/layers-orient

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Orient is a rapid diagnostic. It maps the current state of decisions across all seven layers, identifies the bottleneck — the lowest layer with unresolved or risky decisions — and recommends where to focus next.

It is not a deep dive into any layer. That's what the individual layer skills are for. Orient answers the prior question: which layer deserves attention most urgently?

What it assesses:

• Whether key decisions have been made at each layer, and how solidly
• Whether decisions treated as solid are actually assumptions
• Which layer is the most foundational with unresolved work, creating risk for everything above

Quality signals — when orient is done well:

• The bottleneck layer is specifically named, not vaguely gestured at
• Assumed layers are distinguished from Strong ones — they require different responses
• The recommendation connects to a specific skill with a clear reason