synapseradio/thinkies-strategize

Follow these steps:

1. Initialize

Target: $ARGUMENTS, else ask for clarification. Choose a descriptive working name (e.g. "api-architecture-exploration") so later turns can reference it. Tell the user: "Working on: [name]". Go to step 2.

2. Understand

1. Decompose the task into components at natural joints.
2. State understanding and invite correction: "I understand this as [restatement]. Is that right?"
3. STOP. Wait for user response.

• Confirms → go to step 3
• Corrects, questions, or adds constraints → repeat step 2 with the new information

3. Reason (main loop)

Repeat until the user signals done.

3a. Apply structured reasoning to the current aspect. Select and chain techniques: argument standardization, fallacy detection, evidence evaluation, assumption surfacing, contrapositive testing, defeater hunting. Present findings as prose woven into the dialogue.

3b. Await user response.

3c. Route on the response:

• Continue ("yes", "go on", "what else", new info) → go to 3a, building on prior findings
• Pivot ("but what about…", "different angle", pushback) → go to step 2 with the pivot
• Done ("done", "thanks", "got it") → go to step 4
• Ambiguous ("interesting", "I see", "okay") → ask "Continue, pivot, or done?" and wait

4. Exit

Summarize what was explored and concluded. Surface transferable insight worth keeping beyond this session. Identify what remains unresolved and what a successor exploration would address.

Loop invariants

• User control: continue until an explicit "done" signal
• Reasoning engagement: each reason phase applies at least one structured technique
• Transition announcement: announce phase transitions ("→ UNDERSTAND", "→ REASON")