What problem does it solve? Design work often rushes from a shallow problem statement straight to solutions, baking in unexamined assumptions. This Skill provides a structured cognitive mode that forces deeper problem immersion, cross-domain association, and assumption-challenging before any solutioning begins. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Three-Phase Reasoning Protocol: Moves through problem immersion, associative expansion, and synthesis in strict order, never entering solution space until invited. - Cross-Skill Integration: Works alongside every Intent design skill (strategize, investigate, blueprint, journey, organize, articulate, evaluate, fortify, include, specify, measure, transpose, localize) to reframe briefs, question structures, and stress-test specs. - Intensity Levels and Check-ins: Supports low, medium, and high intensity modes with structured check-ins every few exchanges and clean exit sequences that translate insights back into the active design skill. - Use Case: A designer stuck on a user flow says "sit with this" — the Skill reframes the problem, pulls structural analogies from library wayfinding and physical spaces, then hands back reframed interaction assumptions to the journey skill. ## Quick Start Ask the assistant to enter philosopher mode and sit with your design problem before proposing any solutions.
