# Thinking Triz

When two design requirements seem mutually exclusive, name the contradiction, separate...

- Repository: https://github.com/tjboudreaux/cc-thinking-skills (1690 stars)
- Category: Design
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-08-07
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add tjboudreaux/cc-thinking-skills --skill thinking-triz -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add tjboudreaux/cc-thinking-skills --skill thinking-triz -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add tjboudreaux/cc-thinking-skills --skill thinking-triz -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add tjboudreaux/cc-thinking-skills --skill thinking-triz -g -a gemini-cli -y`
Claude Code plugin marketplace: `/plugin marketplace add tjboudreaux/cc-thinking-skills`

## Description

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

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# TRIZ

Resolve technical design contradictions without midpoint compromise. Name the conflict, separate the opposing states, and transform the system so both benefits hold.

## When to Use

- Architecture, API, or system parameters pull in opposite directions (stable vs evolving, fresh vs cached, strict vs frictionless).
- You are about to accept a trade-off because "you can't have both."
- Every candidate solution shares the same structural weakness, the conflict is in the requirements, not the options list.

## When NOT to Use

- One option is simply better under stated constraints → pick it; do not manufacture a contradiction.
- A cheap measurement shows which side actually matters → measure instead of inventing a separation.
- A standard pattern already resolves it (cache-aside, CQRS, feature flags, versioning) → apply the pattern directly.
- Non-technical people/org conflicts → out of scope; separation targets system parameters.
- Ordinary prioritization or resource allocation without opposing states of the same parameter.

## Procedure

The rest: https://github.com/tjboudreaux/cc-thinking-skills/blob/HEAD/skills/thinking-triz/SKILL.md