Inventive principle

6. universality

Let one component or abstraction perform several compatible functions so redundant components, interfaces, dependencies, or transformations can be removed.

For software development and coding agents

Software adaptation: use this heuristic to formulate a concrete implementation hypothesis for your stated contradiction, then validate it with independent checks. Applicability depends on the evidence; this entry is not an automatic recommendation.

Software-adapted heuristic · Catalog triz-software-2. Source and methodology →

TRIZit’s classification is probabilistic. Saved output is a strategy handoff for manager review and independent implementation checks.