Deep Insight
Deep insight engine — from surface phenomena to root causes, boundaries, assumptions, and the problem itself. Five campaigns, each a self-contained autonomous analysis domain. You provide a research gap or finding — the engine routes to the right campaign, selects a strategy, and executes autonomously with quantitative budget enforcement.
Design Philosophy
Strategy Book mode. This file is a textbook, not a script. CC reads, internalizes principles, then autonomously constructs the analysis approach for the specific research situation.
Hard constraints only:
- Budget Gate: Meet the strategy's quantitative floor (±10%) before completing
- Minimum Yield: Per-tactic hard floors on output quality
- HARD-GATE: Pre-conditions must be satisfied before entry
- Context-checkpoint: Triggered after each strategy completes
Everything else — execution order, iteration count, tactic selection, SOP combination — is CC's autonomous decision.
Pre-conditions
- North-star-crystallization must be complete (research intent crystallized)
- Knowledge-acquisition campaign must have produced initial findings (gaps, patterns, anomalies)
Four-Level Hierarchy
ENTRY.md (this file)
→ Campaign (5): self-contained deep analysis domain
→ Strategy: selected by analysis purpose/intent
→ Tactic: multi-step orchestration pattern (reusable across strategies)
→ SOP: single operation (import or subagent)
CC can skip the tactic layer and use SOPs directly when the task is simple enough.
Campaign Routing
| Signal |
Campaign |
| gap identification, gap classification, evidence mapping, prioritization, gap validation |
→ gap-analysis |
| root-cause analysis, stakeholders, tensions, HMW, assumption audit, 5 Whys |
→ insight |
| validity boundaries, method failure, robustness, distribution shift, scaling limits |
→ boundary-analysis |
| assumption ranking, sensitivity, variance decomposition, uncertainty propagation, critical path |
→ sensitivity-analysis |
| redefining the problem, dominant ideas, multiple perspectives, double-loop learning, wicked problems |
→ problem-reformulation |
Multi-Campaign Orchestration
Campaigns can be composed:
- "Understand this gap deeply": gap-analysis → insight
- "Is this method reliable": boundary-analysis → sensitivity-analysis
- "Are we solving the wrong problem": problem-reformulation (may loop back to gap-analysis)
- Full deep dive: gap-analysis → insight → boundary-analysis → sensitivity-analysis → problem-reformulation
The orchestrator decides composition based on the research state and user intent.
MCP Tools
| MCP Server |
Tools |
| brave-search |
brave_web_search, brave_news_search, brave_llm_context |
| apify |
rag-web-browser, google-scholar-scraper |
| alphaxiv |
discover_papers, get_paper_content, answer_pdf_queries, read_files_from_github_repository |
| semantic-scholar |
ss_paper, ss_paper_batch, ss_references, ss_citations, ss_recommendations, ss_relevance_search, ss_author, ss_author_papers |
Context Management Integration
- Campaign start: context-init (load/create campaign context file)
- After each strategy completes: context-checkpoint (append findings to campaign context file)
- CC discretion: Additional checkpoints when information density warrants it
- One context file per campaign: format
context/deep-insight-[campaign]-[topic].md
Dependencies
| Dependency |
What It Provides |
| web-browsing |
web-search + web-research |
| literature-engine |
literature-overview + literature-search + literature-research |
| subagent-spawning |
Subagent dispatch conventions |
| context-management |
Checkpoint protocol |
| north-star-crystallization |
Pre-condition (research intent) |
| knowledge-acquisition |
Pre-condition (initial findings) |
Available Campaigns
Optional, no fixed order; the final leaf is always a sop.
| Campaign |
When to use |
| boundary-analysis |
Boundary Analysis Campaign — probe where methods fail, map validity envelopes, test robustness, catalog failure modes, detect scaling limits. 5 strategies, 3 tactics, 11 subagent SOPs. |
| deep-insight-sensitivity-analysis |
Sensitivity Analysis Campaign — identify which assumptions are most critical by measuring their impact on conclusions. 5 strategies (parameter-screening, variance-decomposition, assumption-criticality, uncertainty-propagation, decision-sensitivity), 3 tactics, 11 subagent SOPs. |
| gap-analysis |
Gap Analysis Campaign — identify, classify, validate, and prioritize research gaps via systematic evidence mapping. 5 strategies (gap-identification, gap-classification, gap-validation, gap-prioritization, gap-synthesis), 3 tactics, 12 subagent SOPs. |
| insight |
Insight Campaign — deep root-cause analysis of why research gaps persist. 5 strategies (root-cause-drilling, stakeholder-mapping, tension-mining, question-reformulation, assumption-audit), 4 tactics, 13 subagent SOPs. |
| problem-reformulation |
Problem Reformulation Campaign — question the problem itself. Escape dominant ideas, reframe from multiple perspectives, apply dialectical inquiry, assess wickedness, discover appreciative alternatives. 5 strategies, 3 tactics, 10 subagent SOPs. |
