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+# Problem-Solving Skills - Attribution
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+These skills were derived from agent patterns in the [Amplifier](https://github.com/microsoft/amplifier) project.
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+**Source Repository:**
+- Name: Amplifier
+- URL: https://github.com/microsoft/amplifier
+- Commit: 2adb63f858e7d760e188197c8e8d4c1ef721e2a6
+- Date: 2025-10-10
+
+## Skills Derived from Amplifier Agents
+
+**From insight-synthesizer agent:**
+- simplification-cascades - Finding insights that eliminate multiple components
+- collision-zone-thinking - Forcing unrelated concepts together for breakthroughs
+- meta-pattern-recognition - Spotting patterns across 3+ domains
+- inversion-exercise - Flipping assumptions to reveal alternatives
+- scale-game - Testing at extremes to expose fundamental truths
+
+**From ambiguity-guardian agent:**
+- (architecture) preserving-productive-tensions - Preserving multiple valid approaches
+
+**From knowledge-archaeologist agent:**
+- (research) tracing-knowledge-lineages - Understanding how ideas evolved
+
+**Dispatch pattern:**
+- when-stuck - Maps stuck-symptoms to appropriate technique
+
+## What Was Adapted
+
+The amplifier agents are specialized long-lived agents with structured JSON output. These skills extract the core problem-solving techniques and adapt them as:
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+- Scannable quick-reference guides (~60 lines each)
+- Symptom-based discovery via when_to_use
+- Immediate application without special tooling
+- Composable through dispatch pattern
+
+## Core Insight
+
+Agent capabilities are domain-agnostic patterns. Whether packaged as "amplifier agent" or "superpowers skill", the underlying technique is the same. We extracted the techniques and made them portable.