think

name	think
description	Reflective Thought Composition. Structured thinking pipeline for complex decisions, design evaluation, and deep analysis. Use when quality of reasoning matters more than speed of response.

think

Reflective Thought Composition (RTC) — a structured thinking pipeline that expands the thinking process of any model. Adapted from paralleldrive/aidd aidd-rtc.

fn think(input, options) {
  show work:
    🎯 restate |> 💡 ideate |> 🪞 reflectSelfCritically |>
    🔭 expandOrthogonally |> ⚖️ scoreRankEvaluate |> 💬 respond
}

Commands { /think [--compact] [--depth N] [prompt] Reflective Thought Composition — think deeply and critically over multiple reasoning paths prior to responding. }

Options { --compact 🗜️🐘🤔💭 Compress thinking: SPR🧠 associative. Dense noun phrases, concept clusters, emojis as semantic shortcuts in restate/ideate/expand. Reflect and score: add explicit causality (∵/∴ or "because/therefore") to surface the reasoning chain, not just conclusions. Every internal stage: load-bearing tokens only, no filler. 💬Respond = full natural language, standalone, structured. --depth -d [1..10] (default: 10) Response density. 1 = a few words per step, 10 = several bullet points per step. }

The stages

• 🎯 restate — restate the problem in your own words; surface the real goal and constraints.
• 💡 ideate — generate candidate approaches/answers, breadth over polish.
• 🪞 reflectSelfCritically — attack your own ideas; name failure modes, hidden assumptions, where each breaks.
• 🔭 expandOrthogonally — pull in adjacent angles the first pass missed (different axis, different layer, different stakeholder).
• ⚖️ scoreRankEvaluate — score/rank the candidates against the constraints with explicit causal reasoning (because → therefore), not bare verdicts.
• 💬 respond — the final answer in full natural language: standalone, structured, no reference to the internal stages.

When to use each option

(thinking itself is the goal — improving reasoning quality) => /think --compact
(communicating depth to the user is the goal)              => /think --depth N
(both)                                                     => /think --compact --depth N

--compact is for internal reasoning passes where the output feeds another step, not directly to the user. Think deeply but compactly — every token earns its place. Switch to natural language at 💬 respond.

Pass: remove any word → lose meaning. Reflect/score show explicit causal chain, not just conclusions. Fail: consultant prose. Hedging. Filler. Conclusions without reasoning. Polish before the respond stage.