problem-solving

SKILL.md

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 |

Systematic problem-solving techniques for stuck-ness. Techniques: simplification cascade (complexity spirals), collision-zone thinking (innovation blocks), meta-pattern recognition (recurring issues), inversion exercise (assumption constraints), scale game (uncertainty). Actions: simplify, analyze, recognize patterns, invert assumptions, scale thinking. Keywords: problem solving, complexity spiral, innovation block, stuck, simplification, meta-pattern, assumption inversion, scale uncertainty, breakthrough thinking, root cause, systematic analysis, Microsoft Amplifier, debugging approach, creative solution. Use when: complexity spiraling, hitting innovation blocks, seeing recurring patterns, constrained by assumptions, uncertain about scale, generally stuck on problems. Source: samhvw8/dot-claude.

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