strategy

strategy

Lifecycle manager for atomic reasoning strategies. Strategies live in docs/strategies/ until promoted. Promoted strategies move to docs/strategies/ and get a .claude/commands/thinking/<slug>.md stub for explicit invocation.

One strategy — cot (Chain-of-Thought) — is pre-promoted at setup. All others start dormant.

Folder layout

docs/strategies/
├── INDEX.md
└── <slug>.md    ← status: dormant | active in frontmatter
.claude/commands/thinking/
    ├── cot.md   ← pre-promoted (always present)
    ├── reset.md ← standing command
    ├── eval.md  ← standing command
    └── <slug>.md ← generated stub on promotion

Workflow Routing

| Workflow | Trigger | File | |----------|---------|------| | search | "find a strategy", "search strategies", "which strategy for X" | workflows/search.md | | promote | "promote strategy", "activate strategy", "make X a command" | workflows/promote.md | | demote | "demote strategy", "deactivate strategy", "remove X from commands" | workflows/demote.md |

Examples

Example 1: Search strategies

User: "Which strategy is best for architectural trade-off decisions?"
→ Invokes search workflow
→ Scans both strategy folders, reads "When to apply" sections
→ Returns ranked list with rationale
→ Offers to promote the top recommendation

Example 2: Promote a strategy

User: "Promote reflexion"
→ Invokes promote workflow
→ Moves docs/strategies/reflexion.md → docs/strategies/reflexion.md
→ Flips status: active
→ Generates .claude/commands/thinking/reflexion.md stub
→ Reports: "/thinking:reflexion is now available"

Example 3: Demote a strategy

User: "Demote self-refine, I never use it"
→ Invokes demote workflow
→ Deletes .claude/commands/thinking/self-refine.md
→ Moves docs/strategies/self-refine.md → docs/strategies/self-refine.md
→ Flips status: dormant
→ Reports: "self-refine is now dormant"