What problem does it solve? Teams routinely optimize, accelerate, or automate work that should never exist in the first place. This Skill runs Elon Musk's five-step Algorithm (Question, Delete, Simplify, Accelerate, Automate) in strict order on any task, feature, process, backlog, or offer, forcing deletion decisions before any effort goes into doing the work well. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Ordered Five-Step Pass: Challenges every requirement for a named owner and traceable consequence, attempts deletion with a 10% add-back rule, then simplifies, accelerates, and only lastly automates survivors. - Backlog Triage: Runs the cheapest verdict first on each item in a list, so most items die at step 1 or 2 and never earn optimization effort. - Structured Output: Produces a verdict table, a deleted list with add-back watch conditions, a minimal survivor list with named owners, a 10% deletion check, and one next physical action. - Use Case: Point it at a feature backlog before a sprint. Requirements without a named owner or revenue-traceable consequence are marked dumb and deleted, and only survivors get simplified and scheduled. ## Quick Start Ask the agent to run /elon-algo on your current feature backlog and return the verdict table with deletions and survivors.
