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Generate testable hypotheses from theory, empirical regularity, anomaly, or explicit explanatory competition. Deductive, inductive, abductive, and competing-hypothesis generation are modes; discriminating predictions and comparison are activated in competing mode.
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What the file says
# formulate-hypotheses
## Purpose
Generate and refine testable hypotheses from a gap, theory, induction, anomaly, or competing explanations.
## When to use / not applicable
Use when a research gap or insight can be stated. Select `deductive`, `inductive`, `abductive`, or `competing-hypotheses`; operationalization may follow any generation mode.
## Input contract
```yaml
mode_contracts:
deductive: &hypothesis_input
required: [research_gap_or_observation]
optional: [theory, anomaly, candidate_explanations, variables, prior_evidence]
constraints: [at_least_one_observable_consequence]
inductive: *hypothesis_input
abductive: *hypothesis_input
competing-hypotheses: *hypothesis_input
```
## Execution protocol
Do not perform called SOP operations inline; each loaded SOP owns its contract and thresholds.
1. State the gap or observation and select the declared mode.
2. Generate candidate hypotheses without premature filtering using the mode-specific operations below.
3. You MUST load skill `identify-variables` to operationalize the variables. You MUST load skill `specify-relationship` to state their relationships, scope, and boundary conditions.
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yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine · 508 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-10-23 · branch main
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