Analyze the defining constraints of a domain, role, or debate and map its solution space.
npx skills add https://github.com/lijigang/ljg-skills --skill ljg-constraint
Please help me install this Agent Skill. Skill: ljg-constraint Source: https://github.com/lijigang/ljg-skills/tree/main/skills/ljg-constraint Command: npx skills add https://github.com/lijigang/ljg-skills --skill ljg-constraint
When people argue about solutions, they often assume they are solving the same problem while actually operating under different constraints. This Skill identifies the few constraints that truly define a domain, profession, role, product, or debate, classifies them as hard, soft, or self-imposed, and shows how they shape the solution space and explain observed behavior.
Ask the AI to analyze the essential constraints of a specific role or debate, for example: what constraints define a venture capital fund manager and explain their behavior.
High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.
List candidate constraints by asking what cannot be done, what must be done, and what is inescapable, then classify each as hard, soft, or self-imposed. Test each supposed hard constraint by asking whether violating it physically breaks the system or merely carries a penalty.
Hard constraints cannot be violated without system collapse, like time or cash flow. Soft constraints can be violated at a cost, like laws or contracts. Self-imposed constraints exist only as beliefs or habits and can be redefined.
Behavior that looks irrational is often the rational optimum inside a narrow solution space. When constraints conflict and the feasible set shrinks or empties, actors are forced into distorted trade-offs that appear strange from outside.
Use constraint analysis when you need the boundaries that frame a problem and its solution space. Use vertical deep-diving approaches when you need to trace a single claim or phenomenon down to its irreducible essence.
It produces a continuous Chinese prose essay without section headings, ending with a pure-ASCII structural diagram showing how constraints shape behavior. The result is saved as a timestamped org file in ~/Documents/notes/.
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