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1thinking-effectuationUnder genuine uncertainty with no reliable forecast, inventory means, cap downside at affordable loss, act for commitments, and let goals emerge from controllable moves.15

2thinking-first-principlesWhen a constraint is treated as fixed, separate physics from convention, keep only independently supported primitives, and rebuild the simplest solution that satisfies real constraints.15

3thinking-bounded-rationalityUse when search or investigation could run forever. Set an explicit good-enough threshold first, then stop at the first option that clears it.14

4thinking-circle-of-competenceUse when a specific claim may lack grounding. Check evidence boundary, size wrongness cost, then answer, fetch, or abstain — never confabulate.14

5thinking-cynefinWhen the right response mode is unclear, classify the cause-effect domain first; decompose disorder.14

6thinking-five-whys-plusWhen a fault is localized and the proximate cause is known but the systemic root is not, chain evidence-linked whys with a counterfactual stop and a countermeasure.14

7thinking-jobs-to-be-doneDeciding what to build or why adoption fails. Recover the progress users hire a solution for under a circumstance, then rank by outcome and competing workarounds.14

8thinking-kepner-tregoeUse when a selective defect needs IS/IS-NOT difference analysis or a consequential option choice needs must/want weighting and adverse-consequence comparison.14

9thinking-lindy-effectUse when longevity of a non-perishable option matters. Treat survival duration as a remaining-life prior, then check domain drift before favoring the proven.14

10thinking-map-territoryWhen a claim, doc, test, metric, or assumption conflicts with observed behavior, stop theorizing from the map and verify the live code or data; let territory overrule.14

11thinking-margin-of-safetyWhen provisioning, setting a limit, or committing an estimate under uncertainty, size a buffer to residual error and the cost of breach—not to the optimistic edge.14

12thinking-model-combinationWhen one mental model leaves a material blind spot on a multi-domain or high-stakes problem, sequence complementary models with named roles and a conflict rule.14

13thinking-model-routerWhen unsure which thinking skill fits, map domain and problem type, then return NONE or one primary skill by default (at most three complementary).14

14thinking-oodaUse under time pressure when the situation is still changing and you must act before certainty — cycle Observe→Orient→Decide→Act on ~70% confidence, then re-observe.14

15thinking-opportunity-costBefore committing scarce time, people, or money, name the best forgone use of those resources and the value delta of the chosen path versus that alternative.14

16thinking-pre-mortemBefore committing to a plan or launch, assume it already failed and reason backward through concrete causes — convert failure paths into mitigations, gates, and stop checks.14

17thinking-probabilisticUse when forecasting, estimating, or sizing risk — anchor on base rates, give ranges, update prior→likelihood→posterior on evidence, and factor unmeasured quantities into order-of-magnitude bounds.14

18thinking-red-teamFor authorized security review of code, auth, or APIs you control, model the attacker, map the attack surface, and report only findings with a reproducible exploit path and verified mitigation.14

19thinking-reversibilityBefore heavy deliberation, classify the decision as cheap or costly to undo; decide two-way doors fast and stage one-way doors to preserve options.14

20thinking-scientific-methodWhen a symptom has several plausible causes, rank falsifiable hypotheses and run the cheapest discriminating observation first; prefer least-assumptive survivors only after evidence fit.14

21thinking-second-orderWhen a change has effects past the immediate fix—incentives, scale, feedback—trace consequence chains with timing and probability before committing.14

22thinking-socraticWhen a request is vague, assumption-laden, or "obvious," ask the few load-bearing questions that expose hidden requirements before building or committing.14

23thinking-steel-manningBefore rejecting a proposal or reflexively agreeing, build the strongest faithful opposing case, state agreement conditions, then update or reaffirm.14

24thinking-systemsWhen behavior is emergent across components—fixes elsewhere break, loops/delays dominate—map boundary, stocks/flows, feedback, archetypes, then rank leverage.14

25thinking-theory-of-constraintsWhen throughput or latency is pipeline-limited, identify the single binding constraint and exploit, subordinate, elevate, then recheck—ignore non-constraints.14

26thinking-thought-experimentWhen a real test is too rare, large, or irreversible, run a controlled counterfactual: isolate one variable, fix conditions, trace the mechanistic chain, and bound what the result implies.14

27thinking-trizWhen two design requirements seem mutually exclusive, name the contradiction, separate conflicting states, then invent a concrete no-compromise resolution.14

28thinking-via-negativaUse when the reflex is to add a feature, layer, or process. Prefer removing harmful or nonessential elements first, with an irreversibility guard before deletion.14