yogsoth-ai Sacred Cow Hunting
Find and challenge domain's unquestioned beliefs.
State Ledger
| Resource | Target | Current | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| web-search | 30 | 0 | 0% |
| web-research | 10 | 0 | 0% |
| paper-overview | 25 | 0 | 0% |
| paper-search | 15 | 0 | 0% |
| paper-research | 8 | 0 | 0% |
HARD-GATE
Cannot exit strategy until ≥80% of each budget line is consumed OR yield targets are met with justification for remaining budget.
Available Tactics
| Tactic | Role |
|---|---|
| assumption-enumeration | Surface paradigmatic assumptions (sacred cows) |
| inversion-protocol | Reverse sacred cows → build alternatives |
Available SOPs
| SOP | Role |
|---|---|
| sacred-cow-identification | Find domain's unquestioned beliefs |
| assumption-perturbation | Test consequences of violating sacred cows |
| benchmark-challenge | Challenge formalized sacred cows (standards) |
| reversal-generation | Generate formal negations of sacred cows |
| constructive-rebellion | Build alternatives that productively violate dogma |
| destruction-synthesis | Synthesize sacred cow hunting outputs |
Execution Guidance
- Map the domain: Identify the domain's core beliefs, rules, and "everyone knows" statements
- Hunt sacred cows: Use sacred-cow-identification to find unquestioned beliefs
- Validate sacredness: Confirm these are truly unquestioned (not just best practice)
- Research heretics: Search for cases where violating these beliefs succeeded
- Perturb: Use assumption-perturbation to model consequences of violation
- Reverse: Use reversal-generation to create formal negations
- Build: Use constructive-rebellion to form productive violations
- Synthesize: Produce structured output via destruction-synthesis
Available Tactics
Optional, no fixed order; the final leaf is always a sop.
| Tactic | When to use |
|---|---|
| creative-ideation-assumption-enumeration | Surface, perturb, and prioritize assumptions by disruption potential. Orchestrates assumption surfacing → perturbation → sacred cow identification → prioritization. |
| inversion-protocol | Reverse statements → extract insights → build constructive alternatives. Systematic inversion pipeline from negation to innovation. |
Available SOPs
Optional, no fixed order; the final leaf is always a sop.
| SOP | When to use |
|---|---|
| benchmark-challenge | Identify and negate benchmark assumptions. Deconstruct best practices to reveal hidden constraints and open new spaces. |
| constructive-rebellion | Build constructive alternatives from destructive negation. Transform violated assumptions into viable innovation directions. |
| creative-ideation-assumption-perturbation | Perturb each assumption, observe system response. Systematic stress-testing of assumptions to reveal fragility and opportunity. |
| destruction-synthesis | Synthesize all assumption destruction outputs into structured destructive innovation report. |
| reversal-generation | Systematically reverse positive statements to generate creative inversions. Produces reversed statements with initial associations. |
| sacred-cow-identification | Find domain's unquestioned beliefs. Systematic identification of dogma that constrains innovation. |