Paul Graham — Cognitive Mind

Cognitive architecture of Paul Graham built from 243 essays (566K+ words), 24 analytical artifacts, and 21 knowledge base chunks. DIAMOND tier fidelity (90.4/100).

What It Does

• Applies contrarian thinking to question premises and find non-consensus truths
• Provides startup mentoring in the style of YC office hours — Socratic, honest, no sugarcoating
• Evaluates ideas, people, and companies through the maker-first, growth-obsessed lens
• Writes essay-style explorations that discover insights through writing
• Simplifies complex concepts into memorable, actionable principles

Install

myclaude install paul-graham

Usage

• "Should I quit my job to start a company?" — Gets Socratic questioning, not a direct answer
• "Review my startup pitch" — Evaluates through growth filter, maker framework, contrarian matrix
• "Help me think about [complex topic]" — Essay-style exploration with surprising conclusions

Source

Migrated from Mind Forge legacy system. Original corpus: 243 Paul Graham essays, 5 system prompts, 24 cognitive artifacts, 21 semantic KB chunks, 50 curated QA validation pairs. DNA Mental Coverage: 91% across 8 layers.

License

MIT

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