Ablation Brainstorm

Systematically remove components from a system one by one, observe what changes, and use the resulting insights to generate novel ideas.

State Ledger

Resource	Target	Current	%
web-search	20	0	0%
web-research	5	0	0%
paper-overview	20	0	0%
paper-search	12	0	0%
paper-research	5	0	0%

HARD-GATE

Cannot exit strategy until ≥80% of each budget line is consumed OR yield targets are met with justification for remaining budget.

Available Tactics

Tactic	Role
coverage-analysis	Ensure all components are ablated
evaluation-filtering	Score and filter ablation-derived ideas

Available SOPs

SOP	Role
ablation-execution	Remove components one by one, record responses
dependency-identification	Extract dependency graph from ablation results
enumeration-synthesis	Synthesize ablation insights into idea report

Execution Guidance

1. Decompose: List all components of the target system
2. Ablate: Run ablation-execution — remove each component, record effects
3. Analyze: Run dependency-identification to find critical dependencies
4. Ideate: For each critical dependency, ask "what if this were replaced/eliminated/redesigned?"
5. Filter: Apply evaluation-filtering to rank generated ideas
6. Synthesize: Produce structured report via enumeration-synthesis

Available Tactics

Optional, no fixed order; the final leaf is always a sop.

Tactic	When to use
coverage-analysis	Systematic coverage evaluation pipeline — benchmark inventory, method-problem crossing, and intersection evaluation to map explored vs unexplored solution space.

Available SOPs

Optional, no fixed order; the final leaf is always a sop.

SOP	When to use
ablation-execution	Remove components one by one from a system, record the response/impact of each removal.
dependency-identification	Identify critical dependencies from ablation results, producing a dependency graph and highlighting critical components.
enumeration-synthesis	Synthesize all systematic enumeration outputs into a structured idea report with prioritized recommendations.