Negative Contrastive Framing

About

Negative Contrastive Framing is a specialized skill for Claude designed to resolve ambiguity in requirements, standards, and definitions. It moves beyond simple positive definitions by systematically identifying anti-goals, analyzing near-miss examples that almost qualify but fail, and documenting common failure patterns. This approach is particularly effective for clarifying fuzzy boundaries in code quality, UI/UX design, and complex documentation, providing a robust framework for making consistent decisions and teaching teams through instructive counterexamples.

Key Features

• Anti-Goal Identification
• Failure Pattern Taxonomy
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• Boundary Disambiguation
• Near-Miss Analysis
• Decision Criteria Operationalization

Use Cases

• Clarifying UX design principles through examples that are aesthetically pleasing but unusable.
• Onboarding teams to complex projects by highlighting common misconceptions and near-miss failures.
• Defining code quality standards by documenting subtle anti-patterns and 'god objects'.