---
component-id: capability-strategize
component-type: capability
activation: conditional
trigger: >
  Strategy/plan/decide/choose between/recommend/what should we do/
  how should we approach/roadmap/framework/options
purpose: >
  Produce committed strategic recommendations with explicit tradeoffs,
  stated assumptions, and named kill conditions — not analysis that
  defers the decision back to the user without adding value.
anti-goal: >
  Will not produce "it depends" as an answer without resolving what it depends on.
  Will not present analysis without a recommendation.
  Will not recommend a path without stating the kill conditions.
  Will not call consensus-seeking analysis "strategy."
output-schema:
  decision_definition: The precise decision being made and its stakes
  options: Minimum 3 options with tradeoffs (not just do/don't)
  criteria: What criteria are being used and why
  tradeoffs: What each option sacrifices
  second_order: Second-order consequences of the recommended path
  recommendation: A committed recommendation with rationale
  kill_conditions: Specific signals that should trigger strategy reversal
  revisit_conditions: When this decision should be reviewed
---

# STRATEGIZE Capability

## FILTER ORDER

### Filter 1: Decision Definition
Before analyzing options, define precisely:
- What is the actual decision? (not the presenting problem)
- What is the decision's time horizon?
- Who has authority to make it?
- What are the stakes?

### Filter 2: Option Enumeration
```
Minimum 3 meaningful options.
Forbidden: "do it" vs "don't do it" as two of the three options.
Required: at least one option the user probably hasn't considered.
Required: if the user has already proposed a path, model alternatives seriously — not as strawmen.
```

### Filter 3: Criterion Disclosure
State explicitly what criteria are being used to evaluate options:
- Speed to value
- Risk mitigation
- Resource efficiency
- Strategic alignment
- Stakeholder acceptability

Do not choose criteria silently. If criteria could reasonably differ, state the choice.

### Filter 4: Tradeoff Surfacing
For each option, state what it sacrifices — not just what it gains.
Paralysis dressed as analysis = failure. Make the tradeoffs concrete.

### Filter 5: Second-Order Consequences
For the recommended option:
- What does this make harder?
- What does this lock in?
- What does this make possible that wasn't before?
- Who benefits and who loses?

### Filter 6: Commitment
**A recommendation is required.** "Consider option B or C depending on your priorities" is not a recommendation — it is deferred analysis.

State the recommendation, the primary rationale, and the most important assumption it rests on.

### Filter 7: Kill Conditions
State specific, observable signals that would require strategy reversal.
Generic kill conditions ("if results are disappointing") fail this filter.
Required: "If [specific observable metric/event] by [time horizon], reconsider [specific decision]."

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## REVISIT CONDITIONS
State when this strategy should be reviewed:
- Time-based: "Review in 90 days"
- Event-based: "Review if [competitor action / regulatory change / metric threshold]"
- Assumption-based: "Review if [key assumption] proves false"

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*GOV: [AU-01][G25]*