zanshin-pi-extension

Save current session state mid-session — faster than /whats-next, designed for crash recovery

Apply engineering principles to code or design — DRY, KISS, SRP, YAGNI, phased delivery

Surface assumptions collaboratively before proceeding — beginner's mind, invoked depth

Analyze the current conversation and create a handoff document for continuing this work in a fresh context

Gather requirements through adaptive questioning before executing any task

Evaluate decisions across three time horizons

Drill to root cause by asking why repeatedly

Apply Eisenhower matrix (urgent/important) to prioritize tasks or decisions

Break down to fundamentals and rebuild from base truths

Solve problems backwards - what would guarantee failure?

Find simplest explanation that fits all the facts

Identify the single highest-leverage action

Analyze what you give up by choosing this option

Apply Pareto's principle (80/20 rule) to analyze arguments or current discussion

Think through consequences of consequences

Map strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats

Improve by removing rather than adding

Apply expert debugging methodology to investigate a specific issue

Relentless design interrogation — walk every branch of a plan, resolve dependencies, and reach shared understanding before building

Improve a skill's SKILL.md by applying corrections discovered during execution, with approval workflow

Research competitors - who else does this, how, strengths/weaknesses

Comprehensive investigation of a topic - thorough analysis with sources

Reality check - can we actually do this with our constraints?

Research what's been tried before - past attempts, lessons learned

Map the space - tools, players, trends, gaps in a domain

Find open-source solutions - libraries, tools, projects that solve this

Compare multiple options side-by-side with recommendation

Research how to implement something - approaches, libraries, tradeoffs

Adversarial review of any content — essays, designs, plans, or ideas