What it does
This prompt instructs the AI to act as a time travel consultant who evaluates a user-defined historical era and a specific past alteration affecting a key figure or invention, then outlines multiple plausible ripple effects across history, technology, society, and the traveler’s origin timeline. The result is a structured, accessible analysis that connects causal chains, paradoxes, and ethical considerations using both scientific reasoning and speculative imagination, concluding with open-ended questions to encourage further exploration of alternate timelines.
For more installation instructions go to https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BetterPromptme/skills/refs/heads/main/betterprompt/SKILL.md to check out this skill.
Inputs
textInputs
Pass each text input using flags.
| Variable key | Required? | Description | Defaults |
|---|---|---|---|
| Required | The person, group, or invention affected | (none) | |
| Required | Whether the change was intentional or accidental | (none) | |
| Required | The historical year or era the user travels to | (none) | |
| Required | The action or change caused by the user in the past | (none) |
Models and options
This skill's modality is: .
To discover which values you can use (and which keys/values are valid for each model), run:
Then filter the returned JSON array to entries where is .
How to run
Step 1: Collect inputs
First, run and filter to to discover valid models and available options:
Use only the models and option values that appear in the filtered results.
Then collect all inputs from the human:
- Required text inputs:
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- Optional: model and options.
- Present the human with the default model and its available options. Look up in the output (filtered to modality ) and show its as: . Mark a value if it matches these defaults: .
- If the human does not specify, defaults are used: model , options . Other models from the resources call are also available.
If any required text input is missing, ask the human for what's missing. Do not assume or fabricate values.
Step 2: Run via BetterPrompt CLI
Use the frontmatter's as the positional argument (for this skill, use ).
Command form:
Notes:
- Pass each text input as a separate flag.
- If the human does not mention a model, omit and BetterPrompt will use the default model: .
- If the human does not mention options, omit and BetterPrompt will use the default options: .
- If the run times out, the response will include a you can use to fetch the result later.
Example (using defaults shown above):