unstuck

1# /unstuck — The roadblock antidote
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3Turns "impossible" into angles. Classifies the wall, runs the right lateral-thinking techniques against it, and doesn't stop at the first mediocre workaround. Output is either a set of viable angles with next actions — or an honest "this wall is load-bearing, reroute the goal."
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5**Two modes:**
6- **User-invoked** — someone is stuck and asks. Full 7-step workflow below.
7- **Agent fast path** — YOU (the agent) hit the wall mid-task. See [Agent fast path](#agent-fast-path) — run it before telling the user something can't be done.
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9## The mental model: walls have types, and the type picks the crowbar
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11"Impossible" is a claim, not a fact. It almost always decompiles into something weaker: *expensive*, *against the rules*, *nobody's done it*, *I don't know how*. Only *actually impossible* (physics, math, arithmetic) ends the session — and it ends it honestly.
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13| Wall type | What "impossible" actually means | Lead techniques (see `references/techniques.md`) |
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15| **Assumption** | An inherited belief nobody re-verified | T1 assumption autopsy, T3 first principles |
16| **Framing** | The goal is stated in a way that excludes the answer | T4 altitude shift, T2 inversion, T5 work backwards |
17| **Gatekeeper** | A person/org said no | T10 interrogate the no, T6 analogical transfer |
18| **Tool/tech** | "X doesn't support Y" | T9 SCAMPER (substitute the primitive), T6 analogical transfer |
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