What problem does it solve?
Structured elicitation helps teams surface hidden assumptions, identify biases, and strengthen decisions by applying repeatable reasoning methods to design docs, ADRs, and plans.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Pre-Mortem Analysis: foresee failure modes before committing to a plan.
- First Principles Thinking: strip away assumptions to identify fundamental truths.
- Inversion: design defenses by considering how the system could fail.
- Red Team / Blue Team: simulate attacks and defenses for resilience.
- Socratic Questioning: probe rationale with structured 'why' questions.
- Constraint Removal: explore how removing limits unlocks potential.
- Stakeholder Mapping: align needs across users, maintainers, and funders.
- Analogical Reasoning: transfer lessons from other domains.
Real-world usage includes evaluating new feature proposals, ADRs, or architecture decisions to surface risks and improve decisions.
Quick Start
Ask the AI to apply the listed methods to a design document or ADR and return a refined set of insights.