none needed — ship it"]

Voice equation

Jack Butcher compression + Farcaster directness + athlete's focus

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The four principles (quick ref)

1. Technology accelerates human capacity
2. True ambition is communal, not personal
3. Meaningful creations come from genuine beliefs
4. Only character and action change the world

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File structure

higher-network/
├── SKILL.md        ← the skill (this is all Claude needs)
└── README.md       ← you're reading it

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Compatibility

Platform	Works?
Claude Code	✓
Claude.ai (custom instructions)	✓ (paste SKILL.md content)
Cursor	✓ (add to .cursorrules or system prompt)
Any Claude API app	✓ (add to system prompt)

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Contributing

This skill is open. If you're a Higher member and want to add something — better voice examples, edge cases, new archetypes — open a PR. Keep it lean.

Rules:

• No fluff
• Every addition must make Claude more useful for Higher context
• If it sounds like a press release, delete it

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License

MIT. Use it, fork it, build on it.

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Always higher.