failure-mode-analysis

$npx mdskill add yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine/failure-mode-analysis

Systematically catalogs failure modes by analyzing edge cases and clustering failure mechanisms

  • Identifies and organizes failure patterns in AI systems for robustness analysis
  • Leverages web and paper research, plus subagents for edge case generation and clustering
  • Clusters failures by mechanism, frequency, and trigger conditions using observed data
  • Delivers structured failure taxonomy with actionable insights for system improvement

SKILL.md

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---
name: failure-mode-analysis
description: Systematically catalog failure modes — generate edge cases, observe failures, cluster by mechanism, identify triggers and frequency.
used-by: boundary-analysis
---

# Failure Mode Analysis

Build a comprehensive failure taxonomy for a method.

## Budget

| Base SOP | Target | ±10% Range |
|----------|--------|------------|
| web-search | 40 | 36–44 |
| web-research | 15 | 13–17 |
| paper-overview | 40 | 36–44 |
| paper-search | 25 | 22–28 |
| paper-research | 10 | 9–11 |

## State Ledger

```
<HARD-GATE>
| SOP | Done | Target | % |
|-----|------|--------|---|
| web-search | ? | 40 | ? |
| web-research | ? | 15 | ? |
| paper-overview | ? | 40 | ? |
| paper-search | ? | 25 | ? |
| paper-research | ? | 10 | ? |
Budget Gate: OPEN/CLOSED (>=80% required to exit)
</HARD-GATE>
```

## Available Tactics

- failure-mode-cataloging

## Available SOPs

**Import:** web-search, web-research, paper-overview, paper-search, paper-research
**Subagent:** edge-case-generation, failure-clustering, scaling-regime-detection

## Execution Guidance

Generate systematic edge cases, observe failure patterns, cluster into failure modes, identify triggering conditions and frequency estimates.

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