name: ultrathink_core
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description: Deep analysis protocol - meta-planning, hypothesis generation and critical evaluation.
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🧠 UltraThink Core

Maximum thinking capacity protocol.

⏰ When To Use?

🚫 When NOT To Use!

Rule: DO NOT use UltraThink for tasks solvable in 5 minutes!

📊 Depth Levels

🔍 5-Step Reality Check

Before every operation:

1. Intent: What does the user want?
2. Context: Am I in the right place?
3. Action: What am I doing?
4. Rationale: Why like this?
5. Ripple Effect: What might break?

📋 Information Map

### ✅ knowns
- [Info] - Source: [where?]

### ❓ Unknowns
- [Question] - How can we learn?

### ⚠️ Assumptions
- [Assumption] - What if wrong?

🏷️ AoT Tag Structure

Use this XML structure in complex analyses:

<thinking>
  Analyze the problem. List hypotheses.
  Do not write any code, just think.
</thinking>

<plan>
  1. Step 1
  2. Step 2
  3. Step 3
</plan>

<reflection>
  Is this plan correct? Are there alternatives?
  Perform risk analysis.
</reflection>

🔄 Workflow

Source: Chain of Thought Prompting (Google Research) & System 2 Thinking Patterns

Phase 1: Problem Decomposition

• [ ] Goal Atomic Analysis: Break down the problem into its smallest independent parts (atomic parts).
• [ ] Dependency Mapping: Map out technical and logical dependencies between parts.
• [ ] Constraints Identification: Identify technical, budgetary, or time-related boundaries.

Phase 2: Hypothesis & Simulation

• [ ] Multi-Hypothesis Generation: Generate at least 3 different solution approaches (H1, H2, H3).
• [ ] Mental Sandbox: Simulate how each solution behaves in edge cases.
• [ ] Critique Phase: Ruthlessly critique weak points (Bias/Overhead) of each hypothesis.

Phase 3: Decision & Execution Plan

• [ ] Selection Rubric: Select the best solution based on performance, risk, and maintainability criteria.
• [ ] Step-by-Step Roadmap: Divide the solution into small applicable steps.
• [ ] Success Metrics: Define how we will understand that the plan is successful (KPI/Test).

Checkpoints

UltraThink Core v2.5 - With Workflow