Boundary Critique

SkillDev tools

Apply CSH boundary critique — what is included/excluded, who benefits/is

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.

Then ask your AI: use the Boundary Critique skill

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine in skills/boundary-critique/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

Critically examine what a method's boundaries include and exclude.

Budget

Base SOPTarget±10% Range
web-search3027–33
web-research1513–17
paper-overview3027–33
paper-search2018–22
paper-research109–11

State Ledger

<HARD-GATE>
| SOP | Done | Target | % |
|-----|------|--------|---|
| web-search | ? | 30 | ? |
| web-research | ? | 15 | ? |
| paper-overview | ? | 30 | ? |
| paper-search | ? | 20 | ? |
| paper-research | ? | 10 | ? |
Budget Gate: OPEN/CLOSED (>=80% required to exit)
</HARD-GATE>

Available SOPs

Import: web-search, web-research, paper-overview, paper-search, paper-research Subagent: csh-12-question (reused from insight) Shared: assumption-surfacing

Execution Guidance

Apply CSH boundary critique to the method — what is included/excluded, who benefits/is harmed, what expertise is privileged/marginalized. Identify opportunities at the boundaries.

Available SOPs

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

SOPWhen to use
csh-12-questionApply Ulrich's Critical Systems Heuristics 12 questions across 4 dimensions (motivation, control, expertise, legitimacy) comparing is vs ought.
deep-insight-assumption-surfacingSystematically extract implicit assumptions from methods, frameworks, or arguments. Identifies what is taken for granted without explicit justification.

Signals

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github.com/yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine