IterativeDepth
Structured multi-angle exploration running 2-8 sequential passes over the same problem...
Install
npx skills add danielmiessler/LifeOS --skill IterativeDepth -g -a claude-code -y- Repository
- danielmiessler/LifeOS19.7k
- Category
- Data and ML
- Updated
- 8d ago
- License
- MIT
- Context cost
- Lightabout 567 tokens
- Runs scripts
- No, instructions only
What it does
Structured multi-angle exploration running 2-8 sequential passes over the same problem, each through a different scientific lens, to surface hidden requirements and edge cases invisible from one angle; each pass yields new ISC criteria. USE WHEN iterative depth, explore deeper, multi-angle analysis, surface hidden requirements, blind spot check, what am I missing. NOT FOR scope/zoom analysis (use ApertureOscillation).
IterativeDepth
IterativeDepth examines one problem through several structurally different lenses (literal, stakeholder, failure, temporal and more) and merges what each angle surfaces into ISC criteria a single pass misses. The method rests on 20 established techniques across cognitive science, AI/ML, requirements engineering and design thinking (ScientificFoundation.md).
Ideal State
- A run returns ISC criteria and anti-criteria that a single pass over the same problem would have missed, each one binary-testable and deduplicated across lenses.
- The lenses fit the problem (a security problem leans on the failure and adversary angles, a UX problem on the experiential one). A run uses between two and eight passes and ends once a pass only repeats earlier findings, usually by about the fifth.
- The result names the lenses used and the cross-angle finding that only appeared because two lenses collided.
Intent Routing
| Intent | Trigger | File |
|---|---|---|
| Explore | "iterative depth", "explore deeper", "multi-angle" | Intents/Explore.md |
| File | Read when |
|---|---|
TheLenses.md | choosing lenses: the catalog of eight exploration angles, concrete to abstract, each with its question, grounding and example prompt |
ScientificFoundation.md | justifying the method or explaining why multi-lens passes work: the 20 techniques it rests on and how it differs from CS iterative deepening |
Data & Config
User customizations live at <configRoot>/LIFEOS/USER/CUSTOMIZATIONS/SKILLS/IterativeDepth/ (configRoot is $CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR when set, else ~/.claude). When that directory exists, its PREFERENCES.md, configurations and resources override the defaults; when it is absent, the defaults stand.
Gotchas
None reproduced yet.
