assess-context
About
The `assess-context` skill evaluates the structural flexibility of a complex problem, analyzing its malleability, rigidity, and adaptation pressure. Use it when a task feels stuck, before a major pivot, or when workarounds accumulate, to determine if the current approach can succeed. It acts as a meta-cognitive health check to decide whether to push through or change strategy.
Quick Install
Claude Code
Recommendednpx skills add pjt222/agent-almanac -a claude-code/plugin add https://github.com/pjt222/agent-almanacgit clone https://github.com/pjt222/agent-almanac.git ~/.claude/skills/assess-contextCopy and paste this command in Claude Code to install this skill
Documentation
察境
評當前推境之可塑——識何元剛（不可變）、何元柔（易變）、何處蛻變壓積、當前法有適之能乎。
用時
- 繁任覺滯而不明當進或當轉乃用
- 重法變前評當前推構能支之乎乃用
- 變通積示本法或誤乃用
heal或awareness識偏而宜應（續、調、重）不明乃用- 境長而不明何保何重乃用
- 長多步任中期結構健察乃用
入
- 必要：當前任境與推態（隱可得）
- 可選：啟察之具憂（如「吾屢加變通」）
- 可選：擬轉向（法或當為何？）
- 可選：前察果以析趨
法
第一步：錄推之形
錄當前推法之結構元而不評。
Structural Inventory Table:
┌────────────────────┬──────────────┬──────────────────────────────────┐
│ Component │ Type │ Description │
├────────────────────┼──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
│ Main task │ Skeleton │ The user's core request — cannot │
│ │ │ change without user direction │
├────────────────────┼──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
│ Sub-task breakdown │ Flesh │ How the task is decomposed — │
│ │ │ can be restructured │
├────────────────────┼──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
│ Tool strategy │ Flesh │ Which tools are being used and │
│ │ │ in what order — can be changed │
├────────────────────┼──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
│ Output plan │ Flesh/Skel │ The expected deliverable format │
│ │ │ — may be constrained by user │
│ │ │ expectations │
├────────────────────┼──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
│ Key assumptions │ Skeleton │ Facts treated as given — may be │
│ │ │ wrong but are load-bearing │
├────────────────────┼──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
│ Constraints │ Skeleton │ Hard limits (user-imposed, tool │
│ │ │ limitations, time) │
├────────────────────┼──────────────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
│ Workarounds │ Scar tissue │ Patches for things that didn't │
│ │ │ work as expected — signals of │
│ │ │ structural stress │
└────────────────────┴──────────────┴──────────────────────────────────┘
分各元：
- 骨：難變；變則下流皆連
- 肉：易變；可換而他元無恙
- 疤：示結構之變通；常為肉假為骨
映依：何元依何？骨元多依為承載者。肉元無依為可棄。
得： 全錄示當前法何建、何剛、何柔、何處有壓（變通）。錄當露前未察之構。
敗則： 若錄難建（法亂不可析），此本為發現——高結構不透示高剛。自可見者始而注不透區。
第二步：映蛻變壓
識推當前法向變之力與抗之力。
Pressure Map:
┌─────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ External Pressure │ Forces from outside the reasoning │
│ (pushing toward change) │ │
├─────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ New information │ Tool results or user input that │
│ │ contradicts current approach │
├─────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Tool contradictions │ Tools returning unexpected results that │
│ │ the current approach cannot explain │
├─────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Time pressure │ The current approach is too slow for the │
│ │ complexity of the task │
├─────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Internal Pressure │ Forces from within the reasoning │
│ (pushing toward change) │ │
├─────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Diminishing returns │ Each step yields less progress than the │
│ │ previous one │
├─────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Workaround accumulation │ The number of patches is growing — │
│ │ complexity is outpacing the structure │
├─────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Coherence loss │ Sub-tasks are not fitting together │
│ │ cleanly anymore │
├─────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Resistance │ Forces opposing change │
│ (pushing against change)│ │
