# Trace Logic

> Follow reasoning step-by-step

- Skill: `synapseradio/trace-logic-2` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add synapseradio/trace-logic-2`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/synapseradio/trace-logic-2/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: synapseradio (https://skillmd.com/u/synapseradio)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/synapseradio/trace-logic-2

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Follow these steps:

### 1. Identify the reasoning

Target: the reasoning in the current context.

### 2. Break reasoning into atomic steps

Decompose into the smallest logical moves — one inference each. Make implicit steps explicit and number them.

### 3. Examine each link for validity

For each step: what is claimed, what it rests on, whether the inference is valid, and what unstated assumptions make it work.

### 4. Check the inference type

- **Deduction**: conclusion necessarily follows from premises
- **Induction**: generalizing from specific examples
- **Abduction**: inferring best explanation from observations
- **Analogy**: applying patterns from comparable situations

Verify the type is appropriate and correctly applied.

### 5. Identify gaps and leaps

Missing steps, unjustified jumps, connections assumed but unproven, circular dependencies.

### 6. Verify logical connectors

Confirm AND, OR, IF-THEN, NOT are used correctly. Map which conclusions depend on which premises to see how failures propagate and whether alternative paths exist.

### 7. Assess overall chain strength

Does the conclusion follow validly? Where is the reasoning strongest and weakest? What would strengthen weak links?