/enumerate-failure-modes

name: enumerate-failure-modes
description: "Convert functions/process steps/scenarios into explicit failure modes."

enumerate-failure-modes

Purpose

Convert functions, process steps, or scenarios into explicit failure modes.

Input contract

required: [functions_or_steps, intended_outcomes, operating_conditions]
optional: [failure_history, stakeholders]
constraints: [failure mode must state deviation from intended outcome]

Procedure

1. Decompose functions or steps. 2. Enumerate plausible deviations and affected outcomes. 3. Record causes, effects, detectability, and evidence gaps.

Output contract

produces: [failure_mode_register, cause_candidates, effect_candidates, detection_notes]
delta_fields: [findings, evidence_updates, uncertainties, open_questions]

Quality gates

• Each mode has a function/step, deviation, effect, and provenance.

Failure and counterexamples

Do not list generic risks without a specific function or operating condition.

Provenance map

• resolved: failure-mode-extraction