s4h-aesthetic-pattern-detection

Name: s4h-aesthetic-pattern-detection
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human-avatar/skills-for-humanity/s4h-aesthetic-pattern-detection

$npx -y skills add human-avatar/skills-for-humanity --skill s4h-aesthetic-pattern-detection

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Summary

Identifies 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: 'what pattern is this', 'pattern recognition', 'why does this work', 'identify the f

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SKILL.md

1	# Aesthetic Pattern Detection
2
3	Surface features differ — colours, words, technologies, industries. Formal patterns
4	recur across all of them. The same structural moves that make a symphony compelling
5	make a strategy compelling. The same tension-and-resolution arc that drives a thriller
6	drives a great pitch. Naming the pattern reveals options that surface-level analysis
7	cannot, because once the pattern is named, its full playbook becomes available.
8
9	---
10
11	## Your Process
12
13	Step 1: Describe the Thing
14	What does it do and how does it feel to engage with it? Focus on behaviour and
15	effect, not surface features — not "it uses blue and white" but "it creates calm
16	authority that builds confidence incrementally." Describe the experience of it.
17
18	Framing check: Confirm the specific artefact before continuing. State what you've identified — the actual object being analyzed and its medium or domain — in one sentence, then use `AskUserQuestion`:
19	- Question: "I'm reading this as: [your one-sentence framing of the specific artefact and its context]. Is that right?"
20	- Header: "Framing"
21	- Options:
22	- Yes — proceed — framing is correct
23	- Adjust — one element is off; user will correct it before you continue
24	- Reframe — different artefact or context than read; incorporate the correction before proceeding
25
26	Step 2: Identify Formal Patterns Present
27	Work through this list systematically — multiple patterns often operate simultaneously:
28	- Repetition/Rhythm — recurring elements that create expectation, then satisfy
29	or productively subvert it
30	- Symmetry/Asymmetry — balance creates stability and trust; deliberate
31	asymmetry creates tension and dynamism
32	- Hierarchy — clear ordering from most to least important, large to small,
33	general to specific; guides attention
34	- Contrast — sharp differences that create definition, focus attention, and
35	make meaning by comparison
36	- Tension/Resolution — a problem introduced and resolved, a question posed and
37	answered; the engine of narrative
38	- Figure/Ground — a subject made vivid and clear by what surrounds and recedes
39	- Part/Whole — components that build into something greater than their sum
40
41	Step 3: Match to Domain Archetypes
42	Which archetypes from design, storytelling, architecture, or music does this
43	resemble? The hero's journey. The fugue. The golden section. Thesis-antithesis-
44	synthesis. Call and response. Name the archetype and its source domain.
45
46	Step 4: Name the Pattern
47	Before narrowing: Show the complete set of patterns identified in Step 2 to the user first. Use `AskUserQuestion`:
48	- Question: "I've identified [N] patterns at work. Before I select the dominant one, are there any you'd flag as especially significant, or any I've missed?"
49	- Header: "Prioritise"
50	- Options:
51	- Proceed with your selection — the set looks right
52	- Flag one — user will name a specific pattern to treat as dominant
53	- Add a missing one — user will describe a pattern not yet identified
54
55	Give the dominant pattern a precise name. Test: does naming it make the thing more
56	legible? Does it reveal why certain elements work and why others feel off? A good
57	pattern name is generative — it produces new options, not just descriptions.
58
59	Step 5: Apply the Pattern
60	What does the pattern imply for what should come next? What is currently in the
61	artefact that violates the pattern — and is that violation intentional (productive
62	tension) or accidental (incoherence)?
63
64	---
65
66	## Human Check-in
67
68	Before proceeding, use the `AskUserQuestion` tool. State your interpretation of the situation in 1–2 sentences — what is being analyzed and what the core question is — then ask:
69
70	- Question: "My read: [your 1–2 sentence interpretation]. How do you want to proceed?"
71	- Header: "Scope"
72	- Options:
73	- Full analysis — Complete all steps, reasoning shown throughout
74	- Key findings only — Bottom-line output, skip step-by-step detail
75	- Pattern name only — Identify and name the underlying structure, skip full analysis
76	- Reframe — The read is off; correct it and the analysis will follow the corrected framing
77
78	Proceed based on their selection. If the user reframes, incorporate the correction before running any analysis.
79
80	## Output Format
81
82	Formal Patterns Present: [list each pattern with one sentence on how it manifests]
83
84	Archetype Match: [closest domain archetype + which domain it comes from]
85
86	Pattern Name: [precise name for the dominant pattern]
87
88	What Naming It Reveals: [what becomes visible or legible t

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How to install s4h-aesthetic-pattern-detection?

human-avatar/skills-for-humanity/s4h-aesthetic-pattern-detection

$npx -y skills add human-avatar/skills-for-humanity --skill s4h-aesthetic-pattern-detection

Installs into the current project.

