Structured outward reasoning for analysis, planning, decisions, diagnosis, and design — a direct-trial-first gate, a decision-relevant value-of-information stop gate, and five firing moves (name the kind, frame the problem not the solution, surface the warrant, decide for reversibility, stress-test) that point to the full grammar of thinking for depth. The outward pair to oak-metacognition's inward reflection. Use when facing a gnarly problem, choice, or analysis; especially when investigatio...
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description: Structured outward reasoning for analysis, planning, decisions, diagnosis, and design — a direct-trial-first gate, a decision-relevant value-of-information stop gate, and five firing moves (name the kind, frame the problem not the solution, surface the warrant, decide for reversibility, stress-test) that point to the full grammar of thinking for depth. The outward pair to oak-metacognition's inward reflection. Use when facing a gnarly problem, choice, or analysis; especially when investigation or options keep proliferating and you must decide whether to build and observe, keep analysing, stop, or escalate.
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# Reason (Cross-tool)
Read and follow `.agent/skills/cognition/reason/SKILL-CANONICAL.md`.
