sacred-cow-identification

$npx mdskill add yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine/sacred-cow-identification

Identifies unquestioned beliefs in a domain to facilitate innovation

  • Analyzes provided domain description and known practices to identify dogma.
  • Depends on deep understanding of the domain and critical thinking skills.
  • Decides what to recommend based on analysis of identified dogma and well-justified constraints.
  • Delivers recommendations for addressing identified sacred cows in a clear, actionable manner.

SKILL.md

.github/skills/sacred-cow-identificationView on GitHub ↗
---
name: sacred-cow-identification
description: Find domain's unquestioned beliefs. Systematic identification of dogma that constrains innovation.
execution: subagent
prompt: ./prompt.md
input: domain_description (string), known_practices (string)
used-by: assumption-enumeration, anti-benchmark, sacred-cow-hunting
---

# Sacred Cow Identification

Find domain's unquestioned beliefs.

## Execution

Subagent — spawned via subagent-spawning/spawn-agent skill.

## Why Subagent

Sacred cow identification requires deep domain analysis and the ability to distinguish between well-justified constraints and mere tradition. Benefits from dedicated critical thinking without solution-generation pressure.

More from yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine

SkillDescription
abductive-hypothesis-generationStrategy: 面对异常的最佳解释推理
ablation-brainstormRemove components one by one, observe system changes to reveal hidden dependencies and generate ideas from structural gaps.
ablation-component-mappingMap system architecture to ablatable units for ablation studies
ablation-designDesign ablation studies to isolate component contributions in ML systems
ablation-executionRemove components one by one from a system, record the response/impact of each removal.
abp-vulnerability-classificationClassify assumptions on 2 axes — load-bearing (how much conclusion depends on it) × vulnerable (how likely to be false). Focuses attention on High-Load × High-Vulnerable quadrant.
abstraction-extractionExtract abstract principles from concrete domain cases. Strips domain-specific details to reveal transferable mechanisms.
abstraction-ladderPerform bisociation at multiple abstraction levels
abstraction-ladderingMove between concrete and abstract framings — 3 levels up (Why?) and 3 levels down (How?) to find the most productive research level.
abstraction-to-designAbstract biological principle to design principle. Bridge from biology to engineering.