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name: assumption-cascade

description: 'Tactic: Surface assumptions, sort by dependency, attack root assumptions

first, then trace cascade failures through the dependency graph.'

type: tactic

strategies:

- assumption-challenge

- systematic-probing

- groupthink-mitigation

dependencies:

sops:

- assumption-cascade-tracer

- devils-advocacy

- finding-aggregation

- key-assumptions-check

- probe-execution

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# Assumption Cascade Tactic

Attack assumptions at their roots and trace how failures propagate through dependency chains.

## Orchestration

1. **key-assumptions-check** surfaces all assumptions (explicit and implicit)

2. **assumption-cascade-tracer** builds dependency graph (which assumptions depend on which)

3. Root assumptions identified (those with no upstream dependencies)

4. **devils-advocacy** constructs strongest attack against each root assumption

5. **probe-execution** tests root assumptions — if root fails, trace downstream cascade

6. **assumption-cascade-tracer** maps full cascade: which conclusions collapse if root fails

7. **finding-aggregation** reports cascade paths and total impact scope

## Subagents Dispatched

- key-assumptions-check (1 call for enumeration)

- assumption-cascade-tracer (2 calls: dependency build + cascade trace)

- devils-advocacy (1 call per root assumption)

- probe-execution (1 call per root attack)

- finding-aggregation (1 call at end)

## Termination Conditions

- All root assumptions tested (budget permitting)

- Cascade found that invalidates >50% of conclusions (critical finding)

- All assumptions survive attack (artifact resilient at assumption level)

- Budget exhausted (report partial coverage)

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+ ## Available SOPs

+ 可选,无固定顺序;最终叶子终为 sop。

+ | SOP | 何时用 |

+ | --- | --- |

+ | assumption-cascade-tracer | Build assumption dependency graphs and trace cascade failures when root assumptions are invalidated. |

+ | devils-advocacy | Construct the strongest possible counter-argument against a position, steelmanning the opposition before attacking. |

+ | finding-aggregation | Aggregate, deduplicate, and classify findings from multiple probes into a coherent vulnerability report. |

+ | key-assumptions-check | Military ACT: systematically enumerate all assumptions, classify by type, and evaluate evidence strength supporting each. |

+ | probe-execution | Execute a single attack probe against an artifact, record the result with evidence and severity classification. |

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