boundary-analysis

Testing & Quality

Boundary Analysis Campaign — probe where methods fail, map validity envelopes, test robustness, catalog failure modes, detect scaling limits. 5 strategies, 3 tactics, 11 subagent SOPs.

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Boundary Analysis

Probe where methods fail — validity envelopes, robustness, failure modes, scaling limits.

Design Philosophy

This campaign is a strategy book — CC reads, internalizes, and autonomously constructs an approach. The SKILL.md files are textbooks, not scripts.

Strategy Routing

Signal	Strategy
Valid conditions, applicability range, multi-axis variation, degradation curves	→ validity-envelope-mapping
Cross-method consistency, multi-model convergence, Wimsatt robustness	→ robustness-testing
System boundaries, inclusion/exclusion, CSH critique	→ boundary-critique
Failure modes, boundary inputs, distribution shift, adversarial	→ failure-mode-analysis
Scaling limits, scaling law, behavioral phase transitions, capacity	→ scaling-frontier

Available Tactics

multi-model-convergence — Wimsatt-style cross-validation
systematic-perturbation — multi-axis validity probing
failure-mode-cataloging — systematic failure taxonomy

Available SOPs

Import (5): web-search, web-research, paper-overview, paper-search, paper-research

Subagent (11): assumption-enumeration, alternative-model-generation, convergence-assessment, fragility-flagging, variation-axis-definition, controlled-perturbation, validity-envelope-construction, edge-case-generation, failure-clustering, scaling-regime-detection, boundary-synthesis

Shared (1): evidence-synthesis

Context Management

context-checkpoint after each strategy completes.

Available Strategies

Optional, no fixed order; the final leaf is always a sop.

Strategy	When to use
boundary-critique	Apply CSH boundary critique — what is included/excluded, who benefits/is harmed, what expertise is privileged/marginalized. Identifies opportunities at the boundaries.
deep-insight-validity-envelope-mapping	Map multi-dimensional validity envelopes — define variation axes, perturb systematically, measure degradation, construct boundary surface.
failure-mode-analysis	Systematically catalog failure modes — generate edge cases, observe failures, cluster by mechanism, identify triggers and frequency.
robustness-testing	Test conclusion robustness via multi-model convergence — enumerate assumptions, generate alternatives, compare results, flag fragile conclusions.
scaling-frontier	Analyze behavior across scales — detect regime changes, identify capacity limits, fit scaling laws within regimes.

Available SOPs

Optional, no fixed order; the final leaf is always a sop.

SOP	When to use
boundary-synthesis	Compile all boundary analysis products into a coherent report — validity envelopes, robustness results, failure catalogs, scaling maps, safe operating conditions.
context-checkpoint	Append research process and results to the current Phase's context file. Each append MUST contain >=500 lines of markdown covering both process and results. Use this skill at plan-designated checkpoint points — typically after each strategy completes or at key decision nodes within a research Phase.
context-init	Create a new context file for a research Phase. Called once at Phase start to initialize the file that subsequent context-checkpoint calls will append to. Use this skill whenever a new research Phase begins and a fresh context file is needed.