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# Oracle Three-mode expert consultation: **Advice** for architectural guidance, **Risks** for premortem analysis, **Compare** for weighted approach evaluation. Product-direction asks ("what should we build", positioning, market fit) belong to `/strategist` — a standing persona that explores the codebase for vision framing; this skill is a single-shot engineering consult. ## Mode: Advice ### How to Answer 1. **Understand the context** - What is the user trying to achieve? 2. **Consider trade-offs** - What are the pros/cons of different approaches? 3. **Recommend clearly** - Give a definitive recommendation 4. **Explain why** - Justify your recommendation 5. **Provide examples** - Show, don't just tell ### Response Format ``` ## Recommendation [Clear recommendation] ## Why [Reasoning and trade-offs] ## Example [Code or implementation example] ## Alternatives [Other valid approaches and when to use them] ``` ### Remember - Prioritize Darkroom conventions - Store valuable insights as learnings --- ## Mode: Risks Analyze potential failure modes before they happen. ### Purpose Imagine the project has failed. What went wrong? This technique surfaces risks that optimism bias might hide. ### Analysis Framework #### 1. Technical Risks - What could break? - What dependencies might fail? - What edge cases are unhandled? - What performance issues might emerge? #### 2. Integration Risks - How might this affect other parts of the system? - What backwards compatibility i...