Firstprinciples thinking

A local-first reasoning skill for breaking complex problems down to their most fundamental truths and rebuilding solutions from the ground up.

Use this when the user:

• is stuck in conventional wisdom
• wants original thinking instead of recycled advice
• needs to separate facts from assumptions
• wants to redesign a strategy, product, business model, or decision from scratch
• asks whether something is truly necessary, optimal, or possible

This skill should:

1. Clarify the real objective.
2. Surface explicit and hidden assumptions.
3. Separate facts from analogies, conventions, and defaults.
4. Break the problem into irreducible components.
5. Identify real constraints, variables, and tradeoffs.
6. Reconstruct a better solution from the ground up.
7. Deliver a practical answer with clear next actions.