@human-avatar/skills-for-humanity 1.0.0
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- package/.claude-plugin/plugin.json +22 -0
- package/README.md +451 -0
- package/bin/install.js +271 -0
- package/package.json +41 -0
- package/skills/aesthetic/SKILL.md +80 -0
- package/skills/aesthetic-coherence-check/SKILL.md +92 -0
- package/skills/aesthetic-elegance-testing/SKILL.md +96 -0
- package/skills/aesthetic-pattern-detection/SKILL.md +93 -0
- package/skills/aesthetic-simplicity-analysis/SKILL.md +97 -0
- package/skills/analogy/SKILL.md +80 -0
- package/skills/analogy-boundary-testing/SKILL.md +90 -0
- package/skills/analogy-domain-transfer/SKILL.md +87 -0
- package/skills/analogy-perspective-shifting/SKILL.md +84 -0
- package/skills/analogy-structure-mapping/SKILL.md +88 -0
- package/skills/communication/SKILL.md +78 -0
- package/skills/communication-audience-modeling/SKILL.md +82 -0
- package/skills/communication-clarity-audit/SKILL.md +88 -0
- package/skills/communication-medium-selection/SKILL.md +89 -0
- package/skills/communication-objection-mapping/SKILL.md +87 -0
- package/skills/constraint/SKILL.md +78 -0
- package/skills/constraint-hardness-testing/SKILL.md +94 -0
- package/skills/constraint-rule-inversion/SKILL.md +77 -0
- package/skills/constraint-scope-reduction/SKILL.md +84 -0
- package/skills/constraint-workaround-mapping/SKILL.md +88 -0
- package/skills/creativity/SKILL.md +173 -0
- package/skills/creativity-alternatives/SKILL.md +84 -0
- package/skills/creativity-assumption-excavator/SKILL.md +95 -0
- package/skills/creativity-brainstorm/SKILL.md +102 -0
- package/skills/creativity-concept-fan/SKILL.md +93 -0
- package/skills/creativity-consider-factors/SKILL.md +87 -0
- package/skills/creativity-lateral-thinking/SKILL.md +77 -0
- package/skills/creativity-other-perspectives/SKILL.md +91 -0
- package/skills/creativity-plus-minus-interesting/SKILL.md +80 -0
- package/skills/creativity-provocation/SKILL.md +79 -0
- package/skills/creativity-random-entry/SKILL.md +74 -0
- package/skills/creativity-six-hats/SKILL.md +84 -0
- package/skills/creativity-water-logic/SKILL.md +79 -0
- package/skills/decision/SKILL.md +78 -0
- package/skills/decision-criteria-weighting/SKILL.md +88 -0
- package/skills/decision-option-mapping/SKILL.md +93 -0
- package/skills/decision-premortem-analysis/SKILL.md +86 -0
- package/skills/decision-reversibility-analysis/SKILL.md +88 -0
- package/skills/emotional/SKILL.md +78 -0
- package/skills/emotional-motivation-mapping/SKILL.md +95 -0
- package/skills/emotional-resistance-diagnosis/SKILL.md +96 -0
- package/skills/emotional-stakes-mapping/SKILL.md +98 -0
- package/skills/emotional-trust-audit/SKILL.md +96 -0
- package/skills/ethics/SKILL.md +130 -0
- package/skills/ethics-bias-check/SKILL.md +90 -0
- package/skills/ethics-check/SKILL.md +86 -0
- package/skills/ethics-consent-review/SKILL.md +104 -0
- package/skills/ethics-council/SKILL.md +219 -0
- package/skills/ethics-crisis-triage/SKILL.md +113 -0
- package/skills/ethics-data-audit/SKILL.md +87 -0
- package/skills/ethics-empathy-circle/SKILL.md +108 -0
- package/skills/ethics-impact-scan/SKILL.md +90 -0
- package/skills/ethics-vendor-review/SKILL.md +97 -0
- package/skills/game-theory/SKILL.md +59 -0
- package/skills/game-theory-auction/SKILL.md +96 -0
- package/skills/game-theory-coalition/SKILL.md +84 -0
- package/skills/game-theory-equilibrium/SKILL.md +73 -0
- package/skills/game-theory-iterated/SKILL.md +83 -0
- package/skills/game-theory-mechanism-design/SKILL.md +85 -0
- package/skills/game-theory-prisoners-dilemma/SKILL.md +81 -0
- package/skills/game-theory-signaling/SKILL.md +72 -0
- package/skills/historical/SKILL.md +78 -0
- package/skills/historical-cycle-detection/SKILL.md +102 -0
- package/skills/historical-failure-analysis/SKILL.md +96 -0
- package/skills/historical-lesson-extraction/SKILL.md +97 -0
- package/skills/historical-precedent-analysis/SKILL.md +96 -0
- package/skills/human/SKILL.md +128 -0
- package/skills/identity/SKILL.md +66 -0
- package/skills/identity-character-testing/SKILL.md +76 -0
- package/skills/identity-mission-alignment/SKILL.md +74 -0
- package/skills/identity-values-clarification/SKILL.md +68 -0
