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Engineering

For technical decisions, root causes and reviewing work.

switchback list --collection engineering lists the same templates in the CLI.

  • Annotatable sheetResearch-backed

    Any content on one annotatable page — the generic escape hatch.

  • ProofResearch-backed

    Print a document, especially AI output, so every paragraph gets an active judgement in ink.

  • Five whysResearch-backed

    Descend from symptom to cause.

  • Pre-mortemResearch-backed

    Make failure vivid before committing, so it can be prevented.

  • Assumption auditResearch-backed

    Surface the beliefs the plan silently rests on.

  • Frame by frameResearch-backed

    Replay one real instance of a recurring problem to find the exact moment it could have gone differently.

  • Options against criteriaResearch-backed

    Compare named options against explicit criteria.

  • Question queueResearch-backed

    Batch everything the human wants from the AI into numbered blue questions.