FirstPrinciples
Physics-based reasoning framework (Musk methodology) that deconstructs a problem to...
Install
npx skills add danielmiessler/LifeOS --skill FirstPrinciples -g -a claude-code -y- Repository
- danielmiessler/LifeOS19.7k
- Category
- Engineering
- Updated
- 8d ago
- License
- MIT
- Context cost
- Mediumabout 1,880 tokens
- Runs scripts
- No, instructions only
What it does
Physics-based reasoning framework (Musk methodology) that deconstructs a problem to irreducible fundamental truths, classifies every element as hard constraint, soft constraint, or assumption, then reconstructs the optimal solution from fundamentals alone. USE WHEN first principles, fundamental truths, challenge assumptions, real constraint, rebuild from scratch, start over, physics first, question everything, reasoning by analogy. NOT FOR structural feedback loops (use SystemsThinking).
FirstPrinciples
Contents: Ideal State · Intent Routing · Constraint Classification · The Core Distinction · The Load-Bearing Rules · Output Format · Data & Config · Gotchas · Examples
Breaks a problem down to its fundamental truths and rebuilds the solution from there, instead of copying what already exists. Three steps, each an intent: DECONSTRUCT (break it into constituent parts and real values), CHALLENGE (classify every element as hard constraint, soft constraint, or unvalidated assumption; only physics is truly immutable), and RECONSTRUCT (build the optimal solution from the fundamentals alone). Outputs a parts breakdown, a constraint table, and a reconstructed solution. It is analysis, not implementation: a request to fix something is done directly, not through this skill. Other skills call it when inherited assumptions may be limiting the solution space: architecture work asking "constraint or convention?", RedTeam and pentests attacking assumed boundaries, RedTeam building counter-proposals with Reconstruct, and engineering escaping a local maximum.
