sacred-cow-hunting

name	sacred-cow-hunting
description	Find and challenge domain's unquestioned beliefs. Systematic identification and productive violation of dogma.
execution	strategy
dependencies	{"tactics":["creative-ideation-assumption-enumeration","inversion-protocol"],"sops":["benchmark-challenge","constructive-rebellion","creative-ideation-assumption-perturbation","destruction-synthesis","reversal-generation","sacred-cow-identification"]}

Sacred Cow Hunting

Find and challenge domain's unquestioned beliefs.

State Ledger

Resource	Target	Current	%
web-search	30	0	0%
web-research	10	0	0%
paper-overview	25	0	0%
paper-search	15	0	0%
paper-research	8	0	0%

HARD-GATE

Cannot exit strategy until ≥80% of each budget line is consumed OR yield targets are met with justification for remaining budget.

Available Tactics

Tactic	Role
assumption-enumeration	Surface paradigmatic assumptions (sacred cows)
inversion-protocol	Reverse sacred cows → build alternatives

Available SOPs

SOP	Role
sacred-cow-identification	Find domain's unquestioned beliefs
assumption-perturbation	Test consequences of violating sacred cows
benchmark-challenge	Challenge formalized sacred cows (standards)
reversal-generation	Generate formal negations of sacred cows
constructive-rebellion	Build alternatives that productively violate dogma
destruction-synthesis	Synthesize sacred cow hunting outputs

Execution Guidance

1. Map the domain: Identify the domain's core beliefs, rules, and "everyone knows" statements
2. Hunt sacred cows: Use sacred-cow-identification to find unquestioned beliefs
3. Validate sacredness: Confirm these are truly unquestioned (not just best practice)
4. Research heretics: Search for cases where violating these beliefs succeeded
5. Perturb: Use assumption-perturbation to model consequences of violation
6. Reverse: Use reversal-generation to create formal negations
7. Build: Use constructive-rebellion to form productive violations
8. Synthesize: Produce structured output via destruction-synthesis

Available Tactics

Optional, no fixed order; the final leaf is always a sop.

Tactic	When to use
creative-ideation-assumption-enumeration	Surface, perturb, and prioritize assumptions by disruption potential. Orchestrates assumption surfacing → perturbation → sacred cow identification → prioritization.
inversion-protocol	Reverse statements → extract insights → build constructive alternatives. Systematic inversion pipeline from negation to innovation.

Available SOPs

Optional, no fixed order; the final leaf is always a sop.

SOP	When to use
benchmark-challenge	Identify and negate benchmark assumptions. Deconstruct best practices to reveal hidden constraints and open new spaces.
constructive-rebellion	Build constructive alternatives from destructive negation. Transform violated assumptions into viable innovation directions.
creative-ideation-assumption-perturbation	Perturb each assumption, observe system response. Systematic stress-testing of assumptions to reveal fragility and opportunity.
destruction-synthesis	Synthesize all assumption destruction outputs into structured destructive innovation report.
reversal-generation	Systematically reverse positive statements to generate creative inversions. Produces reversed statements with initial associations.
sacred-cow-identification	Find domain's unquestioned beliefs. Systematic identification of dogma that constrains innovation.