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# Aristotle First Principles Methodology First-principles analysis for decisions that are genuinely ambiguous or high-impact. Invoke explicitly when the problem framing itself is in question; skip it for routine work. ## Full Mode (high-impact / ambiguous decisions) 1. **Assumption Autopsy** - Identify inherited assumptions in the problem framing 2. **Irreducible Truths** - List only what survives when all assumptions are removed 3. **Reconstruction from Zero** - Generate 3 approaches using only irreducible truths 4. **Assumption vs Truth Map** - Compare conventional vs first-principles thinking 5. **The Aristotelian Move** - Identify the single highest-leverage action ## Quick Mode (simpler decisions that still feel off) 1. **Assumption Autopsy** - Quick check: are we solving the right problem? 5. **The Aristotelian Move** - What is the single best action? ## Scope and Triggers Apply when the user opens or redirects work AND the framing itself can change what you do - not on routine status messages (DONE/ACK/PONG/MERGED) or inside a task that is already framed. This bounds the trigger; when it fires, it fires in full. ## Invariant (#45) Methodology-only: invoking this skill never selects or changes provider/model/effort. Model choice stays with the user and the session. ## Reference Full documentation: `docs/reference/aristotle-first-principles.md`