assess-context
About
The `assess-context` skill evaluates a problem's malleability and your current approach's structural rigidity versus flexibility to determine if you should push through or pivot. It analyzes transformation pressure and estimates the capacity to adapt, serving as a meta-cognitive check. Use it when a complex task feels stuck, before a major approach change, or when accumulated workarounds suggest the underlying method may be flawed.
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
評脈
評今推脈為可塑——識何剛、何柔、變壓何積、今法可適否。
用
- 繁務似卡而不知續或轉→用
- 大法變前評今推構可支否→用
- 累變通示底法或誤→用
heal或awareness識偏而適應（續、調、重建）不清→用- 脈長而不知存何重建何→用
- 久多步務之構檢→用
入
- 必：今務脈與推態（隱含）
- 可：發評之憂（如「吾恆加變通」）
- 可：擬轉向（法當為何）
- 可：前評以析趨
行
一：錄推形
無判錄今推法之構件。
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 │
└────────────────────┴──────────────┴──────────────────────────────────┘
分各件：
- 骨：難變；變之則諸下游連動
- 肉：易變；可換不影他件
- 疤：示構題之變通；常為偽骨之肉
圖依：何件依何？多依之骨件為承載。無依之肉件可棄。
得：完錄示今法所成、何剛、何柔、何處顯壓（變通）。錄當揭錄前未明之構。
敗：錄難構（法太亂不能分）→自為發——構透明度低示剛度高。始於可見而註不透區。
二：圖變壓
識推今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：變壓增、穩、減乎？
得：影今法力之明像。壓大過抗→轉宜。抗大過壓→今法當續。
敗：壓圖含糊（壓抗皆不強）→前推：壓增否？變通累否？「今足而退」較表壓更大。
三：評推剛
定今法柔否——可適或破？
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：剛分附各維具證。分揭法可吸變或須重建。
敗：諸維皆低分（稱高柔）→細探「神模」維：有無一關結或設諸他依？若有則柔為幻——一錯設崩全構。
四：估變能
評實際轉或適今法之能。
- 脈窗餘：新推餘空？大餘=高能。近限=低能
- 轉時資存：法變→何可承前？善子務出存轉；繫舊法之推鏈不存
- 復工可達：MEMORY.md 可捕關發前轉乎？用者可供加脈乎？相關檔仍可達乎？
- 用者忍因：用者示急否？多正示忍降。明「慢來」示高忍
變能非僅理——含今會具限。
得：誠評變向之能，計技與關因。
敗：變能低（脈限、關信險失）→任轉前先存：要發要、註關、適時更 MEMORY.md。無存而轉劣於不轉。
五：分變備
合諸評為備分。
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 │ │
└─────────────────┴────────────────────────┴────────────────────────┘
文分附：
- 分標（READY / PREPARE / INVEST / CRITICAL / DEFER）
- 各維要發
- 薦下動
- 何信會變分
得：明、有由之分附具薦動。分當似結非猜。
敗：分含糊→默 PREPARE——減剛（明設、去變通）有值不論全轉是否生。備改善法不論續或變。
驗
- 構錄完附骨/肉/疤分
- 變壓圖（外、內、抗）
- 剛跨多維評附具證
- 變能評含實會限
- 備分定附證理
- 由分定具下動
- 重評觸定
忌
- 唯評技法：脈備含用者關因。技柔而生用者怒之法較表更剛
- 沉本為剛：前工非構剛。已工或有值不論法變否。分「不能變」（剛）於「不欲變」（沉本）
- 評為避：assess-context 為避難決而呼→評必設計含糊。壓明則行
- 忽變通為信：變通乃疤——構受壓而補非正適之證。多變通示次壓更可破
- 混剛於諾：諾法（明擇、基證）異於剛法（依與設鎖）。諾可由決變；剛唯由重構變
參
assess-form—— 此技適 AI 推脈之多系評模adapt-architecture—— 分為 READY 用構適律於轉heal—— 評揭構外偏時深子系掃center—— 立誠評所需之衡基coordinate-reasoning—— 管評賴之信新
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