Skill UI

This skill guides decision-making when resources (time, context, tools) are finite and the search space is infinite. It instructs the user to first establish a clear, explicit 'good enough' aspiration level. Once set, the process involves stopping at the first option that meets this threshold, preventing costly over-optimization and wasted effort.

A rigorous framework to prevent confident fabrication (hallucination) by treating competence as an evidence boundary. It guides users to classify claims—Grounded, Partial, or Ungrounded—based on verifiable sources. It mandates assessing the cost of wrongness before answering, fetching, or abstaining, ensuring that assertions are always backed by sufficient evidence.

A structured framework based on the Cynefin model to classify problems by their underlying cause-effect domain (Clear, Complicated, Complex, Chaotic). It guides users on selecting the correct response mode and methodology before attempting solutions, preventing failure due to domain mismatch. Useful when unsure how to approach novel or mixed problems.

This advanced methodology builds an evidence-linked causal chain from a localized fault to an actionable systemic root. It moves beyond simple proximate causes by requiring counterfactual testing, verifying multiple independent pathways, and prescribing countermeasures that eliminate enabling conditions, ensuring true recurrence prevention.

This tool acts as a meta-skill guide, helping users systematically determine the most appropriate cognitive framework when faced with complex problem-solving tasks. It maps the problem's domain and type (e.g., diagnosis, strategy, architecture) to select the optimal primary thinking skill, preventing guesswork or arbitrary stacking of tools. It ensures the chosen method is justified by mechanism fit and relevance.

A rigorous decision-making methodology that quantifies the trade-offs when allocating scarce resources (time, budget, attention). Instead of merely evaluating a chosen path, this framework forces the user to identify the single best alternative forgone, calculating the net value delta (chosen value minus best forgone value). It is essential for feature prioritization, major commitments, and strategic planning to prevent decisions based solely on immediate perceived gains.

A systematic planning technique that assumes a project or plan has already failed. By reasoning backward from a catastrophic outcome (in past tense), this method identifies the necessary conditions for failure. These necessary conditions are then inverted into concrete, verifiable preventive requirements, gates, and mitigation strategies, ensuring proactive risk management before execution begins.