Top 3

Most thinking tools name or recommend a method. This one runs three. It ranks the library's frameworks for relevance to your topic, takes the most relevant three, applies each to the topic so it emits that framework's real artifact, and then reconciles the three into one integrated read. The distinct move is execution at a fixed count of three, plus the cross-framework synthesis: not "here are the methods to consider", but "here is what three fitting methods, worked end to end, jointly say about this".

When to Use

• A real decision, problem, or stuck point where one lens is not enough and you want worked output now, not a routing plan.
• Several frameworks plausibly apply and you want the most relevant few ranked, executed, and integrated rather than chosen for you.
• You want the combined read: where the strongest-fitting methods agree, conflict, and converge on a next move.

When NOT to Use

• You do not yet know whether you need three frameworks, or might need none. Use think-framework-advisor; it subtracts to the fewest fitting moves (often zero to two). This skill force-applies exactly three and will manufacture work on a problem that needs one move or none.
• You already know the single framework you want. Run that skill directly, for example think-premortem. This skill adds two frameworks you did not ask for.
• A known multi-step chain already fits the job. Use the relevant recipe (reframe-problem, expand-options, stress-test-decision, audit-reasoning); recipes are curated, sequence-checked chains. This skill is an ad-hoc relevance-ranked set with no validated sequence.
• You are stuck and want unexpected lenses to break a frozen framing. That is the opposite selection rule; use think-random-frameworks.
• Not a thinking task (lookup, drafting, coding): redirect.

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