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Decompose a research question into MECE subquestions with coverage and independence arguments.

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$ npx -y skills add yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine --skill generate-subquestions --agent claude-code

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generate-subquestions.SKILL.md
name: generate-subquestions
description: "Decompose a research question into MECE subquestions with coverage and independence arguments."

generate-subquestions

Purpose

Decompose a research question into MECE subquestions with coverage and independence arguments.

Input contract

required: [main_research_question, scope_statement]
optional: [evidence_map, dependency_constraints, desired_granularity]
constraints: [question must be scoped and complex enough to decompose]

Procedure

1. Parse the main question into objects, mechanisms, conditions, and outcomes. 2. Generate candidate subquestions and assign coverage domains. 3. Remove overlap, test independence, and map dependencies. 4. Return the MECE set with unresolved gaps.

Output contract

produces: [subquestion_set, coverage_map, independence_arguments, dependency_notes]
delta_fields: [findings, open_questions, uncertainties]

Quality gates

  • Input contains one confirmed, appropriately scoped main question.
  • Every subquestion maps to a distinct coverage domain.
  • Overlap and uncovered regions are explicitly reported.

Parameterization

Caller supplies question schema, scope test, MECE policy, granularity, and dependency representation.

Failure and counterexamples

Reject decompositions that merely restate the main question or leave domains without a coverage rationale.

Provenance map

  • concept: hypothesis-formation/sub-question-generation
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Which coding agents can use generate-subquestions?
generate-subquestions installs in Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot, OpenCode and Windsurf with the skills CLI, using each agent's flag shown on this page. Flowy's auto-invocation, which fires a skill when your prompt matches, runs in Claude Code only.