think-assumption-reversallisted
Install: claude install-skill product-on-purpose/thinking-framework-skills
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# Assumption Reversal
Solutions stay trapped inside the assumptions a problem is stated with. Assumption reversal makes those premises explicit, negates or reverses each, and generates ideas from the reversed world. It is not generic inversion ("how would we cause failure?"); it targets the foundational premises the option space rests on and uses their reversal as an idea generator. The output is an **assumptions-and-reversals sheet** ending in a shortlist. Reversed assumptions are candidates to explore, not recommendations.
## When to Use
- An option space feels stuck inside default constraints.
- The obvious solutions all seem to share a hidden premise.
- Early divergent exploration, when breadth matters more than convergence.
## When NOT to Use
- When the binding constraints are genuinely fixed (regulatory, physical) and cannot be reversed in reality.
- When you need to converge and choose (use a decision skill).
- As a source of recommendations (it produces candidates, not decisions).
- If it would only reverse trivial, cosmetic assumptions.
## Instructions
When asked to run assumption reversal, follow these steps:
1. **State the problem or solution** in one line.
2. **Surface the foundational assumptions.** List the load-bearing premises it rests on (business model, user, channel, sequence, who pays, what is required). Push for the ones so basic they