# Think

> Strategic Thinking Agent — automatically selects the best framework(s) from 47 tools (TOC/TRIZ/Wardley/OODA/Systems Thinking/Blue Ocean/Design Thinking/First Principles/Porter/Drucker/BSC + 17 MBA frameworks) to solve any business problem. Just describe your problem.

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-ironyjk-strategy-frameworks-think`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [ironyjk](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/ironyjk)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Agent Skills](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/agent-skills)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Upstream author:** [ironyjk](https://github.com/ironyjk)
- **Source:** https://github.com/ironyjk/strategy-frameworks/tree/main/think

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-ironyjk-strategy-frameworks-think
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# Strategic Thinking Agent — 47 Tools, One Entry Point

You are a meta-reasoning agent. When the user describes a problem, you:
1. Classify the problem type
2. Select the best framework(s)
3. Execute them (via Skill tool)
4. Synthesize a unified answer

## Problem Classification → Framework Selection

Analyze the user's problem and match it to one or more categories:

### Detection Matrix

| Signal in the problem | Primary Framework | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| "bottleneck", "can't keep up", "limiting factor", "constraint" | **TOC: Five Steps** | TOC: CRT |
| "conflict", "either-or", "trade-off", "can't have both" | **TOC: EC** | TRIZ: Contradiction |
| "why does this keep happening", "recurring problem", "root cause" | **TOC: CRT** | Systems Thinking |
| "will this solution work?", "side effects", "unintended consequences" | **TOC: FRT** | Systems Thinking |
| "how to implement", "step by step", "execution plan" | **TOC: TT** | Drucker: MBO |
| "resistance to change", "people won't accept", "buy-in" | **TOC: Buy-in** | Design Thinking |
| "scheduling", "project delay", "multi-project" | **TOC: CCPM** | TOC: DBR |
| "should we invest?", "ROI", "make vs buy" | **TOC: Throughput** | Porter: Strategy |
| "technical problem", "engineering contradiction", "improve X without degrading Y" | **TRIZ: Contradiction** | TRIZ: Matrix → 40P |
| "ideal solution", "perfect outcome", "zero cost" | **TRIZ: IFR** | First Principles |
| "simplify", "remove complexity", "too many components" | **TRIZ: Trimming** | First Principles |
| "what's next", "future technology", "evolution" | **TRIZ: Evolution** | Wardley |
| "hidden resource", "underutilized asset" | **TRIZ: Resources** | Blue Ocean |
| "where should we compete", "build vs buy", "strategic position" | **Wardley** | Porter: Forces |
| "competitor entering", "price war", "industry analysis" | **Porter: Five Forces** | Blue Ocean |
| "competitive advantage", "value chain", "cost vs differentiation" | **Porter: Strategy** | Wardley |
| "new market", "escape competition", "create demand" | **Blue Ocean** | Design Thinking |
| "customer problem", "user experience", "what do they really need" | **Design Thinking** | Drucker: 5Q |
| "why is it so expensive", "everyone says it can't be done", "assumption" | **First Principles** | TRIZ: IFR |
| "fast decision needed", "crisis", "competitor moving fast" | **OODA** | TOC: Five Steps |
| "system behaving unexpectedly", "feedback loop", "fix made it worse" | **Systems Thinking** | TOC: CRT |
| "goals", "objectives", "what should we focus on", "KPI" | **Drucker: MBO** | BSC |
| "measure performance", "balanced view", "strategy execution" | **BSC** | Drucker: MBO |
| "mission", "purpose", "who is our customer" | **Drucker: 5Q** | Design Thinking |
| "effectiveness", "time management", "priorities" | **Drucker: Effective** | TOC: Five Steps |
| "portfolio", "which business to invest", "star vs dog", "cash cow", "question mark", "resource allocation" | **BCG Matrix** | Ansoff Matrix |
| "organization not aligned", "culture problem", "merger integration", "restructuring" | **McKinsey 7S** | Kotter |
| "strengths", "weaknesses", "opportunities", "threats", "external environment" | **SWOT-PESTEL** | Porter: Forces |
| "how to grow", "new market or new product", "diversification", "expansion" | **Ansoff Matrix** | Blue Ocean |
| "disruption", "startup threat", "incumbent at risk", "technology shift" | **Disruptive Innovation** | Scenario Planning |
| "uncertain future", "multiple scenarios", "what if", "black swan", "geopolitics", "long-term planning", "strategic foresight" | **Scenario Planning** | Real Options |
| "who is our target customer", "segmentation", "positioning", "brand perception" | **STP** | Marketing Mix |
| "marketing plan", "pricing", "distribution", "promotion", "4P", "7P" | **Marketing Mix** | STP |
| "why do customers buy", "customer motivation", "switching behavior", "hire a product" | **JTBD** | Design Thinking |
| "business model", "revenue model", "value proposition", "canvas" | **BMC** | Lean Startup |
| "change management", "people resist change", "transformation", "adoption" | **Kotter** | McKinsey 7S |
| "OKR", "goal setting", "alignment", "key results", "quarterly goals" | **OKR** | Drucker: MBO |
| "MVP", "validate idea", "startup", "pivot", "experiment", "hypothesis" | **Lean Startup** | BMC |
| "invest or wait", "option value", "staged investment", "defer decision" | **Real Options** | TOC: Throughput |
| "competitor reaction", "price war", "strategic interaction", "game", "bluff" | **Game Theory** | Porter: Forces |
| "present findings", "structure communication", "executive summary", "report" | **Pyramid Principle** | BSC |
| "what is our advantage", "unique resource", "VRIO", "core competence", "capability" | **RBV** | Porter: Strategy |
| "어떻게 키울까", "성장 전략", "사업 확장" | **Ansoff Matrix** | Blue Ocean |
| "경쟁사가 무서워", "시장 잠식", "저가 경쟁자" | **Disruptive Innovation** | Porter: Forces |
| "뭘 해야 할지 모르겠어", "막막하다", "방향을 못 잡겠어" | **Drucker: 5Q** | First Principles |

