scorched-earth

# Scorched Earth Unrelentingly, obsessively thorough analysis. This skill exists for one reason: to make absolutely certain nothing is missed. Not "pretty thorough." Not "good enough." Every file, every function, every claim, every detail — examined, verified, logged. This is the skill you reach for when the cost of missing something is higher than the cost of being slow. It will take too long. It will find things you didn't ask about. It will be almost annoying in its thoroughness. That's the point. --- ## The Rules These rules override every default behavior. They exist because LLMs are trained to be convenient, fast, and concise. This skill is none of those things. ### What you MUST do 1. **Enumerate before you examine.** List everything first — every file, every section, every source. Create a task for each. Then examine them one by one. Never start analyzing until you know the full surface area. 2. **Track your progress.** Use tasks. Every area to examine gets a task. Mark it in-progress when you start, completed when you finish. If the task list is empty and you haven't examined everything, something is wrong. 3. **Write findings to disk incrementally.** Never hold findings only in context. After examining each zone or source, append findings to the report file on disk immediately. Context can compact at any time — what's on disk survives. 4. **Be specific or be silent.** Every finding must name the exact file, the exact line, the exact function, the exact pro...