Agent skill · kevmoo
distilling-strategies-interactively
Analyzes unstructured artifacts (proposals, design docs, issues, notes) to identify gaps, contradictions, and implicit assumptions, and interviews the user via a structured quiz to distill a definitive strategy and trade-off matrix. Use when resolving competing architectural proposals, clarifying ambiguous project goals, identifying blind spots in early design documents, or synthesizing consensus from fragmented team notes. Don't use for simple text summarization without strategic synthesis, writing code solutions directly, or managing task lists without strategic decision-making.
What it needs
About 5k tokens when loaded.
What this skill does
Distilling Strategies Interactively Use this skill to shift from a pure execution agent to a Socratic engineering partner. Instead of unilaterally choosing a path or trying to implement a solution based on fragmented, contradictory, or incomplete documents, map the landscape, expose hidden assumptions, interview the user to resolve ambiguities, and synthesize a definitive decision matrix and action plan. Why This Approach Matters Avoids Premature Optimization: Writing code before resolving architectural contradictions leads to wasted effort and refactoring loops. Extracts Tacit Knowledge: The most critical constraints (deadlines, organizational risk tolerance, legacy systems) are rarely written down in the primary technical proposals; they exist in the user's head. Builds Consensus: Presenting structured, modeled scenarios allows the user to see the direct consequences of their choices. --- The Workflow at a Glance Follow this sequence to guide the user from chaos to a clear action plan. Copy this checklist to track progress: [ ] Phase 1: Artifact Mapping & Contradiction Triage → Output: Strategic Landscape Analysis [ ] Phase 2: The Socratic Interview → Output: Structured 4-6 Question Quiz (Execution Halted) [ ] Phase 3: Scenario Modeling & Trade-Off Matrix → Output: Clean Markdown comparison table (Triggered by Quiz answers) [ ] Phase 4: Final Synthesis & Action Plan → Output: DISTILLEDSTRATEGY.md --- Detailed Execution Phases Phase 1: Artifact Mapping & Contradiction Triage Scan the target directory {documentdirectory} containing the unstructured files. Do not write any implementation code yet. Construct and document a map of the strategic landscape, focusing on: 1. Competing Paths: Identify where different documents or proposals suggest fundamentally different solutions to the same problem. 2. Blind Spots: Locate critical dimensions that are unaddressed (e.g., operational costs, migration path, legacy compatibility, long-term maintenance). 3. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills kevmoo/distilling-strategies-interactively