1---2name: deep-insight3description: Deep Insight Engine with 5 campaigns (gap-analysis, insight, boundary-analysis, sensitivity-analysis, problem-reformulation). Use this skill whenever a user needs to deeply analyze research gaps, understand root causes, probe method boundaries, assess assumption sensitivity, or reformulate research problems. Pre-condition: north-star-crystallization complete + knowledge-acquisition campaign has produced initial findings.4---56# Deep Insight78Deep insight engine — from surface phenomena to root causes, boundaries, assumptions, and the problem itself. Five campaigns, each a self-contained autonomous analysis domain. You provide a research gap or finding — the engine routes to the right campaign, selects a strategy, and executes autonomously with quantitative budget enforcement.910## Design Philosophy1112Strategy Book mode. This file is a textbook, not a script. CC reads, internalizes principles, then autonomously constructs the analysis approach for the specific research situation.1314Hard constraints only:15- **Budget Gate**: Meet the strategy's quantitative floor (±10%) before completing16- **Minimum Yield**: Per-tactic hard floors on output quality17- **HARD-GATE**: Pre-conditions must be satisfied before entry18- **Context-checkpoint**: Triggered after each strategy completes1920Everything else — execution order, iteration count, tactic selection, SOP combination — is CC's autonomous decision.2122## Pre-conditions23241. North-star-crystallization must be complete (research intent crystallized)252. Knowledge-acquisition campaign must have produced initial findings (gaps, patterns, anomalies)2627## Four-Level Hierarchy2829```30ENTRY.md (this file)31 → Campaign (5): self-contained deep analysis domain32 → Strategy: selected by analysis purpose/intent33 → Tactic: multi-step orchestration pattern (reusable across strategies)34 → SOP: single operation (import or subagent)35```3637CC can skip the tactic layer and use SOPs directly when the task is simple enough.3839## Campaign Routing4041| Signal | Campaign |42|--------|----------|43| gap identification, gap classification, evidence mapping, prioritization, gap validation | → gap-analysis |44| root-cause analysis, stakeholders, tensions, HMW, assumption audit, 5 Whys | → insight |45| validity boundaries, method failure, robustness, distribution shift, scaling limits | → boundary-analysis |46| assumption ranking, sensitivity, variance decomposition, uncertainty propagation, critical path | → sensitivity-analysis |47| redefining the problem, dominant ideas, multiple perspectives, double-loop learning, wicked problems | → problem-reformulation |4849## Multi-Campaign Orchestration5051Campaigns can be composed:52- **"Understand this gap deeply"**: gap-analysis → insight53- **"Is this method reliable"**: boundary-analysis → sensitivity-analysis54- **"Are we solving the wrong problem"**: problem-reformulation (may loop back to gap-analysis)55- **Full deep dive**: gap-analysis → insight → boundary-analysis → sensitivity-analysis → problem-reformulation5657The orchestrator decides composition based on the research state and user intent.5859## MCP Tools6061| MCP Server | Tools |62|------------|-------|63| brave-search | brave_web_search, brave_news_search, brave_llm_context |64| apify | rag-web-browser, google-scholar-scraper |65| alphaxiv | discover_papers, get_paper_content, answer_pdf_queries, read_files_from_github_repository |66| semantic-scholar | ss_paper, ss_paper_batch, ss_references, ss_citations, ss_recommendations, ss_relevance_search, ss_author, ss_author_papers |6768## Context Management Integration6970- **Campaign start**: context-init (load/create campaign context file)71- **After each strategy completes**: context-checkpoint (append findings to campaign context file)72- **CC discretion**: Additional checkpoints when information density warrants it73- **One context file per campaign**: format `context/deep-insight-[campaign]-[topic].md`7475## Dependencies7677| Dependency | What It Provides |78|-----------|-----------------|79| web-browsing | web-search + web-research |80| literature-engine | literature-overview + literature-search + literature-research |81| subagent-spawning | Subagent dispatch conventions |82| context-management | Checkpoint protocol |83| north-star-crystallization | Pre-condition (research intent) |84| knowledge-acquisition | Pre-condition (initial findings) |8586<!-- BEGIN available-tables (generated) -->8788## Available Campaigns8990Optional, no fixed order; the final leaf is always a sop.9192| Campaign | When to use |93| --- | --- |94| boundary-analysis | Boundary Analysis Campaign — probe where methods fail, map validity envelopes, test robustness, catalog failure modes, detect scaling limits. 5 strategies, 3 tactics, 11 subagent SOPs. |95| deep-insight-sensitivity-analysis | Sensitivity Analysis Campaign — identify which assumptions are most critical by measuring their impact on conclusions. 5 strategies (parameter-screening, variance-decomposition, assumption-criticality, uncertainty-propagation, decision-sensitivity), 3 tactics, 11 subagent SOPs. |96| gap-analysis | Gap Analysis Campaign — identify, classify, validate, and prioritize research gaps via systematic evidence mapping. 5 strategies (gap-identification, gap-classification, gap-validation, gap-prioritization, gap-synthesis), 3 tactics, 12 subagent SOPs. |97| insight | Insight Campaign — deep root-cause analysis of why research gaps persist. 5 strategies (root-cause-drilling, stakeholder-mapping, tension-mining, question-reformulation, assumption-audit), 4 tactics, 13 subagent SOPs. |98| problem-reformulation | Problem Reformulation Campaign — question the problem itself. Escape dominant ideas, reframe from multiple perspectives, apply dialectical inquiry, assess wickedness, discover appreciative alternatives. 5 strategies, 3 tactics, 10 subagent SOPs. |99100<!-- END available-tables (generated) -->
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