- package/skills/logic/SKILL.md +112 -0
- package/skills/logic-argument-validation/SKILL.md +92 -0
- package/skills/logic-causality-mapping/SKILL.md +121 -0
- package/skills/logic-check/SKILL.md +92 -0
- package/skills/logic-consistency-check/SKILL.md +96 -0
- package/skills/logic-constraint-mapping/SKILL.md +105 -0
- package/skills/logic-council/SKILL.md +158 -0
- package/skills/logic-fixer/SKILL.md +94 -0
- package/skills/narrative/SKILL.md +78 -0
- package/skills/narrative-audience-modeling/SKILL.md +65 -0
- package/skills/narrative-frame-analysis/SKILL.md +66 -0
- package/skills/narrative-structure-mapping/SKILL.md +70 -0
- package/skills/narrative-tension-mapping/SKILL.md +62 -0
- package/skills/play/SKILL.md +80 -0
- package/skills/play-constraint-inversion/SKILL.md +97 -0
- package/skills/play-perspective-reversal/SKILL.md +101 -0
- package/skills/play-stimulus-generation/SKILL.md +101 -0
- package/skills/play-worst-case-reversal/SKILL.md +94 -0
- package/skills/probability/SKILL.md +78 -0
- package/skills/probability-base-rate-anchoring/SKILL.md +66 -0
- package/skills/probability-confidence-calibration/SKILL.md +73 -0
- package/skills/probability-expected-value-calculation/SKILL.md +69 -0
- package/skills/probability-scenario-weighting/SKILL.md +66 -0
- package/skills/resource/SKILL.md +78 -0
- package/skills/resource-allocation-analysis/SKILL.md +71 -0
- package/skills/resource-bottleneck-analysis/SKILL.md +76 -0
- package/skills/resource-leverage-mapping/SKILL.md +69 -0
- package/skills/resource-waste-audit/SKILL.md +80 -0
- package/skills/sensory/SKILL.md +68 -0
- package/skills/sensory-detail-mining/SKILL.md +70 -0
- package/skills/sensory-signal-detection/SKILL.md +68 -0
- package/skills/sensory-structured-observation/SKILL.md +73 -0
- package/skills/social/SKILL.md +78 -0
- package/skills/social-coalition-mapping/SKILL.md +74 -0
- package/skills/social-dynamics-analysis/SKILL.md +80 -0
- package/skills/social-incentive-analysis/SKILL.md +76 -0
- package/skills/social-power-mapping/SKILL.md +67 -0
- package/skills/strategy/SKILL.md +54 -0
- package/skills/strategy-alliance/SKILL.md +67 -0
- package/skills/strategy-deception/SKILL.md +60 -0
- package/skills/strategy-force-economy/SKILL.md +63 -0
- package/skills/strategy-intelligence/SKILL.md +65 -0
- package/skills/strategy-positioning/SKILL.md +62 -0
- package/skills/strategy-terrain/SKILL.md +64 -0
- package/skills/strategy-timing/SKILL.md +64 -0
- package/skills/strategy-victory/SKILL.md +64 -0
- package/skills/systems/SKILL.md +78 -0
- package/skills/systems-archetype-matching/SKILL.md +72 -0
- package/skills/systems-emergence-detection/SKILL.md +65 -0
- package/skills/systems-feedback-mapping/SKILL.md +67 -0
- package/skills/systems-leverage-analysis/SKILL.md +65 -0
- package/skills/temporal/SKILL.md +78 -0
- package/skills/temporal-cycle-detection/SKILL.md +75 -0
- package/skills/temporal-futures-mapping/SKILL.md +63 -0
- package/skills/temporal-horizon-mapping/SKILL.md +65 -0
- package/skills/temporal-timing-analysis/SKILL.md +67 -0
- package/skills/writing/SKILL.md +115 -0
- package/skills/writing-arc-design/SKILL.md +68 -0
- package/skills/writing-argument/SKILL.md +79 -0
- package/skills/writing-audience-calibration/SKILL.md +72 -0
- package/skills/writing-character-development/SKILL.md +72 -0
- package/skills/writing-copy/SKILL.md +83 -0
- package/skills/writing-dialogue/SKILL.md +86 -0
- package/skills/writing-executive-summary/SKILL.md +68 -0
- package/skills/writing-inconsistency-audit/SKILL.md +94 -0
- package/skills/writing-line-editing/SKILL.md +87 -0
- package/skills/writing-plot-structure/SKILL.md +65 -0
- package/skills/writing-pov/SKILL.md +72 -0
- package/skills/writing-prose-elevation/SKILL.md +82 -0
- package/skills/writing-report/SKILL.md +65 -0
- package/skills/writing-restructure/SKILL.md +71 -0
- package/skills/writing-rhetoric/SKILL.md +90 -0
- package/skills/writing-scene-construction/SKILL.md +79 -0
- package/skills/writing-technical/SKILL.md +94 -0
- package/skills/writing-tone-alignment/SKILL.md +72 -0
- package/skills/writing-voice-consistency/SKILL.md +74 -0
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