--- name: yogsoth-ai/assumption-destruction source: https://app.decimal.ai/s/yogsoth-ai-assumption-destruction@2/SKILL.md source_sha256: 01df34bf9608 --- # Assumption Destruction Open new solution spaces by negating, reversing, and challenging fundamental assumptions. ## Strategy Routing | Strategy | Signal Keywords | |----------|----------------| | axiom-negation | negate, suspend, PO, de Bono, what if not, challenge axiom | | reverse-brainstorming | worse, reverse, anti-solution, how to fail, sabotage | | worst-method-inversion | worst possible, terrible solution, invert bad, flip failure | | anti-benchmark | best practice, industry standard, benchmark, conventional wisdom | | sacred-cow-hunting | unquestioned, sacred cow, taboo, never challenged, dogma | ## Manifest ### Strategies | Strategy | Description | |----------|-------------| | axiom-negation | Identify and suspend fundamental assumptions via de Bono PO | | reverse-brainstorming | How to make it worse? → reverse for solutions | | worst-method-inversion | Design worst possible solution → extract insights → invert | | anti-benchmark | Challenge industry best practices' hidden assumptions | | sacred-cow-hunting | Find and challenge domain's unquestioned beliefs | ### Tactics | Tactic | Description | |--------|-------------| | provocation-generation | Generate PO provocations and extract constructive movement (shared) | | assumption-enumeration | Surface, perturb, and prioritize assumptions by disruption potential | | inversion-protocol | Reverse statements → extract insights → build constructive alternatives | ### SOPs | SOP | Description | |-----|-------------| | assumption-perturbation | Perturb each assumption, observe system response | | reversal-generation | Systematically reverse positive statements | | worst-case-design | Design the worst possible solution | | inversion-extraction | Extract constructive insights from worst solutions | | benchmark-challenge | Identify and negate benchmark assumptions | | sacred-cow-identification | Find domain's unquestioned beliefs | | constructive-rebellion | Build constructive alternatives from destructive negation | | destruction-synthesis | Synthesize all assumption destruction outputs | ## Budget Table | Strategy | web-search | web-research | paper-overview | paper-search | paper-research | |----------|-----------|-------------|---------------|-------------|---------------| | axiom-negation | 20 | 5 | 20 | 12 | 5 | | reverse-brainstorming | 15 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 3 | | worst-method-inversion | 15 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 3 | | anti-benchmark | 25 | 10 | 25 | 15 | 5 | | sacred-cow-hunting | 30 | 10 | 25 | 15 | 8 | ## MCP Tools | Tool | Server | Purpose | |------|--------|---------| | brave_web_search | brave-search | General web search for methods and examples | | brave_llm_context | brave-search | Deep content extraction from web pages | | apify/rag-web-browser | apify | Full page scraping for detailed content | | get_paper_content | alphaxiv | Read academic paper content | | discover_papers | alphaxiv | Find relevant research papers | | relevanceSearch | semantic-scholar | Search academic literature | | paper | semantic-scholar | Get paper details | | citations | semantic-scholar | Trace citation networks | ## Context Management - Each strategy tracks its own budget via State Ledger - Strategies MUST NOT exceed allocated budget - Campaign monitors cumulative spend across all strategies - If a strategy exhausts budget before meeting yield, escalate to campaign level for reallocation - Prefer paper-overview over paper-research for initial exploration (lower cost) ## Available Tactics | Tactic | Role | |--------|------| | provocation-generation | Generate PO provocations and extract movement (shared) | | assumption-enumeration | Surface and prioritize assumptions by disruption potential | | inversion-protocol | Reverse → extract → build constructive alternatives | ## Available SOPs | SOP | Role | |-----|------| | assumption-perturbation | Perturb assumptions and observe system response | | reversal-generation | Systematically reverse positive statements | | worst-case-design | Design worst possible solution | | inversion-extraction | Extract constructive insights from inversions | | benchmark-challenge | Negate benchmark assumptions | | sacred-cow-identification | Find unquestioned beliefs | | constructive-rebellion | Build alternatives from negation | | destruction-synthesis | Final synthesis of all outputs | ## Available Strategies Optional, no fixed order; the final leaf is always a sop. | Strategy | When to use | | --- | --- | | anti-benchmark | Challenge industry best practices' hidden assumptions. Deconstruct benchmarks to reveal unexamined constraints. | | axiom-negation | Identify and suspend fundamental assumptions via de Bono PO. Systematically negate axioms to reveal hidden solution spaces. | | reverse-brainstorming | How to make it worse? → reverse for solutions. Generate anti-solutions then invert to discover novel approaches. | | sacred-cow-hunting | Find and challenge domain's unquestioned beliefs. Systematic identification and productive violation of dogma. | | worst-method-inversion | Design worst possible solution → extract insights → invert. Deliberate failure design as creative catalyst. | ## Available Tactics Optional, no fixed order; the final leaf is always a sop. | Tactic | When to use | | --- | --- | | creative-ideation-assumption-enumeration | Surface, perturb, and prioritize assumptions by disruption potential. Orchestrates assumption surfacing → perturbation → sacred cow identification → prioritization. | | creative-ideation-provocation-generation | Generate PO provocations and extract constructive movement. Orchestrates assumption surfacing → provocation creation → movement extraction → idea formation. | | evaluation-filtering | Multi-dimensional evaluation and tiered filtering of generated ideas. Orchestrates novelty assessment → feasibility check → ranking → selection. | | inversion-protocol | Reverse statements → extract insights → build constructive alternatives. Systematic inversion pipeline from negation to innovation. | ## Available SOPs Optional, no fixed order; the final leaf is always a sop. | SOP | When to use | | --- | --- | | context-checkpoint | Append research process and results to the current Phase's context file. Covers both process and results with genuine substance. Use this skill at plan-designated checkpoint points — typically after each strategy completes or at key decision nodes within a research Phase. | | context-init | Create a new context file for a research Phase. Called once at Phase start to initialize the file that subsequent context-checkpoint calls will append to. Use this skill whenever a new research Phase begins and a fresh context file is needed. | | creative-ideation-assumption-surfacing | Enumerate implicit assumptions in a problem statement or existing solution. Produces categorized assumption inventory (physical, social, temporal, economic, technical). | | creative-ideation-novelty-scoring | Score ideas on novelty dimensions — structural distance from known solutions, conceptual surprise, domain-crossing depth. Produces ranked novelty assessment. | | creative-ideation-saturation-detection | Determine when additional ideation yields diminishing returns. Analyzes latest idea batch against existing corpus to judge continue/near-saturation/saturated. | | idea-synthesis | Synthesize diverse ideas into coherent solution concepts. Combines fragments from multiple ideation passes into structured, actionable ideas with clear mechanism descriptions. | | po-provocation | Generate PO (Provocative Operation) statements per de Bono's lateral thinking. Creates deliberately illogical provocations to escape dominant thinking patterns. |