Skill rating

Applies structured divergent-convergent thinking to generate many creative options, organize them into meaningful clusters, then systematically evaluate and narrow to the strongest choices. Balances c

Systematically investigates causal relationships to identify true root causes rather than correlations or symptoms. Distinguishes genuine causation from spurious associations, tests competing explanat

Derives a document's structure out of its own corpus instead of picking one off a menu, using John McPhee's coding-and-sorting procedure - cold read, short topic codes one per card, a strict chronolog

Explores solution spaces systematically through morphological analysis (parameter-option matrices) and resolves technical contradictions using TRIZ inventive principles to generate novel, non-obvious

The recombination operator for the FIFA World Cup Fantasy evolution engine. Crosses elite candidate squads/plans at BUILDING-BLOCK boundaries (Captain Core, Clean-Sheet Spine, Mid-Engine, Differential

Constructs a structured narrative linking a company's qualitative business story to quantitative valuation drivers (revenue growth, target margin, reinvestment efficiency, cost of capital, failure ris

Diagnoses where a learner's 3D geometric intuition is misleading them in a high-dimensional context (concentration of measure, Gaussian shells, distance-metric breakdown, manifold hypothesis, volume-i

Defines and validates the machine-readable contract that passes a narrative architecture between a structural agent and a drafting agent — architecture.json with evidence-backed slots, capped scene ta

Transforms data into compelling visual narratives by applying narrative structure, annotation techniques, scrollytelling patterns, and honest framing to data journalism, presentations, and infographic

Produces step-by-step computational walkthroughs of vector and matrix operations as a sequence of numbered "frames", showing the explicit state at each step. The text-equivalent of a 3Blue1Brown anima

Guides the creation of evidence-based academic recommendation letters, reference letters, and award nominations that combine concrete examples, meaningful comparisons, and genuine enthusiasm. Use when

Guides the creation of career documents for academic advancement including research statements, teaching statements, diversity statements, CVs, and biosketches. Combines strategic positioning, narrati

Detects and prevents visual misleads, cognitive biases, and data integrity violations in visualizations, dashboards, reports, and presentations. Audits charts for honesty, diagnoses misinterpretation

Provides practical frameworks for fast decision-making through mental shortcuts (heuristics) and systematic error prevention through structured checklists. Guides through designing effective heuristic

Maps identified symmetries to mathematical groups (cyclic, dihedral, symmetric, SO(3), SE(3), E(3)) for equivariant neural network architecture design, using taxonomy and foundations from Visual Group

Finds high-leverage intervention points in complex systems by mapping feedback loops, identifying system archetypes (fixes that fail, shifting the burden, tragedy of the commons, limits to growth), an

Guides writing architecture planning using McPhee's structural diagramming method, helping select from 8 structure types (list, chronological, circular, dual/triple profile, pyramid, parallel, custom)

Assigns a substacker draft or published post to the best-fitting section (or to unassigned) based on content + section promises in section-map.md. Used by the Editor on every draft review (to load the

Thicken a thin or missing conference-session abstract through targeted web research so short, noisy text becomes classifiable — pulling the speaker's recent work, the linked repo or paper, and the com

Analyzes profitability per customer, product, or transaction to determine business model viability and scalability. Covers CAC, LTV, contribution margin, cohort analysis, and growth-readiness assessme

For each technical term in a substacker draft's claims, checks shared-context/glossary.md for a writer-specific definition and compares to field-standard. Emits a note for terms where the two diverge

Organizes, structures, and labels content so users can find and manage information effectively. Guides through content audits, card sorting, taxonomy design, navigation structure, and tree testing val

Establishes pre-defined, objective conditions for stopping projects and specific decision points for continue/pivot/kill evaluations. Guides through defining kill criteria, setting go/no-go gates, avo

Translates beliefs (probabilities) into optimal actions (bet/pass/hedge) using quantitative frameworks including edge calculation, Kelly Criterion bet sizing, forecast extremizing, and Brier score opt

Produces a Bayesian prior probability that an offered transaction is +EV for the recipient, given that the counterparty chose to propose it. Applies Akerlof market-for-lemons logic -- if they offered

Parse a heterogeneous conference program (markdown, HTML, PDF-derived text, or JSON) into normalized event records with per-field confidence scores and independent classification axes (topic, depth, f

