human-avatar/skills-for-humanity
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s4h-aestheticEntry point for the aesthetic toolkit. Routes to the right aesthetic skill based on your situation. Use when you say 'aesthetic', 'check the design', 'does this feel right', 'is this elegant', 'is this4h-aesthetic-coherence-checkTests whether the parts of something form a unified whole — finding the jarring inconsistencies that accumulate when different contributors work without a shared vision. TRIGGERS: 'coherence check', 's4h-aesthetic-elegance-testingTests whether a solution is more complex than it needs to be — distinguishing necessary complexity from accidental complexity that accreted over time. TRIGGERS: 'elegance test', 'is this too complex',s4h-aesthetic-pattern-detectionIdentifies the underlying formal pattern at work — because most successful designs, arguments, and solutions share deep structural patterns, and naming the pattern unlocks the playbook. TRIGGERS: 'whas4h-aesthetic-simplicity-analysisFinds the simpler version while preserving what matters — not arbitrary reduction, but finding the core and discarding what is not it. TRIGGERS: 'find the simple version', 'simplify this', 'what's thes4h-analogyEntry point for the analogy toolkit. Routes to the right analogy skill based on your situation. Use when you say 'analogy', 'is this like that', 'find a comparison', 'import a solution from elsewhere's4h-analogy-boundary-testingFinds where an analogy breaks down before it's relied upon. Analogies fail silently — the damage happens when decisions are made on a mapping that doesn't hold in the relevant dimension. Triggers: 'sts4h-analogy-domain-transferImports solutions from unrelated domains by finding structural similarities between your problem and solved problems elsewhere. Triggers: 'cross-domain analogy', 'what solves this elsewhere', 'find a s4h-analogy-perspective-shiftingApproaches a problem from completely different fields to break the assumption blindness that comes from domain expertise. Triggers: 'fresh eyes', 'outside perspective', 'what would a [different experts4h-analogy-structure-mappingIdentifies the deep structural correspondence between two situations — genuine isomorphism vs superficial similarity. Triggers: 'does this analogy hold', 'map the structure', 'is this really like thats4h-cognitionEntry point for the cognition toolkit. Routes to the right cognition skill based on your situation. Use when you say 'cognition', 'how am I thinking about this', 'why can't I focus', 'what mental modes4h-cognition-attentionMaps the attention economy of a mind or situation — what captures it, what depletes it, and how to protect it. Use when asked 'why can't I focus', 'attention keeps getting pulled away', 'how do I prots4h-cognition-cognitive-loadManages the limits of working memory — chunking, offloading, and reducing unnecessary complexity to free capacity for what matters. Use when asked 'this is too complex to hold in my head', 'I keep loss4h-cognition-mental-modelsSurfaces and audits the internal representations that drive perception and decision-making. Use when asked 'what assumptions am I making', 'why do I keep seeing this the same way', 'what model is drivs4h-cognition-metacognitionApplies thinking-about-thinking as a practical tool — monitoring comprehension, calibrating confidence, and knowing what you do not know. Use when asked 'how confident should I be about this', 'am I as4h-communicationEntry point for the communication toolkit. Routes to the right communication skill based on your situation. Use when you say 'communication', 'how do I say this', 'will this land', 'which channel', 'ws4h-communication-audience-modelingMaps what the audience currently believes, actually cares about, and fears before communicating — because communication fails at the receiver, not the sender. Triggers: 'model the audience', 'audiences4h-communication-clarity-auditAudits a communication for places where the message will be lost, misread, or misunderstood — before it's sent. Triggers: 'clarity audit', 'will this be understood', 'check my message', 'edit for clars4h-communication-medium-selectionMatches the message to the right channel and format — the same content in the wrong medium loses most of its effect. Triggers: 'which channel', 'email vs meeting', 'should this be async or sync', 'meds4h-communication-objection-mappingMaps likely objections before delivering a proposal — objections that are anticipated feel addressed; objections that land as