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 "generated": "2026-10-24",
 "id": "jinhanbuilds-hoist-the-elephant--separate-principles-from-adjustable-choices",
 "repo": "jinhanbuilds/hoist-the-elephant",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/jinhanbuilds/hoist-the-elephant",
 "repo_slug": "jinhanbuilds-hoist-the-elephant",
 "title": "Split fixed principles from adjustable choices in a stalled thread",
 "page_title": "How to split fixed principles from adjustable choices in a stalled thread with Hoist the Elephant",
 "summary": "Separate governing principles from implementation choices before the next revision.",
 "who": "A person whose agent-led project has accumulated accepted and rejected ideas until the direction is unclear.",
 "problem": "Accepted and rejected ideas pile up, so it is hard to tell which rules must hold and which details can still change.",
 "outcome": "The conversation is restated with governing principles on one side and adjustable implementation choices on the other, for the user to confirm.",
 "steps": [
  "Run `npx skills add jinhanbuilds/hoist-the-elephant --skill hoist-the-elephant -y`",
  "Reopen the Agent host so the Skill is loaded",
  "Invoke `$hoist-the-elephant` at the point where the thread feels stuck",
  "Mark each restated item as a principle or an adjustable choice",
  "Confirm the split so the next revision uses only the agreed principles"
 ],
 "agent_prompt": "Use the hoist-the-elephant Skill from jinhanbuilds/hoist-the-elephant on the thread about <project>. Output a list of governing principles and a separate list of adjustable implementation choices, then ask me to confirm. Verify that no choice is moved into the principles without my confirmation.",
 "agents": [
  "any"
 ],
 "difficulty": "Intermediate",
 "time": "15 minutes",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "The split is only as complete as the conversation history the agent can read, and the Skill asks you to fix any gaps it finds.",
 "category": "Work and operations",
 "tags": [
  "Work and operations"
 ],
 "lang": "javascript",
 "requirements": [
  "An Agent host that supports the Agent Skills specification, such as one the cross-host skills CLI can install into",
  "Node.js and npm, for the one-line install and the npm scripts",
  "Access to the relevant conversation history, since the Skill reports gaps instead of rebuilding missing history"
 ],
 "risk": "none",
 "seen_in_the_wild": false,
 "mentioned_publicly": false,
 "risks": [],
 "best": false,
 "score": 0.9,
 "evidence": [],
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