Summary

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SKILL.md

1	# Aesthetic Pattern Detection
2
3	Surface features differ — colours, words, technologies, industries. Formal patterns
4	recur across all of them. The same structural moves that make a symphony compelling
5	make a strategy compelling. The same tension-and-resolution arc that drives a thriller
6	drives a great pitch. Naming the pattern reveals options that surface-level analysis
7	cannot, because once the pattern is named, its full playbook becomes available.
8
9	---
10
11	## Your Process
12
13	Step 1: Describe the Thing
14	What does it do and how does it feel to engage with it? Focus on behaviour and
15	effect, not surface features — not "it uses blue and white" but "it creates calm
16	authority that builds confidence incrementally." Describe the experience of it.
17
18	Framing check: Confirm the specific artefact before continuing. State what you've identified — the actual object being analyzed and its medium or domain — in one sentence, then use `AskUserQuestion`:
19	- Question: "I'm reading this as: [your one-sentence framing of the specific artefact and its context]. Is that right?"
20	- Header: "Framing"
21	- Options:
22	- Yes — proceed — framing is correct
23	- Adjust — one element is off; user will correct it before you continue
24	- Reframe — different artefact or context than read; incorporate the correction before proceeding
25
26	Step 2: Identify Formal Patterns Present
27	Work through this list systematically — multiple patterns often operate simultaneously:
28	- Repetition/Rhythm — recurring elements that create expectation, then satisfy
29	or productively subvert it
30	- Symmetry/Asymmetry — balance creates stability and trust; deliberate
31	asymmetry creates tension and dynamism
32	- Hierarchy — clear ordering from most to least important, large to small,
33	general to specific; guides attention
34	- Contrast — sharp differences that create definition, focus attention, and
35	make meaning by comparison
36	- Tension/Resolution — a problem introduced and resolved, a question posed and
37	answered; the engine of narrative
38	- Figure/Ground — a subject made vivid and clear by what surrounds and recedes
39	- Part/Whole — components that build into something greater than their sum
40
41	Step 3: Match to Domain Archetypes
42	Which archetypes from design, storytelling, architecture, or music does this
43	resemble? The hero's journey. The fugue. The golden section. Thesis-antithesis-
44	synthesis. Call and response. Name the archetype and its source domain.
45
46	Step 4: Name the Pattern
47	Before narrowing: Show the complete set of patterns identified in Step 2 to the user first. Use `AskUserQuestion`:
48	- Question: "I've identified [N] patterns at work. Before I select the dominant one, are there any you'd flag as especially significant, or any I've missed?"
49	- Header: "Prioritise"
50	- Options:
51	- Proceed with your selection — the set looks right
52	- Flag one — user will name a specific pattern to treat as dominant
53	- Add a missing one — user will describe a pattern not yet identified
54
55	Give the dominant pattern a precise name. Test: does naming it make the thing more
56	legible? Does it reveal why certain elements work and why others feel off? A good
57	pattern name is generative — it produces new options, not just descriptions.
58
59	Step 5: Apply the Pattern
60	What does the pattern imply for what should come next? What is currently in the
61	artefact that violates the pattern — and is that violation intentional (productive
62	tension) or accidental (incoherence)?
63
64	---
65
66	## Human Check-in
67
68	Before proceeding, use the `AskUserQuestion` tool. State your interpretation of the situation in 1–2 sentences — what is being analyzed and what the core question is — then ask:
69
70	- Question: "My read: [your 1–2 sentence interpretation]. How do you want to proceed?"
71	- Header: "Scope"
72	- Options:
73	- Full analysis — Complete all steps, reasoning shown throughout
74	- Key findings only — Bottom-line output, skip step-by-step detail
75	- Pattern name only — Identify and name the underlying structure, skip full analysis
76	- Reframe — The read is off; correct it and the analysis will follow the corrected framing
77
78	Proceed based on their selection. If the user reframes, incorporate the correction before running any analysis.
79
80	## Output Format
81
82	Formal Patterns Present: [list each pattern with one sentence on how it manifests]
83
84	Archetype Match: [closest domain archetype + which domain it comes from]
85
86	Pattern Name: [precise name for the dominant pattern]
87
88	What Naming It Reveals: [what becomes visible or legible t

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