surprises derail. Triggers: 'anticipate objections', 'what will they push s4h-constraintEntry point for the constraint toolkit. Routes to the right constraint skill based on your situation. Use when you say 'constraint', 'given this limit', 'we can't do X', 'is this really fixed', 'use ts4h-constraint-hardness-testingTests whether a stated constraint is real — distinguishing genuine limits from assumptions, habits, or politics dressed as facts. Triggers: 'is this really a constraint', 'challenge the assumption', 's4h-constraint-rule-inversionFlips a constraint into a creative driver — uses the limit as the generative force rather than working around it. Triggers: 'invert the constraint', 'use the limitation', 'constraint as feature', 'whas4h-constraint-scope-reductionFinds the minimum that satisfies the actual requirement — stripping everything wanted but not needed. Triggers: 'minimum viable', 'what's the minimum', 'strip this back', 'what do we actually need', 's4h-constraint-workaround-mappingFinds paths around a fixed constraint without removing it — routing around a hard limit to reach the same goal. Triggers: 'work around this', 'given this constraint', 'path around the blocker', 'how ds4h-creativityEntry point for the creativity toolkit. Routes to the right creative thinking technique based on your situation. Use when you say 'creativity', 'think creatively', 'I need fresh ideas', 'help me thinks4h-creativity-alternativesApply Edward de Bono's APC (Alternatives, Possibilities, Choices) tool to deliberately generate options before evaluating any of them. Use when the user is about to make a decision, wants more optionss4h-creativity-assumption-excavatorSurface and challenge the hidden assumptions in any problem, plan, or framing. Use when the user feels stuck despite trying multiple approaches, a problem seems intractable, a plan keeps failing for us4h-creativity-brainstormRun an orchestrated multi-method creative thinking sprint on a challenge. Use when the user wants to make real progress on a hard problem, says 'I need to think through this properly', wants a thorougs4h-creativity-concept-fanApply Edward de Bono's Concept Fan to expand the solution space before committing to an approach. Use when the user has a goal or problem and wants to see the full range of ways to achieve it, feels ls4h-creativity-consider-factorsApply Edward de Bono's CAF (Consider All Factors) tool to map every relevant factor before making a decision or taking action. Use when the user is about to decide something important, wants to make ss4h-creativity-lateral-thinkingApply Edward de Bono's lateral thinking to escape dominant patterns and generate genuinely new directions. Use when the user is stuck on a problem, wants alternatives to their current approach, says 's4h-creativity-other-perspectivesApply Edward de Bono's OPS (Other People's Shoes) tool to genuinely think from other perspectives. Use when the user needs to understand how others will respond to a decision, wants to anticipate objes4h-creativity-plus-minus-interestingApply Edward de Bono's Plus/Minus/Interesting (PMI) tool for balanced evaluation of any idea, proposal, plan, or decision. Use when the user wants to evaluate something fairly, is tempted to immediates4h-creativity-provocationApply Edward de Bono's Provocation Operation (Po) to use deliberately absurd or impossible statements as springboards to new ideas. Use when the user wants to break out of conventional thinking, says s4h-creativity-random-entryApply Edward de Bono's Random Entry technique — use an unrelated word, object, or image as a creative springboard to break out of cognitive ruts. Use when the user is stuck, wants unexpected inspiratis4h-creativity-six-hatsApply Edward de Bono's Six Thinking Hats for structured parallel thinking. Use when the user wants to think through a decision, plan, or idea from multiple angles; wants to avoid groupthink or one-dims4h-creativity-water-logicApply Edward de Bono's water logic for flow-based, non-judgmental exploration. Use when the user is in early-stage exploration and premature categorization is killing promising directions, wants to fos4h-decisionEntry point for the decision toolkit. Routes to the right decision skill based on your situation. Use when you say 'decision', 'help me decide', 'should I', 'which option', 'what are my choices', 'whas4h-decision-criteria-weightingRuns a weighted multi-criteria analysis — making explicit what matters, how much, and how each option performs against it. Triggers: 