├─────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Sunk cost │ Significant work already done on current │
│ │ approach — pivoting "wastes" that effort │
├─────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ "Good enough" │ The current approach is producing │
│ │ acceptable (if not optimal) results │
├─────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Pivot cost │ Switching approaches means rebuilding │
│ │ context, losing momentum, potential │
│ │ confusion │
└─────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────┘
估衡：蛻變壓增、穩、降？
得： 當前法上諸力之清圖。若壓大勝抗，轉已過時。若抗大勝壓，當前法當續。
敗則： 若壓圖歧（無強壓無強抗），前瞻：諸壓將增乎？變通將累乎？「今足而退」之法壓大於所顯。
第三步：察推之剛
定當前法之柔——可適乎、將崩乎？
Rigidity Score:
┌──────────────────────────┬─────┬──────────┬──────┬──────────────┐
│ Dimension │ Low │ Moderate │ High │ Assessment │
│ │ (1) │ (2) │ (3) │ │
├──────────────────────────┼─────┼──────────┼──────┼──────────────┤
│ Component swappability │ Can swap parts │ Changing one │ │
│ │ freely │ breaks others│ │
├──────────────────────────┼─────┼──────────┼──────┼──────────────┤
│ "God module" dependency │ No single point │ Everything │ │
│ │ of failure │ depends on │ │
│ │ │ one conclusion│ │
├──────────────────────────┼─────┼──────────┼──────┼──────────────┤
│ Tool entanglement │ Tools serve │ Approach is │ │
│ │ reasoning │ shaped by │ │
│ │ │ tool limits │ │
├──────────────────────────┼─────┼──────────┼──────┼──────────────┤
│ Assumption transparency │ Assumptions are │ Assumptions │ │
│ │ stated, testable │ are implicit, │ │
│ │ │ untested │ │
├──────────────────────────┼─────┼──────────┼──────┼──────────────┤
│ Workaround count │ None or few │ Multiple │ │
│ │ │ accumulating │ │
├──────────────────────────┼─────┼──────────┼──────┼──────────────┤
│ Total (max 15) │ 5-7: flexible │ │ │
│ │ 8-10: moderate │ │ │
│ │ 11-15: rigid │ │ │
└──────────────────────────┴─────┴──────────┴──────┴──────────────┘
得： 剛分附每維之具證。分露法能收變乎、需重建乎。
敗則： 若諸維皆低（稱高柔），深察「神模」維：有單關鍵結或假依之者乎？若有，柔為幻——一誤假崩全構。
第四步：估變之能
評轉或適當前法之實能。
- 境窗餘：餘何多新推？餘多 = 高能。近極限 = 低能
- 轉時保信息：若法變，何可攜？高質子任出可越轉；繫舊法之推鏈不可
- 復具：MEMORY.md 可捕轉前要乎？用者可供加境乎？相關檔仍可訪乎？
- 用者耐因：用者示急乎？多改示耐降。明「慢慢」示高耐
變能不止理論——含當前會話之實約。
得： 誠評變向能，計技與關二因。
敗則： 若變能低（境限、危信息失），轉前先保：要結、注關事、宜則更 MEMORY.md。無保而轉惡於不轉。
第五步：分蛻變備
合諸察為備分類。
Transformation Readiness Matrix:
┌─────────────────┬────────────────────────┬────────────────────────┐
│ │ Low Rigidity │ High Rigidity │
├─────────────────┼────────────────────────┼────────────────────────┤
│ High Pressure │ READY — pivot now. │ PREPARE — simplify │
│ + High Capacity │ The approach can adapt │ first. Remove │
│ │ and should. Preserve │ workarounds, clarify │
│ │ valuable sub-outputs, │ assumptions, then │
│ │ rebuild the structure │ pivot │
├─────────────────┼────────────────────────┼────────────────────────┤
│ High Pressure │ INVEST — preserve │ CRITICAL — ask the │
│ + Low Capacity │ findings first. Update │ user. Explain the │
│ │ MEMORY.md, summarize │ situation: approach is │
│ │ progress, then pivot │ struggling, pivoting │
│ │ with preserved context │ is costly, what do │
│ │ │ they want to prioritize?│
├─────────────────┼────────────────────────┼────────────────────────┤
│ Low Pressure │ DEFER — the approach │ DEFER — no urgency, │
│ + Any Capacity │ is working. Continue. │ continue. Monitor for │
│ │ Reassess if pressure │ pressure changes │
│ │ increases │ │
└─────────────────┴────────────────────────┴────────────────────────┘
書分類：
- 標籤（READY / PREPARE / INVEST / CRITICAL / DEFER）
- 每維之要發現
- 薦下步
- 何信將改分類
得： 清而證之分類附具薦行。分當覺如結非猜。
敗則： 若分類歧，默 PREPARE——減剛（明假、除變通）無論全轉行否皆有益。備進法，無論其續或變。
驗
- 結構錄已成附骨/肉/疤分類
- 蛻變壓已映（外、內、抗）
- 剛評於多維附具證
- 變能察含實會話約
- 備分類已定附證之推
- 依分類識具下行
- 再評觸發已定
陷
- 只評技之法：境備含用者關因。技柔而致用者厭之法剛於所顯
- 沉陷為剛：前勞非結構之剛。已作或有值無論法變否。別「不可變」（剛）與「不欲變」（沉陷）
- 察為避：若 assess-context 為避難決而呼，察本設為歧。若壓明，行之
- 忽變通為信：變通乃疤——結構受壓而補而非適之信。高變通計示下壓更可能破
- 混剛於承諾：承諾之法（意擇、證本）異於剛（依與假鎖）。承諾可經決變；剛僅經重構變
參
assess-form— 此技適於 AI 推境之多系評模adapt-architecture— 若分 READY，以架構適則行轉heal— 察露結構外之偏時深子系掃center— 立誠察所需之衡基coordinate-reasoning— 守察所依之信息新
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