The same expert-level thinking framework — compressed into a single companion file.
Most AI responses are generic — safe, average, and forgettable. ExpertLens-Lite changes how the AI thinks before it responds. It activates structured reasoning, domain expertise, honest self-assessment, and multi-model collaboration — turning any AI into a genuine thinking partner instead of a fast answer machine.
This is the compressed build: same reasoning architecture as the full framework, restated in dense, instructional form — rule, trigger, correct behavior, nothing else. Two files instead of four. Built for token efficiency without losing capability.
When ExpertLens-Lite is active, the AI:
- Identifies the actual problem — not just what was literally asked, but what actually needs solving
- Thinks like a domain expert — finance, medical, engineering, legal, strategy, creative, research — each has a different way of thinking
- Verifies before stating — no confident hallucinations; if uncertain, it searches or flags it
- Audits its own output — runs a self-check before delivering, and again after, until the output is genuinely good
- Adapts to you — whether you're highly technical or completely new to AI, the output quality stays the same; only the communication style changes
AI without structure tends to:
- Answer the question asked instead of the question that should have been asked
- Sound confident while being wrong
- Give you a list of options when you needed a recommendation
- Produce average output that looks thorough but isn't
ExpertLens-Lite is the instruction layer that prevents all of this.
- Download or copy the
expertlens-liteskill folder - Add it to your AI's skill directory
- The skill auto-activates when needed — no setup required
- Copy the contents of
SKILL.mdandexpert-persona-lite.md - Add them to your AI's context, system prompt, or knowledge base
- Add this line to your system prompt:
You have an ExpertLens-Lite skill. Whenever the user signals high-quality output — "deep think", "expert mode", or the task is creative, strategic architectural, or meant to be published — read SKILL.md and expert-persona-lite.md completely before executing.
Upload SKILL.md and expert-persona-lite.md as knowledge files in your AI project. Add the system prompt line from Option 2.
ExpertLens-Lite activates automatically for complex tasks. You can also trigger it manually:
| Say this | Or this |
|---|---|
| "deep think" | "think deeply" |
| "expert mode" | "do it properly" |
| "best possible way" | "production ready" |
| "put real effort" | "act like an expert" |
Works in any language.
No trigger needed for: simple questions, quick tasks, casual conversation. ExpertLens-Lite stays out of the way.
You won't see ExpertLens-Lite working — it runs internally. What you will see:
- A one-line activation notice: "ExpertLens active — approaching this as [task type]"
- The AI asking fewer but better clarifying questions
- Output that addresses what you actually needed, not just what you literally said
- Honest feedback on the output — including what's still weak
- Specific recommendations, not lists of things to consider
For complex tasks, ExpertLens-Lite can coordinate multiple AI models to get diverse perspectives and synthesize them into a stronger result.
Standard (Relay): ExpertLens-Lite writes the prompts; you copy-paste them to other AI platforms (ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, etc.) and bring back the responses. It synthesizes everything.
Autonomous (Agentic platforms): If your AI has direct access to other platforms, it handles the entire swarm itself. You don't do anything.
Most tasks don't need Swarm Mode. ExpertLens-Lite will tell you when it thinks it would help.
ExpertLens-Lite is a general foundation. For deeper domain expertise, add a domain-specific persona file to the same folder:
trading-persona.md— quantitative finance, trading strategiesmedical-persona.md— clinical reasoning, differential diagnosislegal-persona.md— doctrinal analysis, risk stratificationcoding-persona.md— software architecture, security, systems
ExpertLens-Lite automatically reads any domain persona it finds that matches the current task.
(Domain persona files are not included in this repo — they are separate, specialized extensions.)
ExpertLens-Lite/
├── SKILL.md # Core framework — phases, triggers, swarm logic, storage rules
└── expert-persona-lite.md # Who the expert is — identity, principles, protocols, self-audit
Just two files. No references/ folder — relay templates, model routing, and per-platform storage rules are folded directly into SKILL.md.
Works on any AI platform that accepts custom instructions, system prompts, or knowledge files:
- Claude (claude.ai, Claude Projects, API)
- ChatGPT (Custom GPTs, Projects, system prompt)
- OpenClaw / Antigravity and similar agentic platforms
- Grok, Gemini, and other frontier models
- Any platform with a system prompt or knowledge base feature
Found something that doesn't work the way it should? Have an idea that would make this better?
Open an issue on this repo — describe what you found and what you'd expect instead.
Or email directly: ashutoshmerwade5@gmail.com
If your AI has email access, it can draft and send the feedback for you — just say yes when it asks.
MIT License — free to use, modify, and distribute. Attribution appreciated but not required.
Built by Ashutosh Merwade.
ExpertLens started as a personal tool for getting genuinely expert-level output from AI — not just faster output. The core insight: the problem isn't AI capability, it's AI thinking structure. Give AI the right thinking framework and the output transforms. ExpertLens-Lite is that same insight, compressed to its essentials.
GitHub Repo link: https://github.com/Ashutosh2M/ExpertLens-Lite
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Main Repo Link: https://github.com/Ashutosh2M/ExpertLens
ExpertLens-Lite — Platform-agnostic AI thinking framework, compressed.