'weighted decision matrix', 'multi-criteria analysis', 'help me chos4h-decision-option-mappingEnsures all real options are visible before choosing — countering the false dichotomy that limits consideration to the first two options that came to mind. Triggers: 'what are all the options', 'falses4h-decision-premortem-analysisImagines the decision has been made and failed — then diagnoses why. Breaks the commitment bias that prevents honest risk assessment after a direction is chosen. Triggers: 'pre-mortem', 'imagine this s4h-decision-reversibility-analysisCategorises a decision by reversibility and applies the appropriate level of process rigour. Triggers: 'is this reversible', 'how much should I think about this', 'one-way door', 'two-way door', 'decis4h-designEntry point for the design thinking toolkit. Routes to the right design skill based on your situation. Use when you say 'design', 'user needs', 'what do people actually want', 'design constraints', 'ps4h-design-constraintsUses constraints productively — maps hard limits, soft preferences, and how the tightest constraints define the solution space. Triggers: 'what are the design constraints', 'map the constraints', 'whas4h-design-iterationStructures the feedback loop between making and learning — prototyping, testing, and convergence toward fit. Triggers: 'prototype and test', 'iterate on the design', 'how do we test this', 'get feedbas4h-design-simplicityApplies the design principle of removing rather than adding — finding the form that does exactly what is needed, nothing more. Triggers: 'simplify this', 'remove what's unnecessary', 'it's too complics4h-design-user-needsDistinguishes real needs from stated wants — uses jobs-to-be-done and latent need mapping to find what actually matters. Triggers: 'what do users actually need', 'jobs to be done', 'understand the uses4h-ecologyEntry point for the ecology thinking toolkit. Routes to the right ecology skill based on your situation. Use when you say 'ecology', 'carrying capacity', 'keystone', 'interdependence', 'succession', 's4h-ecology-carrying-capacityApplies carrying capacity thinking to any system with limits — maps the ceiling, overshoot risk, and what happens when it is crossed. Use when asked about 'capacity limits', 'how much can this system s4h-ecology-interdependenceMaps dependency webs and the cascading effects of removing or changing a node in the web. Use when asked 'who depends on whom', 'what cascades if we change X', 'downstream effects', 'what holds this ts4h-ecology-keystone-speciesIdentifies the entities with disproportionate structural importance — whose removal would collapse the system. Use when asked 'who is critical here', 'what holds this together', 'single points of fails4h-ecology-successionApplies ecological succession to understand how systems evolve through stages — pioneer, consolidation, climax, and disturbance. Use when asked 'what stage are we at', 'where are we in the cycle', 'whs4h-economicsEntry point for the economics toolkit. Routes to the right economics skill based on your situation. Use when you say 'economics', 'what's the incentive here', 'what am I giving up', 'who pays for thiss4h-economics-coordinationDiagnoses collective action failures, public goods problems, and why individually rational behaviour produces collective irrationality. Triggers: 'collective action problem', 'tragedy of the commons',s4h-economics-externalitiesIdentifies costs and benefits not borne by the decision-maker — and how to internalise them. Triggers: 'externality', 'who else is affected', 'costs falling on others', 'side effects', 'spillover', 'ts4h-economics-incentive-mappingMaps who benefits, who pays, and what behaviours the incentive structure actually produces. Triggers: 'what's the incentive here', 'why do people keep doing this', 'incentives are misaligned', 'who bes4h-economics-marginApplies marginal thinking: the relevant decision is the next unit, not the average or the sunk cost. Triggers: 'should we do more of this', 'should we expand', 'should we cut', 'marginal cost', 'sunk s4h-economics-opportunity-costMaps the true cost of a choice by making explicit what is foregone. Triggers: 'opportunity cost', 'what am I giving up', 'what else could I do with this', 'hidden cost', 'what's the real cost of this's4h-emotional-motivation-mappingMaps what genuinely drives different people — beyond stated reasons and job descriptions. Use when incentives seem misaligned or individual behaviour is hard to predict. TRIGGERS: 'what motivates them