analyze-constraints-readiness

Purpose

Assess feasibility and readiness by identifying constraints, resources, dependencies, bottlenecks, and maturation gates.

Input contract

mode_contracts:
  obstacle-triage: &readiness_input
    required: [candidate_or_plan, readiness_dimensions]
    optional: [resource_estimates, dependencies, assumptions, target_gates]
    constraints: [evidence_must_be_attached_to_each_scored_dimension]
  readiness-assessment: *readiness_input
  resource-envelope: *readiness_input
  causal-constraint-analysis: *readiness_input
  maturation-path: *readiness_input

Execution protocol

Do not perform called SOP operations inline; each loaded SOP owns its contract and thresholds.

1. Define candidate, dimensions, hard constraints, and target gates. You MUST load skill classify-constraint to classify each declared constraint.
2. Select obstacle-triage, readiness-assessment, resource-envelope, causal-constraint-analysis, or maturation-path.
3. You MUST load skill score-object to score the selected dimensions with evidence. You MUST load skill identify-bottleneck to identify binding constraints and dependencies.
4. You MUST load skill assess-removability to test whether binding constraints can be removed. You MUST load skill design-mitigation to design removal or mitigation paths and return a readiness conclusion. If several feasible responses must be balanced as a joint set, consider portfolio-optimization. If the target goal remains too broad to assess, consider decompose-research-goal. If external change dominates present readiness, consider analyze-future-scenarios. If several candidate paths are ready for comparative selection, rank-candidates may be the better next tactic.

Mode branches

• obstacle-triage: rapidly enumerate and severity-rank the obstacles that could block the target, preserving evidence status for each one. You MUST load skill identify-obstacles to enumerate the obstacles. You MUST load skill list-undesirable-effects to retain their observed consequences.
• readiness-assessment: score the required readiness dimensions with supporting evidence and identify the dimensions that keep the target from being ready. You MUST load skill assess-readiness-dimension to assess every required dimension.
• resource-envelope: estimate time, cost, and personnel bounds from analogies, then flag low-confidence estimates for investigation. You MUST load skill quantify-resource-gap to quantify the gap. You MUST load skill identify-critical-chain to expose the binding resource sequence.
• causal-constraint-analysis: trace how constraints interact through dependencies and conflicts to identify the binding cause rather than only its symptoms. You MUST load skill trace-causal-chain to trace constraint propagation. You MUST load skill extract-core-conflict to isolate the core conflict. You MUST load skill challenge-assumption to test the assumptions that sustain it.
• maturation-path: sequence stage gates and milestones that move the target from current readiness to the declared implementation threshold. You MUST load skill project-future-reality to project the proposed path. You MUST load skill apply-stage-gate to apply its stage gates.

Output contract

mode_contracts:
  obstacle-triage: &constraint_output
    produces: [constraint_register, bottlenecks, mitigation_paths]
    delta_fields: [findings, decisions, uncertainties, open_questions, recommended_jumps]
  readiness-assessment:
    produces: [readiness_profile, bottlenecks]
    delta_fields: [findings, decisions, uncertainties, open_questions, recommended_jumps]
  resource-envelope:
    produces: [resource_envelope, bottlenecks, mitigation_paths]
    delta_fields: [findings, decisions, uncertainties, open_questions, recommended_jumps]
  causal-constraint-analysis: *constraint_output
  maturation-path:
    produces: [readiness_profile, resource_envelope, stage_gates, mitigation_paths]
    delta_fields: [findings, decisions, uncertainties, open_questions, recommended_jumps]

Thresholds and quality gates

• Feasibility, maturity, constraint, resource, and maturation gates use declared dimension/evidence/constraint coverage ratios; record numerator, denominator, batch increment, stopping reason, and source references.
• Preserve structural requirements: at least one hard constraint, one removal path per removable constraint, explicit stage gates, and a binding-constraint rule relative to the observed score distribution.
• Feasibility dimensions >=5; blockers >=3 per candidate where source protocol applies.
• Maturity diagnosis: >=5 dimensions, >=2 evidence items per dimension, >=1 bottleneck.
• Constraint identification: >=3 constraints per candidate; >=1 hard constraint; >=1 removal path per removable constraint.
• Resource envelope: >=3 dimensions (time, cost, personnel) and >=2 analogies per estimate.
• Maturation path: >=3 stage gates and >=2 milestones per stage.
• Binding constraint threshold: sensitivity score >2* median.

Failure and counterexamples

Do not label a candidate ready with missing evidence, unclassified hard constraints, or an unbounded resource estimate. A conflict with no manageable injection remains blocked.

Provenance map

26 architecture old entries; readiness, feasibility, resource, obstacle, dependency, sensitivity, and maturation families are merged by mode. Missing aliases are listed in log.

Legacy context checkpoint / Delta notes

Append dimension scores/evidence, constraint IDs, bottleneck rationale, resources, gates, and unresolved conflicts.

Preserved source criteria ledger

Context checkpoint / Delta notes

Append dimension scores/evidence, constraint IDs, bottleneck rationale, resources, gates, and unresolved conflicts. | constraint-breaking | 54 | numeric | - Success criterion: At least one injection that resolves the conflict with <=2 manageable side effects |