Free cognitive-bias Agent Skill

Hungry Judge Effect

Use Hungry Judge Effect as a focused cognitive-bias lens. Explain the pattern, check whether it plausibly fits the situation, surface an alternative non-bias explanation, and return a practical counter-check without diagnosing people or claiming causation.

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Open SKILL.md Read canonical bias

What the agent should do

Use one bias carefully, not as a diagnosis.

Canonical definition

Hungry Judge Effect is a popular name for a debated finding from a 2011 study of parole-board decisions. Favorable decisions were more common early in decision sessions and after food breaks, but the study did not measure hunger and could not separate eating from rest, mood, case order, or other factors.

Evidence, related concepts and current review state →

Output

  • Plain-language explanation
  • Observed signal
  • Alternative explanation
  • Evidence boundary
  • Practical counter-check
  • What would change the assessment

Install

Free. One SKILL.md. No API key.

Hermes Agent

mkdir -p ~/.hermes/skills/bias-cognitive-bias-hungry-judge-effect && curl -fsSL https://cognitive-biases.github.io/agent-skills/bias-cognitive-bias-hungry-judge-effect/SKILL.md -o ~/.hermes/skills/bias-cognitive-bias-hungry-judge-effect/SKILL.md

OpenClaw

mkdir -p ~/.openclaw/workspace/skills/bias-cognitive-bias-hungry-judge-effect && curl -fsSL https://cognitive-biases.github.io/agent-skills/bias-cognitive-bias-hungry-judge-effect/SKILL.md -o ~/.openclaw/workspace/skills/bias-cognitive-bias-hungry-judge-effect/SKILL.md

Other Agent Skills-compatible tools

Download SKILL.md and put it in the skill directory or import surface supported by your agent.

Boundary

A lens, not a verdict.

The skill must preserve uncertainty, surface a non-bias explanation and avoid turning a cognitive-bias label into a claim about a person's motives, intelligence or mental health.

Free to install · instruction-only · no secrets · no executable code · no required network access