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Moves for simplifying a complex problem v1.0.0

Use this resource to simplify a design that looks overbuilt or keeps going in circles

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Install with the CLI

In a terminal, from the folder you want:

npx --yes palatekit@latest install radical-simplification-moves

With no option, the skill goes to ~/.agents/skills/; add --agent claude-code (or codex, cursor…) to target an agent.

First time: connect the CLI with

npx --yes palatekit@latest login

The agent applies nine reasoning moves, such as reframing, reducing to the smallest case or decomposing along independent axes, to get unstuck. It explains which move fits the symptom you see. You get a simpler direction and the checks to validate it.

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Updated November 2, 2026

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Install guides
Generates with
Your agent's model
Licence
MIT

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What you get

  • references/: cards on clarifying, reducing and decomposing
  • references/: cards on sanity checks and invariants

Good fit for

  • Your architecture looks heavier than the need
  • Your team has been circling the same problem for several meetings

Not for

    Tags

    • simplification
    • design
    • problem solving
    • architecture

    About

    You say

    “Our notification system is getting too complicated. Help me find the simplest version that covers the same cases.”

    Card for the “Moves for simplifying a complex problem” skill

    Skill published by pproenca under the MIT license, delivered in its original version.

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    How to use it

    1. Install the skill in your agent's skills folder
    2. Ask your agent to simplify a design that looks overbuilt or keeps going in circles
    3. Review and adjust the result

    Content preview

    Files

    • AGENTS.md6.3 KB
    • assets/templates/_template.md1 KB
    • LICENSE1.1 KB
    • metadata.json2.1 KB
    • NOTICE-PALATEKIT.md0.5 KB
    • references/_sections.md4.4 KB
    • references/audit-fermi-sanity-check.md1.8 KB
    • references/audit-feynman-technique.md2.1 KB
    • references/audit-name-the-confusion.md2 KB
    • references/clarify-interview-one-at-a-time.md3.2 KB
    • references/clarify-prefer-source-over-asking.md2.5 KB
    • references/constrain-dimensional-check.md2.2 KB
    • references/constrain-name-the-invariant.md1.7 KB
    • references/decomp-orthogonal-axes.md1.8 KB
    • references/decomp-what-vs-how.md1.7 KB
    • references/frame-essential-vs-accidental.md1.8 KB
    • references/frame-find-decision-point.md1.3 KB
    • references/frame-restate-problem.md1.5 KB
    • references/gen-rising-sea.md2.3 KB
    • references/invert-assume-failure.md1.9 KB
    • references/invert-work-backwards.md1.6 KB
    • references/reduce-limit-cases.md1.7 KB
    • references/reduce-pareto-compress.md1.5 KB
    • references/reduce-toy-case-first.md1.5 KB
    • references/transfer-cross-domain-analogue.md2.1 KB
    • references/transfer-suspect-vocabulary-lock-in.md2.2 KB
    • SKILL.md9.5 KB

    Origin and licence

    Listed unmodified

    Author
    pproenca
    Source
    github.com/pproenca/dot-skills/tree/cf93c57cac89d6fc3e4194686000411567f5caf3/.agents/skills/radical-simplification
    Licence
    MIT

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    « radical-simplification » (pproenca, MIT) livré dans sa version d'origine : fiche en français et en anglais par PalateKit.

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