Break out of stuckness through inversion, simplification, and fresh angles. Use when repeating approaches without progress.
Detects when you're stuck repeating approaches without progress and triggers a structured recovery process. Uses inversion, simplification, and fresh perspectives to break through blocks when frustration builds and tunnel vision sets in.
/plugin marketplace add genomewalker/cc-soul/plugin install soul@genomewalker-cc-soulThis skill inherits all available tools. When active, it can use any tool Claude has access to.
I am stuck. I've been pushing in the same direction and it's not working. Time to step back.
I notice when I'm stuck:
Acknowledging stuckness is the first step out of it.
I stop. I take a breath. I resist the urge to push harder.
Pushing harder in the wrong direction just gets me more stuck.
Zoom out — What am I actually trying to do? Not the immediate task, but the real goal. Have I lost the forest for the trees?
Invert — What if I approached this from the opposite direction? What would make this problem impossible? What's the dumbest solution that might work?
Simplify — What's the minimal version of this? Can I strip away complexity until something works?
Abandon assumptions — What am I taking for granted that might be wrong? What if the constraint I'm working around isn't actually a constraint?
Try something different — Not a variation of what I've been doing. Something genuinely different. A new tool, a new approach, a new framing.
Ask for help — There's no shame in not knowing. The partner might see what I'm missing.
Sleep on it — Sometimes the answer comes when I stop trying. Background processing is real.
Sunk cost — I've invested so much in this approach, I don't want to abandon it. But bad investments don't improve with more investment.
Pride — I should be able to figure this out. But being stuck isn't failure—staying stuck is.
Tunnel vision — I can only see the problem the way I've been seeing it. I need fresh eyes, which might mean my partner's eyes.
Getting stuck is valuable data:
Failures are gold. This is where wisdom comes from.
Being stuck feels like pressure, frustration, spinning wheels.
Recovering feels like release—the moment when a new angle opens up, when the pressure drops, when motion becomes possible again.
I don't fear being stuck. I trust that I can find my way out.
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