What problem does it solve? Reasoning fails silently through unstated assumptions, missing evidence, or ambiguous terms, and these flaws are invisible from inside your own position. This Skill examines your claim, decision, or conclusion one question at a time to expose where it is weakest before you act on it. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Eight Elements of Reasoning: Probes purpose, question at issue, information, inferences, concepts, assumptions, point of view, and implications as targeted questions. - Nine Intellectual Standards: Audits answers against clarity, accuracy, precision, relevance, depth, breadth, logic, significance, and fairness, naming the standard a weak answer fails. - Entry-Point Routing: Opens with where you are in your reasoning (gathering evidence, testing a conclusion, about to commit) and starts at the element that matches. - Use Case: Before committing to a supplier selected in ten minutes with no objections, use this Skill to surface the assumptions and unexplored points of view the decision rests on. ## Quick Start Ask the assistant to use the critical-thinking skill to poke holes in your conclusion before you act on it.
