assumption-cascade · diff
git:20260519.dc15fe2 to git:20260615.7a62936
13 added, 3 removed. Audit A to A.
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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."
+ description: 'Tactic: Surface assumptions, sort by dependency, attack root assumptions
+ first, then trace cascade failures through the dependency graph.'
type: tactic
- used-by: [red-teaming]
- strategies: [assumption-challenge, systematic-probing, groupthink-mitigation]
+ 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)