unstuck

# /unstuck — The roadblock antidote Turns "impossible" into angles. Classifies the wall, runs the right lateral-thinking techniques against it, and doesn't stop at the first mediocre workaround. Output is either a set of viable angles with next actions — or an honest "this wall is load-bearing, reroute the goal." **Two modes:** - **User-invoked** — someone is stuck and asks. Full 7-step workflow below. - **Agent fast path** — YOU (the agent) hit the wall mid-task. See [Agent fast path](#agent-fast-path) — run it before telling the user something can't be done. ## The mental model: walls have types, and the type picks the crowbar "Impossible" is a claim, not a fact. It almost always decompiles into something weaker: *expensive*, *against the rules*, *nobody's done it*, *I don't know how*. Only *actually impossible* (physics, math, arithmetic) ends the session — and it ends it honestly. | Wall type | What "impossible" actually means | Lead techniques (see `references/techniques.md`) | |---|---|---| | **Assumption** | An inherited belief nobody re-verified | T1 assumption autopsy, T3 first principles | | **Framing** | The goal is stated in a way that excludes the answer | T4 altitude shift, T2 inversion, T5 work backwards | | **Gatekeeper** | A person/org said no | T10 interrogate the no, T6 analogical transfer | | **Tool/tech** | "X doesn't support Y" | T9 SCAMPER (substitute the primitive), T6 analogical transfer | | **Resource** | Not enough time/money/people | T7 constr...