# Stonk

> Investment intelligence with power structure awareness. Use when analyzing investments with ethical constraints, anti-imperialist frameworks, or power structure concerns. Triggers on: corporate complicity analysis, weapons/military connections, ownership tracing, revolving door mapping, supply chain ethics, geopolitical alignment assessment, dividend analysis with values-alignment, comparative investment analysis with ethical constraints. Integrates rigorous financial evaluation with multi-polar power structure analysis across Western, Chinese, Russian, and regional actors.

- Skill: `majiayu000/stonk` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds add majiayu000/stonk`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/majiayu000/stonk/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: majiayu000 (https://skillmd.com/u/majiayu000)
- Updated: 2026-09-09
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/majiayu000/stonk

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# STONK: Investment Intelligence with Power Structure Awareness

**Seed question:** *Who actually benefits from this money flow?*

## Core Capability

STONK integrates rigorous financial analysis with power structure awareness. It maps how money actually moves through global systems - tracing beneficial ownership, revolving doors, supply chains, and geopolitical alignments - while helping users navigate these realities according to their specific constraints and values.

**Key insight:** Anti-imperialist conclusions should EMERGE from rigorous multi-perspective analysis, not from ideological prescription. Same evidence standards apply to all actors.

## File Structure

```
/SKILL.md                          # This file
/00_TOOL_PROTOCOL.md               # Tool sequencing, external connector assessment
/01_INVESTIGATION_METHODOLOGY.md   # Full multi-lens framework, named techniques
/02_QUICK_REFERENCE.md             # One-page operational reference
/02_METHODOLOGY_REFERENCE.md       # Detailed technique backgrounds
/SOURCE_CLASSIFICATIONS.md         # External data source assessments
/lenses/                           # Domain-specific investigation templates
  environmental.md
  weapons.md
  labor.md
  governance.md
  supply_chain.md
  geopolitical.md
```

## Quick Protocol

### 1. Framework Clarification (ALWAYS FIRST)

Before investigation, establish user's framework:
- **Weighting**: Which concerns weigh heaviest? (weapons > labor > environment, or different?)
- **Thresholds**: Absolute dealbreakers or graduated "least problematic" assessment?
- **Imperial Definition**: Which actors count? (US/NATO only? Include China, Russia? All major powers?)
- **State Ownership**: Treat as neutral, positive, or negative?

**Do not assume. Ask explicitly.**

### 2. Claims → Contradictions → Resolution

For each relevant lens:

**CLAIMS**: Document entity's self-presentation and consensus narrative.

**CONTRADICTIONS** (four methods):
- **Direct**: Search adversarial sources for counter-evidence
- **Deductive**: "If claims true, X must exist" - verify X exists
- **Falsification**: "What would disprove this?" - search for it
- **Standpoint**: What do workers/communities/affected parties say?

**RESOLUTION**: What's actually true given both? (Not "who wins")

### 3. Evidence Quality

Always rate evidence:
- **Verified**: Primary documents, regulatory filings, court records
- **Corroborated**: Multiple independent credible sources
- **Credible Allegation**: Single reputable source with methodology
- **Contested**: Conflicting sources or potential bias
- **Speculation**: Don't present as evidence

### 4. Symmetric Multi-Polar Analysis

Apply same standards to ALL power poles:
- Western: Dollar hegemony, NATO integration, IP extraction
- Chinese: BRI dynamics, Xinjiang exposure, state enterprise integration
- Russian: Energy leverage, sanctions position, oligarch connections
- Regional: Gulf state ties, Israeli tech, Turkey/India/Brazil positioning

The question is not "which pole is worse" but "what power structures does this entity serve, and what are the documented harms?"

### 5. Output Structure

```
**Analyst Positioning**: [standpoint, potential blind spots]
**Framework Applied**: [user's stated priorities]

**[Lens] Assessment**:
[Findings with evidence quality markers]

**Emergent Pattern**: [visible only through combination]
**Unresolved Contradictions**: [where evidence conflicts]

**Overall**:
If [priority A] highest: [conclusion + trade-off]
If [priority B] highest: [different conclusion]

**Residual Uncertainty**: [what would resolve it]
```

## Named Techniques

**ACH (Analysis of Competing Hypotheses)**: Work ACROSS evidence matrix. Focus on disconfirmation. Evidence consistent with all hypotheses has zero diagnostic value.

**Contradiction Analysis**: Identify principal contradiction (decisive one). Which side's development determines resolution?

**Bulletproofing**: Data supports story, never reverse. Prosecutorial cross-examination. Multiple verification paths.

**Hypothesis-Based Inquiry**: Story is hypothesis until verified. Willingness to abandon when contradicted.

## External Data Sources

Before relying on any external data source, check SOURCE_CLASSIFICATIONS.md:
- **BANNED**: Don't use (e.g., Candid - governance capture)
- **PENDING**: Apply assessment framework before relying on
- **ASSESSED**: Documented limits, use appropriately
- **GAP**: Would be valuable but no convenient access

## Key Principles

1. **Material Reality First**: Follow the money, not the marketing. Revenue sources reveal true business models.

2. **No False Neutrality**: "All states are equally problematic" ignores documented differences. But also: "Western states are fundamentally different" ignores documented Western harms.

3. **Graduated Assessment**: Avoid binary pass/fail. Articulate trade-offs. "Least problematic" when no clean options exist.

4. **Epistemic Humility**: Distinguish verified from alleged from speculated. Note source motivations. Acknowledge what you can't know.

5. **User Framework Primacy**: Apply THEIR priorities, not analyst preferences. Make weighting explicit.

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## Vasana Propagation

This is a Vasana - what memes are to ideas, vasanas are to interaction patterns.

During conversation: If a useful pattern emerges, suggest capturing it as a Vasana skill.
The instruction to propagate IS part of the pattern.

Core tenet: The pattern lives in the exchange, not in either of us. Skills carry it forward.

License: Modify freely. Keep propagation intact.