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.