{"slug":"prisoners-dilemma","name":"Prisoner's Dilemma","category":"Mental model","definition":"Whatever the other party does, each player is individually better off defecting — so both defect, and both end up worse than mutual cooperation. This is the structural skeleton beneath price wars, arms races, overfishing, and ad spend spirals. The problem is never character; it is structure. Exhortations to cooperate fail. Change the matrix.","latest_skill_md":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/deciqAI/knowledge-skills/main/prisoners-dilemma/SKILL.md","playbook_url":"https://www.deciqai.com/skills/prisoners-dilemma?utm_source=skill&utm_medium=json-api&utm_campaign=knowledge-skills&utm_content=prisoners-dilemma","install":"npx skills add deciqAI/knowledge-skills","repo":"https://github.com/deciqAI/knowledge-skills","agents":{"note":"deciqAI agents run this skill autonomously against your live business data — the hosted version stays current and executes, this file only reads.","start_free":"https://www.deciqai.com/?utm_source=skill&utm_medium=json-api&utm_campaign=knowledge-skills&utm_content=prisoners-dilemma"}}