Deep Profile
Thorough analysis in ~1 minute
The Deep profile provides comprehensive analysis for major life decisions with long-term consequences.
When to Use
- Major life changes
- Decisions affecting multiple years
- Large financial commitments ($10K+)
- Career pivots
- Relocation decisions
- Starting a business
- Major relationship decisions
Tools Included
| Tool | Settings |
|---|---|
| 💡 GigaThink | 15 perspectives |
| ⚡ LaserLogic | Deep analysis |
| 🪨 BedRock | Full decomposition |
| 🛡️ ProofGuard | 5 sources minimum |
| 🔥 BrutalHonesty | High severity |
Pro Tip: ReasonKit Pro adds HighReflect (meta-cognition) for even deeper self-analysis.
Usage
# Full form
rk-core think "question" --profile deep
# Shorthand
rk-core think "question" --deep
Example
Question: “Should I quit my job to start a business?”
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║ DEEP ANALYSIS ║
║ Time: 4 minutes 32 seconds ║
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┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ 💡 GIGATHINK: 15 Perspectives │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ 1. FINANCIAL: How long can you survive with no income? │
│ 2. MARKET: Is there actual demand for your idea? │
│ 3. COMPETITION: Who else is solving this problem? │
│ 4. TIMING: Why now? What makes this the right moment? │
│ 5. SKILLS: Do you have the skills to execute? │
│ 6. NETWORK: Do you have connections to get customers? │
│ 7. FAMILY: How does your family feel about the risk? │
│ 8. HEALTH: Can you handle the stress? │
│ 9. OPPORTUNITY: What are you giving up? │
│ 10. REVERSIBILITY: Can you go back if it fails? │
│ 11. MOTIVATION: Running TO something or FROM something? │
│ 12. VALIDATION: Have paying customers expressed interest?│
│ 13. COFOUNDERS: Are you doing this alone? │
│ 14. RUNWAY: How long before you need revenue? │
│ 15. EXIT: What does success look like? Timeline? │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ⚡ LASERLOGIC: Deep Reasoning Analysis │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ FLAW 1: Survivorship bias │
│ → You hear about successful founders, not the 90% who fail│
│ → Base rate: 90% of startups fail within 5 years │
│ │
│ FLAW 2: "I'll figure it out" │
│ → Planning fallacy: we underestimate time and difficulty │
│ → Most entrepreneurs underestimate by 2-3x │
│ │
│ FLAW 3: "I just need to work harder" │
│ → Hard work is necessary but not sufficient │
│ → Market timing and luck matter more than most admit │
│ │
│ FLAW 4: Sunk cost setup │
│ → Once you quit, you'll feel pressure to continue │
│ → Define kill criteria BEFORE starting │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ 🪨 BEDROCK: First Principles │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ CORE QUESTION: │
│ Have customers paid for this (or similar) yet? │
│ │
│ THE 80/20: │
│ • 80% of success = market timing + distribution │
│ • 20% = product quality │
│ • Most founders over-index on product, under-index on │
│ distribution │
│ │
│ FIRST PRINCIPLE: │
│ Don't quit until you have: │
│ 1. Paying customers (not "interested" - PAYING) │
│ 2. 12 months runway │
│ 3. Spouse/family buy-in │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ 🛡️ PROOFGUARD: Verification (5 sources) │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ VERIFIED: 90% startup failure rate (Startup Genome) │
│ VERIFIED: Average time to profitability: 3-4 years │
│ VERIFIED: Solo founders 2x more likely to fail │
│ VERIFIED: Previous startup exp improves odds 2x │
│ TO VERIFY: Your specific market demand assumptions │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ 🔥 BRUTALHONESTY: High Severity │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ UNCOMFORTABLE TRUTH 1: │
│ You're probably not special. Most people who think │
│ they're ready to start a business are not. │
│ │
│ UNCOMFORTABLE TRUTH 2: │
│ "I hate my job" is not a business plan. │
│ Running FROM something is different from running TO. │
│ │
│ UNCOMFORTABLE TRUTH 3: │
│ If you can't get paying customers while employed, │
│ quitting won't magically create them. │
│ │
│ HONEST QUESTIONS: │
│ • Have 10 people paid you for this already? │
│ • Could you work on this evenings/weekends first? │
│ • What's your spouse's honest opinion? │
│ • If this fails in 2 years, then what? │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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SYNTHESIS:
Don't quit your job yet. Instead:
1. Validate with paying customers first (while employed)
2. Build 12-month runway minimum
3. Get family fully on board
4. Define specific "kill criteria" before starting
If you can get 10 paying customers while employed, you have
signal that it might work. If you can't, quitting won't help.
Appropriate Decisions
- Quitting job to start business
- Major relocations (new city/country)
- Large investments ($50K+)
- Career pivots
- Marriage/divorce considerations
- Major life direction choices
Configuration
[profiles.deep]
tools = ["gigathink", "laserlogic", "bedrock", "proofguard", "brutalhonesty"]
gigathink_perspectives = 15
laserlogic_depth = "deep"
proofguard_sources = 5
brutalhonesty_severity = "high"
timeout = 360
Note: ReasonKit Pro deep profile adds
highreflectfor meta-cognition analysis.
Cost
~15K tokens ≈ $0.15 (Claude) / $0.45 (GPT-4)
Related
- Profiles Overview
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- Paranoid Profile — For maximum stakes