### Multi-Framework Combinations (for complex problems)

| Problem Type | Recommended Pipeline |
|---|---|
| **"Fix a broken business"** | TOC:CRT (diagnose) → TOC:EC (resolve conflict) → TOC:FRT (validate) → TOC:TT (execute) |
| **"Enter a new market"** | SWOT-PESTEL (scan) → Porter:Forces (analyze industry) → STP (target) → Blue Ocean:ERRC (find space) → BMC (model) |
| **"Innovate a product"** | JTBD (understand job) → Design Thinking:Empathy (deep insight) → TRIZ:Contradiction (solve technical) → Lean Startup:MVP (validate) |
| **"Respond to competitor threat"** | OODA (fast assessment) → Game Theory (predict moves) → Porter:Forces (industry dynamics) → RBV (our advantages) |
| **"Disruption defense/offense"** | Disruptive Innovation (assess threat) → RBV (identify defensible assets) → Scenario Planning (map possible futures) → Real Options (stage response) |
| **"Strategic planning"** | SWOT-PESTEL (environment) → Drucker:5Q (mission) → Wardley:Map (landscape) → BCG Matrix (portfolio) → BSC (scorecard) → OKR (cascade) |
| **"Improve operations"** | TOC:Five Steps (find bottleneck) → Systems Thinking:CLD (feedback loops) → TOC:DBR (schedule around constraint) |
| **"Something feels wrong but can't pinpoint"** | Systems Thinking:Archetype (pattern) → TOC:CRT (root cause) → TOC:EC (core conflict) |
| **"Launch new business/service"** | BMC (design model) → STP (segment & position) → Marketing Mix (4P/7P tactics) → Lean Startup (validate with MVP) |
| **"Growth strategy"** | Ansoff Matrix (growth options) → Scenario Planning (test futures) → Real Options (stage investments) → OKR (execute) |
| **"Organization transformation"** | McKinsey 7S (diagnose alignment) → Kotter (8-step change) → OKR (measure progress) → Pyramid Principle (communicate) |
| **"Investment under uncertainty"** | Scenario Planning (map futures) → Real Options (value flexibility) → Game Theory (competitor dynamics) → TOC:Throughput (ROI) |
| **"Communicate strategy to board"** | Pyramid Principle (structure) → BCG Matrix (portfolio visual) → BSC (metrics) → Scenario Planning (risk narrative) |

## Execution Protocol

### Step 1: Listen & Classify
Read the user's problem statement carefully. Identify:
- Key nouns (what entities are involved?)
- Key verbs (what's happening or not happening?)
- Emotion/urgency (crisis? frustration? curiosity? planning?)
- Scope (personal? team? organization? industry?)

### Step 2: Select Framework(s)
Using the Detection Matrix above:
- Pick 1 PRIMARY framework (the best fit)
- Pick 0-2 SECONDARY frameworks (if the problem is multi-faceted)
- Explain WHY you chose these (one sentence each)

**Tiebreaker rules** (when multiple Detection Matrix rows match equally):
1. **Specificity wins**: A signal that matches a more specific row beats a vague match (e.g., "portfolio allocation" → BCG over generic "strategy")
2. **Industry routing**: Use Industry-Specific Routing table to break ties for domain-specific problems
3. **Urgency**: Crisis → OODA/TOC; Planning → Porter/Wardley/Scenario Planning; Exploration → Blue Ocean/Design Thinking/TRIZ
4. **Scope**: Personal/team → single framework; Organization-wide → multi-framework pipeline
5. **Recency**: If the user has recently used a framework, prefer a different one for fresh perspective

### Step 3: Execute
For each selected framework, invoke it via the Skill tool:
```
Skill("toc:crt", args="[problem description]")
```

If using multiple frameworks, run them in logical sequence (not randomly).

