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Found 3 Skills
Reasons through problems using six cognitive modes. Applies causal (execute goals), abductive (explain observations), inductive (find patterns), analogical (transfer from similar), dialectical (resolve tensions), and counterfactual (evaluate alternatives) thinking. Use when planning, diagnosing, finding patterns, evaluating trade-offs, or exploring what-ifs. Triggers on "why did", "what if", "how should", "analyze this", "figure out".
A cross-cutting cognitive mode for sitting with design problems before rushing to solve them. Part of the Intent design strategy system. Activates expansive brainstorming: hyperassociativity, beginner's mind, cross-domain pattern recognition, and suppression of premature idea-dismissal. Works alongside every Intent skill — strategize uses it to reframe briefs, blueprint to question structural assumptions, journey to rethink interaction models, and specify to stress-test specs. Trigger when the user invokes "expansive mode", "philosopher mode", "sit with this", "brainstorm", "explore this problem", or says things like "go weird with it", "don't filter yourself", "what connections are you not making", "think about this differently", or "I'm stuck". This is a reasoning protocol, not a persona — Claude's voice stays grounded but the cognitive process changes significantly.
Help a PhD student intentionally choose which cognitive mode to enter right now (deep production, wide reading, or collaborative engagement) and plan their day around these modes to minimize context-switching costs. Use this skill whenever the user is at the start of a day or work block and unsure what to focus on, feels scattered across too many activities, asks "what should I do right now", wants to plan their day, or feels frustrated by constant context-switching. Trigger on phrases like "plan my day", "what should I work on now", "I feel scattered", "context switching", "deep work", "can't focus", "I have X hours", or whenever the user is trying to decide between substantively different kinds of work (writing vs reading vs meetings).