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first-principles
Use when user is stuck by industry conventions ("大家都这么做"), faces a new problem with no precedent, or finds current solutions arbitrarily expensive (intuition says "it shouldn't cost this much"). Triggers on Chinese phrases 行业惯例 / 大家都这么做 / 为什么不能 / 这么贵不合理 / 颠覆性 / 从零开始, and English signals "everyone does it this way", "why is it so expensive", "let's think from scratch". Decompose to irreducible physical/logical truths then rebuild — bypasses analogy thinking. Musk's secret. Do NOT use for problems with proven best practice (Cynefin Clear domain — use SOP), time-critical decisions (first principles takes hours-days), high-emotion contexts (cool down first), or in low-psychological-safety teams (will create conflict with authority).
Use when user is stuck by industry conventions ("大家都这么做"), faces a new problem with no precedent, or finds current solutions arbitrarily expensive (intuition says "it shouldn't cost this much"). Triggers on Chinese phrases 行业惯例 / 大家都这么做 / 为什么不能 / 这么贵不合理 / 颠覆性 / 从零开始, and English signals "everyone does it this way", "why is it so expensive", "let's think from scratch". Decompose to irreducible physical/logical truths then rebuild — bypasses analogy thinking. Musk's secret. Do NOT use for problems with proven best practice (Cynefin Clear domain — use SOP), time-critical decisions (first principles takes hours-days), high-emotion contexts (cool down first), or in low-psychological-safety teams (will create conflict with authority).
npx skills add https://github.com/jackjin1997/ClawForge --skill first-principlesCopy and paste this command into Claude Code to install the skill