Systematically evaluates existing designs against cognitive science principles using repeatable checklists, scoring rubrics, and severity-classified fix recommendations. Use when conducting design rev

Uses WebFetch to pull publicly visible subscriber count and per-post public view count from substacker's Substack archive page and individual post URLs. Supplements the CSV when subscriber-count field

Fetches the last 7 days of updates from every entry in the substacker Trend Scout watchlist — blogs, paper aggregators (arXiv, Hugging Face papers), social feeds. Returns normalized {title, url, autho

Stops a true set of facts from being assembled into a false story. Runs the retrospective slot audit, the outcome-blind rewrite (flip test, separation test), the inevitability audit with its overshoot

Computes a 0-10 intuition-density score for a seed body using 8 concrete measurable signals — analogy presence, concrete worked example, counterfactual offered, reframe against default, biology-to-AI

Provides frameworks for mapping stakeholder influence networks, designing team structures aligned with system architecture (Conway's Law), defining team interface contracts (APIs, SLAs, decision right

Measures and protects diversity in the FIFA World Cup Fantasy evolution engine — the anti-inbreeding / selection-pressure governor from the Evolution document. Computes how collapsed an offspring set

For each Trend Scout candidate item, checks substacker shared-context/topic-ledger.md and tags with NEW | OVERLAPS seed:{slug} | OVERLAPS draft:{slug} | OVERLAPS published:{slug}. Adds a reinforcement

Produces an explicit component-by-component mapping from the analogy's source domain to the target technical concept. Rejects vague analogies by forcing each source element to map to a specific target

Groups a set of kept papers into 2-5 thematic clusters before synthesis, using abstract semantics + matched-keyword overlap. Names each cluster with a short noun phrase that describes what the cluster

Scores a candidate paper against a keyword watchlist and a relevance-criteria document, returning KEEP/DROP/REVIEW with a one-line rationale and a 0-100 relevance score. Combines keyword-match strengt

Checks paragraph rhythm in a substacker draft — long/short mix, one-sentence paragraph at pivots, no walls, avoid monotony. Flags drafts where >3 consecutive paragraphs share the same length bucket, w

Assesses whether a company returns the right amount of cash to shareholders. Computes FCFE over a history under three debt assumptions, compares it against dividends plus buybacks to give the cash sur

Produces the counterfactual framing in an Intuition Builder 5-set — "what if this component were not here?" Reveals the function of a technical element by subtracting it and observing what breaks. Use

Runs Jack Hart's Wordcraft line passes in strict order (Structure, Force, Brevity, Clarity, Rhythm, Humanity, Color, Voice, Mechanics) followed by a slop audit, one pass per edit class, with a claim-s

Appends an entry to substacker shared-context/analogy-catalog.md when the writer PUBLISHES a post that uses a new analogy. Not invoked on seed or draft — only on publish. Records source, target, post,

For each substacker post that materially over- or under-performs the rolling baseline (|z| ≥ 1.0), produces a plain-English attribution paragraph with calibrated confidence (high / medium / low / unex

Cross-references each proposed analogy in a 5-framing set against substacker shared-context/analogy-catalog.md to flag reuse. Classifies each analogy as new, reused-from-catalog (and which entry), or

Finds and cites a primary source for each substacker draft claim — original arXiv paper, official documentation, RFC, canonical textbook. Source hierarchy enforced — primary > secondary > tertiary > n

Checks a candidate seed against the existing substacker corpus (seeds, drafts, published) for exact duplicates (sha256 fingerprint) and near-duplicates (title Jaccard, first-200-word Jaccard, shared t

Generates structured experimental designs (factorial, response surface, Taguchi) to systematically discover how multiple factors affect outcomes while minimizing experimental runs. Use when optimizing

Provides structured formats and techniques for running productive group sessions, from standups to multi-day workshops. Covers format selection, agenda design, participation management, decision metho

Fetches preprints posted to bioRxiv or medRxiv within a given date window, then keyword-filters the results client-side. Wraps the public `api.biorxiv.org/details/{server}/{from}/{to}/{cursor}` endpoi

Combines Pareto prioritization (80/20), timeboxing, and deep work techniques to manage attention, eliminate context-switching, and maximize high-impact output. Use when managing time and attention, co