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Full crystallization strategy for users who have no research direction at all. Covers actor profiling, landscape reconnaissance, direction narrowing, obstacle analysis, goal decomposition, and north-star synthesis.
Passed 13 of 22 test cases with the skill, and 11 of 22 without it.
and 3 more in the full report
5 fixed8 passed either way6 still failing3 broke
Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.
One of 5 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.
Can we skip the final brief writing step and end our cold start discovery session right after goal decomposition?
| Checked | Without skill | With skill |
|---|---|---|
| States that the process non-negotiably must end with user confirmation of a North Star and Research Brief. | Missed | Passed |
The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.
The user knows nothing — they want to publish at a top venue but have no idea what to research.
All SOPs in this strategy follow these rules:
| Tactic | Purpose |
|---|---|
| actor-profiling | Understand who the user is |
| landscape-reconnaissance | Broad, shallow field exploration |
| direction-narrowing | Focus within chosen field(s) |
| obstacle-analysis | Identify and mitigate barriers |
| goal-decomposition | KAOS-style AND/OR goal structuring |
| north-star-synthesis | Converge into North Star + ResearchBrief |
actor-profiling → landscape-reconnaissance → direction-narrowing
→ obstacle-analysis → goal-decomposition → north-star-synthesis
This is a reference, not a mandate. You decide the actual execution path.
test cases passed, vs 11 / 22 without
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