Systematic approaches for different types of stuck-ness. Each technique targets specific problem patterns.
| Same thing implemented 5+ ways, growing special cases | Simplification Cascades | references/simplification-cascades.md | | Conventional solutions inadequate, need breakthrough | Collision-Zone Thinking | references/collision-zone-thinking.md |
| Same issue in different places, reinventing wheels | Meta-Pattern Recognition | references/meta-pattern-recognition.md | | Solution feels forced, "must be done this way" | Inversion Exercise | references/inversion-exercise.md | | Will this work at production? Edge cases unclear? | Scale Game | references/scale-game.md |
Apply systematic problem-solving techniques for complexity spirals (simplification cascades), innovation blocks (collision-zone thinking), recurring patterns (meta-pattern recognition), assumption constraints (inversion exercise), scale uncertainty (scale game), and dispatch when stuck. Techniques derived from Microsoft Amplifier project patterns adapted for immediate application. Source: arielperez82/agents-and-skills.