r-irbe Strategy Creation & Analysis
Mathematical and systematic frameworks for creating, evaluating, and executing strategies in competitive and cooperative environments.
Routing
- USE FOR: Strategy creation, analysis, and evaluation — game-theoretic foundations, competitive analysis, decision frameworks, SWOT/PESTLE, wargaming, and their mathematical underpinnings. Use for strategic reasoning about complex multi-agent scenarios, organizational strategy, research strategy, and mathematical planning for governance and optimization layers.
- DO NOT USE FOR: formalising strategic models in Lean (use @lean-applied-reasoning); intelligence analysis (use @applied-intelligence-analysis); game-theoretic optimization (use @math-optimization-game).
- TRIGGERS: strategy, SWOT, PESTLE, wargaming, decision framework, competitive analysis, game-theoretic strategy.
Workflow
- Frame the strategic situation: competitors, payoffs, information structure, time horizon.
- Pick the matching framework (SWOT, PESTLE, Porter, wargame, game-theoretic equilibrium) from the body.
- Run the analysis; produce the strategic recommendation with explicit assumptions + sensitivities.
- Hand off: to
@lean-applied-reasoningif formalisation is needed, to@math-optimization-gameif game-theoretic structure dominates, to@lean-zettelkasten.
Recovery & STOP
- STOP if the question collapses to a pure optimization problem — delegate to
@math-optimization-game. - STOP if intelligence-analysis methodology is what's needed — delegate to
@applied-intelligence-analysis. - STOP if the legal/regulatory dimension dominates — delegate to
@applied-legal-reasoning.
Handoffs
- Predecessors:
agent:gateway,skill:lean-research. - Successors:
skill:lean-applied-reasoning,skill:math-optimization-game,skill:applied-intelligence-analysis.
Detailed reference
Full content for applied-strategy-analysis lives in
references/applied-strategy-analysis-handbook.md.
Load that file when the skill is convened; the SKILL.md only carries
the dispatch contract and the parts index.
| Section | Topic |
|---|---|
| Part 1 | Strategic Reasoning Foundations |
| Part 2 | Game-Theoretic Strategy |
| Part 3 | Decision Frameworks |
| Part 4 | Competitive Analysis Frameworks |
| Part 5 | Wargaming & Red Teaming |
| Part 6 | Proof Strategy Design |
| Part 7 | Research Strategy |
| Part 8 | Cross-References |
See also
../../references/applied-strategy-analysis-handbook.md— Full handbook (extracted from this skill)../lean-applied-reasoning/SKILL.md— Successor../math-optimization-game/SKILL.md— Successor../applied-intelligence-analysis/SKILL.md— Successor