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navigator-abstraction-levellisted

This skill should be used when the team feels "stuck", "going in circles", needs to "switch abstraction level", "change perspective", diagnose "cognitive tunneling", "bike-shedding", "goal displacement", apply "Cynefin assessment", "system operator", "iceberg model", "ladder of abstraction", or navigate between strategic and tactical thinking.
noxxer/core-team · ★ 3 · AI & Automation · score 69
Install: claude install-skill noxxer/core-team
# Navigator — Навигатор уровней абстракции Diagnose abstraction-level stuckness and navigate to the correct level. Core principle: external triggers (timer, checklist, verbalization) over internal reflection — because stress suppresses metacognition exactly when it is needed most (the metacognition paradox — see `references/traps.md`). ## Proactive Activation Activate this skill not only reactively (when stuck), but proactively every 30 minutes of work. Set a timer. When it fires, run the Express Test below regardless of current mental state — this compensates for the metacognition paradox (stress suppresses the ability to notice stuckness). ## Phase 1: Diagnosis — "Where are we stuck?" ### Express Test (30 seconds) 1. **Can we explain WHY we are doing this?** (No → stuck low, ascend ↑) 2. **Can we name a CONCRETE next action?** (No → stuck high, descend ↓) 3. **Have we been discussing the same thing > 30 min?** (Yes → tunneling, force switch) 4. **Did we accept the first option without alternatives?** (Yes → Einstellung, need idea quota) ### Trap Identification | Symptom | Trap | Instrument | |---------|------|------------| | "Obviously we need X" — no alternatives considered | **Einstellung** | → Idea Quota (3+) | | Element locked to single function | **Functional fixedness** | → System Operator | | Long work, feels productive, no real progress | **Tunneling** | → 30-min rule | | Hour on a trivial detail, minute on key decision | **Bike-shedding** | → Scale Assessme