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s4h-constraint-hardness-testing
Tests whether a stated constraint is real — distinguishing genuine limits from assumptions, habits, or politics dressed as facts. Triggers: 'is this really a constraint', 'challenge the assumption', 'who says we can't', 'is this actually fixed', 'test the constraint'.
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# Constraint Hardness Testing
Organisations accumulate phantom constraints — rules that were real once and calcified, or
beliefs that were never tested, or someone's preference that got repeated until it sounded
like policy. This skill separates genuine limits from assumed ones before any energy is
spent working around or accepting them.
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## Your Process
**Step 1: State the Constraint**
Write it exactly as it's been stated or assumed. Don't clean it up — the imprecision is
often where the phantom lives.