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Culture Index

Interprets Culture Index survey results for individuals and teams.

Author: Dan Guido

When to Use

Use this skill when you need to:

  • Interpret an individual's Culture Index profile
  • Analyze team composition for gas/brake/glue balance
  • Detect burnout signals by comparing Survey vs Job traits
  • Compare multiple profiles for compatibility
  • Get motivator recommendations for specific trait types

What It Does

This skill provides expert interpretation of Culture Index behavioral assessments:

  • Relative Interpretation - Always uses distance from arrow, never absolute values
  • Survey vs Job Analysis - Identifies behavior modification and energy drain
  • Pattern Recognition - Maps profiles to 19 archetypes
  • Team Analysis - Assesses gas/brake/glue balance and gaps
  • Burnout Detection - Calculates energy utilization and flags risk

Installation

/plugin install trailofbits/skills/plugins/culture-index

Key Concepts

Trait Colors

Trait Color Measures
A Maroon Autonomy, initiative
B Yellow Social ability
C Blue Pace/Patience
D Green Conformity, detail
L Purple Logic
I Cyan Ingenuity

Energy Utilization

Utilization = (Job EU / Survey EU) x 100

70-130% = Healthy
>130% = STRESS (burnout risk)
<70% = FRUSTRATION (flight risk)

Gas/Brake/Glue Framework

Role Trait Function
Gas High A Growth, risk-taking
Brake High D Quality control
Glue High B Relationships, morale

Input Formats

  • JSON - Extracted profiles from culture-index tool (recommended)
  • PDF - Direct PDF analysis using Claude's vision

Workflows

  • interpret-individual.md - Single profile analysis
  • analyze-team.md - Team composition assessment
  • detect-burnout.md - Stress/frustration detection
  • compare-profiles.md - Multi-profile compatibility

Reference Documents

  • primary-traits.md - A, B, C, D trait details
  • secondary-traits.md - EU, L, I trait details
  • patterns-archetypes.md - 19 patterns and archetypes
  • motivators.md - Engagement strategies by trait
  • team-composition.md - Gas/brake/glue framework
  • anti-patterns.md - Common interpretation mistakes