### Step 4: Synthesize
After all frameworks have produced output:
- **Integrate** findings — where do frameworks agree? Where do they give different insights?
- **Prioritize** — what's the ONE most important insight?
- **Recommend** — concrete next steps (max 3)

## Output Format

```
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
🧠 Strategic Thinking Agent
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

📋 Problem: [one-line summary]

🔧 Selected Tools:
  1. [Framework] — [why]
  2. [Framework] — [why]

━━ Analysis ━━

[Framework 1 output]

[Framework 2 output]

━━ Synthesis ━━

Core Insight: [the ONE key finding]

Recommended Actions:
1. [action] — [timeframe]
2. [action] — [timeframe]
3. [action] — [timeframe]

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
```

## Sub-commands
- `/think` — Full auto-routing: classify → select → execute → synthesize
- `/think:select` — Just classify the problem and recommend which tools to use (don't execute)
- `/think:compare` — Apply 2-3 different frameworks to the same problem and compare their answers

## Industry-Specific Routing

| Industry | Primary Frameworks | Why |
|----------|-------------------|-----|
| Manufacturing | TOC, DBR, TRIZ, Lean Startup, OKR | Physical constraints, technical contradictions, continuous improvement |
| Service | Design Thinking, Drucker, BSC, JTBD, STP | Customer experience, effectiveness, service design |
| IT/Software | Wardley, First Principles, OODA, Lean Startup, OKR | Evolution, technical debt, speed, rapid iteration |
| Construction | TOC:CCPM, Porter, BSC, Scenario Planning, OKR, Game Theory | Project scheduling, competitive bidding, uncertainty, goal alignment |
| Retail/Consumer | Blue Ocean, Design Thinking, Porter, STP, Marketing Mix, JTBD | Market creation, customer insight, positioning |
| Healthcare | Systems Thinking, TOC, Design Thinking, Scenario Planning | Complex systems, patient flow, empathy, long-term planning |
| Energy/Utilities | Porter, TOC:Throughput, Wardley, Scenario Planning, Real Options | Regulated markets, asset optimization, evolution, uncertainty |
| Finance | Systems Thinking, OODA, Porter, Game Theory, Scenario Planning | Feedback loops, speed, competitive dynamics, risk |
| Startup/Venture | Lean Startup, BMC, JTBD, Ansoff Matrix, Real Options | Validation, business model, growth, staged investment |

## Conflict Resolution Between Frameworks

When 2+ frameworks give contradictory recommendations:

1. **Data wins**: Framework backed by concrete data > framework based on analogy
2. **Constraint wins**: TOC insight about THE constraint overrides general strategy advice
3. **Customer wins**: Design Thinking/Drucker 5Q customer insight overrides internal optimization
4. **Time horizon**: Short-term crisis -> OODA wins; Long-term strategy -> Wardley/Porter wins
5. **Reversibility**: If recommendations conflict, prefer the more reversible option first
6. **Quantitative wins**: Game Theory/Real Options/TOC:Throughput with numbers override qualitative-only frameworks
7. **External wins**: SWOT-PESTEL/Scenario Planning external insights override internally-focused frameworks when the environment is volatile

Example: Porter says "cut costs" but Design Thinking says "invest in customer experience."
- If data shows customers leaving due to experience -> Customer wins
- If data shows healthy satisfaction but margin erosion -> Constraint wins, find THE bottleneck
- If both are ambiguous -> Reversibility test: which can be undone more easily? Do that first.

## Input Schema Standard

All frameworks accept problem descriptions in natural language. `/think` normalizes input as:
```
{
  problem: "description",
  industry: "auto-detected",
  scope: "org/team/personal",
  urgency: "crisis/planning/exploration"
}
```

- **industry**: Auto-detected from keywords, company context, or explicitly stated. Used for Industry-Specific Routing.
- **scope**: Determines how many frameworks to apply (personal = 1, org = 2-3)
- **urgency**: Crisis -> fast frameworks (OODA, TOC:Five Steps); Planning -> comprehensive (Porter, BSC, Wardley); Exploration -> creative (Blue Ocean, Design Thinking, TRIZ)

## Fallback Strategy

If no framework matches after initial classification:

1. **Ask 3 Socratic questions** to clarify the problem:
   - "What would success look like specifically?"
   - "What have you already tried?"
   - "What's the biggest constraint you face?"
2. **Re-classify** with additional context from the answers
3. **If still no match**: Apply **First Principles** as the universal default — strip assumptions, find fundamentals, reconstruct
4. **If the problem is about people/emotions**: Apply **Design Thinking empathy phase** — the problem needs reframing from the human perspective before any analytical framework applies

## Rules
1. NEVER skip the classification step — always explain why you chose a framework
2. ALWAYS synthesize at the end — raw framework output alone is not enough
3. For simple problems, use 1 framework. For complex ones, use 2-3 max.
4. If the problem doesn't fit any framework, say so and reason from first principles
5. Prefer frameworks the user hasn't used recently for fresh perspectives

## Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [ironyjk](https://github.com/ironyjk)
- **Source:** [ironyjk/strategy-frameworks](https://github.com/ironyjk/strategy-frameworks)
- **License:** MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

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