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Unknown: Surface Blind Spots with Known/Unknown Quadrants

Surface hidden assumptions and blind spots in any strategy, plan, or decision using the Known/Unknown quadrant framework and hypothesis-driven questioning.

When to Use

  • Strategy or planning documents that need scrutiny
  • Decisions with unclear direction or hidden assumptions
  • Any situation where "what we don't know" matters more than "what we do know"

For specific requirement clarification (feature requests, bug reports), use the vague skill. For content-vs-form reframing (optimizing within a form vs inventing a new form), use the metamedium skill.

Core Principle: Hypothesis-as-Options

ALWAYS use the AskUserQuestion tool for every question in R1/R2/R3 — never ask questions in plain text. The structured format enforces hypothesis-as-options and limits choice fatigue.

Present hypotheses as options instead of open questions. The hypotheses ARE the analysis — by designing good options, 80% of the analytical work is done before the user even answers. The user's job is to confirm, correct, or surprise.

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