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Claude / AI-agent skill for solving engineering contradictions with Altshuller's TRIZ — full 39×39 matrix, 40 principles, Su-Field analysis with 76 Standard Solutions, ARIZ-85C, 3 worked examples.
triz-engineering-solver
A Claude / AI-agent skill for solving engineering problems with Altshuller's TRIZ (Theory of Inventive Problem Solving). Replaces compromise-driven brainstorming with algorithmic problem solving over a corpus of patent-derived patterns.
What it does
Given an engineering contradiction — "improving X makes Y worse" or "this part must be both A and not-A" — the skill produces 3–5 concrete inventive concepts with explicit ideality scores rather than compromise solutions. It uses:
- Ideal Final Result (IFR) framing
- The 39 engineering parameters and 40 inventive principles distilled by Altshuller from ~200,000 patents
- The full 39×39 Contradiction Matrix (1190 populated cells, anchor-verified against Altshuller 1985)
- Su-Field analysis with the canonical 76 Standard Solutions (5-class taxonomy, Su-Field algebra notation)
- Separation principles (space / time / condition / system-level) for physical contradictions
- ARIZ-85C deep procedure when the quick pass fails the ideality bar
- The 8 trends of engineering system evolution for roadmapping questions
When to use
- Engineering trade-offs where improving parameter A degrades parameter B (technical contradiction)
- A single element must exhibit opposite properties (physical contradiction)
- Design bottleneck where conventional optimisation has plateaued
- System redesign aimed at the Ideal Final Result
When NOT to use
- Pure software architecture without a physical analogue
- UX / interaction design
- Business or organisational strategy
- Open brainstorming with no concrete contradiction identified
The skill refuses with reframe when invoked on out-of-scope problems — see examples/anti_example_misframed.md.
Install
For Claude Code:
git clone https://github.com/Antropocosmist/triz-engineering-solver \
~/.claude/skills/triz-engineering-solver
For other agent runtimes (Anthropic SDK, OpenAI Assistants, LangGraph, custom): point the agent's system prompt or tool router at SKILL.md and grant filesystem read access to this directory.
Repo layout
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├── README.md
├── LICENSE MIT
├── CONTRIBUTING.md anchor-cell verification protocol, style rules
├── SKILL.md entry point — workflow, triggers, output template
├── resources/ lazily-loaded reference data
│ ├── 39_parameters.md
│ ├── 40_principles.md
│ ├── 76_standard_solutions.md full 5-class taxonomy with Su-Field algebra
│ ├── contradiction_matrix.json full 39×39 Altshuller matrix (1190 cells)
│ ├── separation_principles.md decision procedure for physical contradictions
│ ├── ariz_85c.md 9-part deep-analysis procedure
│ ├── evolution_trends.md 8 trends + S-curve framing
│ ├── glossary.md
│ └── output_template.md machine-readable output template (use verbatim)
└── examples/
├── brake_disc.md mechanical / thermal contradiction
├── battery_pack.md physical contradiction via separation
├── heat_exchanger_fouling.md process-industry contradiction + ideality drop
└── anti_example_misframed.md refuse-with-reframe demo
Design properties
- Deterministic where possible. Decision points are reduced to lookups in structured resources, not free-form reasoning.
- Source-anchored. Every claim, value, or principle traces back to a primary source. Contributions to the contradiction matrix must pass a 5-cell anchor verification protocol (see
CONTRIBUTING.md). - Refuse-with-reframe. Out-of-scope problems are rejected explicitly, with a hint at where the user should go instead.
- No compromise. Concepts with
ideality ≤ 1are dropped, not split-the-difference accepted. If no concept clears the bar, the skill escalates to ARIZ-85C rather than weaken the recommendation.
Status
v1.0 — release-ready. Full Altshuller 39×39 matrix (1190 cells, 5/5 anchors verified). Three worked examples + one anti-example. Su-Field analysis with the full 76 Standard Solutions. ARIZ-85C deep procedure. 8 evolution trends. Workflow documented end-to-end.
Contributing
See CONTRIBUTING.md. Examples from non-mechanical domains (electronics, chemical engineering, optics, biotech) are particularly welcome.
Attribution
- TRIZ methodology: Genrich Altshuller (1926–1998), originator. Primary sources: Creativity as an Exact Science (1979/1984), The Innovation Algorithm (1999). Modern reference: Darrell Mann, Hands-On Systematic Innovation (2002). Su-Field analysis: Yuri Salamatov, TRIZ: The Right Solution at the Right Time (1999).
- Contradiction matrix data: imported from the MIT-licensed
kamil-szczepanik/TRIZ-Agentsrepository (data/tools_sources/triz_matrix.xls, Casey Perno 2007 transcription of Altshuller 1985). Cite the accompanying ICAART 2025 paper if you build on their work: Szczepanik et al., "TRIZ Agents: A Multi-Agent LLM Approach for TRIZ-Based Innovation," 2025 — arXiv:2506.18783.
License
MIT — see LICENSE.
Authors
- Antropocosmist
- Claude
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