dh Glossary

A mandate that names a dh concept states only the name, not the method — the orchestrator sees the outcome (a verdict, a gate, a report) and can misinfer the mechanism from watching what it does. Load this skill instead of inferring; each entry states the method, not just the outcome, and points to the file that is authoritative if this entry ever drifts from it.

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RT-ICA (Reverse Thinking - Information Completeness Assessment) — works backward from the stated goal through its prerequisite chain: what must exist to reach the goal, then what each of those things requires, recursively back to the current state. Classifies each prerequisite as AVAILABLE, DERIVABLE, or MISSING. dh:rt-ica blocks planning on any MISSING condition (S2 implementation gate); dh:planner-rt-ica is the non-blocking sister used during grooming, which localizes a MISSING condition to the affected task instead of halting. Canonical: load the dh:rt-ica skill.