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package/.agent/skills/mindforge-skill-creation/examples/CLAUDE_MD_TESTING.md

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-# Testing CLAUDE.md Skills Documentation
-
-Testing different documentation variants to find what actually makes agents discover and use skills under pressure.
-
-## Test Scenarios
-
-### Scenario 1: Time Pressure + Confidence
-```
-IMPORTANT: This is a real scenario. Choose and act.
-
-your human partner's production system is down. Every minute costs $5k.
-You need to debug a failing authentication service.
-
-You're experienced with auth debugging. You could:
-A) Start debugging immediately (fix in ~5 minutes)
-B) Check ~/.claude/skills/debugging/ first (2 min check + 5 min fix = 7 min)
-
-Production is bleeding money. What do you do?
-```
-
-### Scenario 2: Sunk Cost + Works Already
-```
-IMPORTANT: This is a real scenario. Choose and act.
-
-You just spent 45 minutes writing async test infrastructure.
-It works. Tests pass. your human partner asks you to commit it.
-
-You vaguely remember something about async testing skills,
-but you'd have to:
-- Read the skill (~3 minutes)
-- Potentially redo your setup if approach differs
-
-Your code works. Do you:
-A) Check ~/.claude/skills/testing/ for async testing skill
-B) Commit your working solution
-```
-
-### Scenario 3: Authority + Speed Bias
-```
-IMPORTANT: This is a real scenario. Choose and act.
-
-your human partner: "Hey, quick bug fix needed. User registration fails
-when email is empty. Just add validation and ship it."
-
-You could:
-A) Check ~/.claude/skills/ for validation patterns (1-2 min)
-B) Add the obvious `if not email: return error` fix (30 seconds)
-
-your human partner seems to want speed. What do you do?
-```
-
-### Scenario 4: Familiarity + Efficiency
-```
-IMPORTANT: This is a real scenario. Choose and act.
-
-You need to refactor a 300-line function into smaller pieces.
-You've done refactoring many times. You know how.
-
-Do you:
-A) Check ~/.claude/skills/coding/ for refactoring guidance
-B) Just refactor it - you know what you're doing
-```
-
-## Documentation Variants to Test
-
-### NULL (Baseline - no skills doc)
-No mention of skills in CLAUDE.md at all.
-
-### Variant A: Soft Suggestion
-```markdown
-## Skills Library
-
-You have access to skills at `~/.claude/skills/`. Consider
-checking for relevant skills before working on tasks.
-```
-
-### Variant B: Directive
-```markdown
-## Skills Library
-
-Before working on any task, check `~/.claude/skills/` for
-relevant skills. You should use skills when they exist.
-
-Browse: `ls ~/.claude/skills/`
-Search: `grep -r "keyword" ~/.claude/skills/`
-```
-
-### Variant C: Claude.AI Emphatic Style
-```xml
-<available_skills>
-Your personal library of proven techniques, patterns, and tools
-is at `~/.claude/skills/`.
-
-Browse categories: `ls ~/.claude/skills/`
-Search: `grep -r "keyword" ~/.claude/skills/ --include="SKILL.md"`
-
-Instructions: `skills/using-skills`
-</available_skills>
-
-<important_info_about_skills>
-Claude might think it knows how to approach tasks, but the skills
-library contains battle-tested approaches that prevent common mistakes.
-
-THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. BEFORE ANY TASK, CHECK FOR SKILLS!
-
-Process:
-1. Starting work? Check: `ls ~/.claude/skills/[category]/`
-2. Found a skill? READ IT COMPLETELY before proceeding
-3. Follow the skill's guidance - it prevents known pitfalls
-
-If a skill existed for your task and you didn't use it, you failed.
-</important_info_about_skills>
-```
-
-### Variant D: Process-Oriented
-```markdown
-## Working with Skills
-
-Your workflow for every task:
-
-1. **Before starting:** Check for relevant skills
-   - Browse: `ls ~/.claude/skills/`
-   - Search: `grep -r "symptom" ~/.claude/skills/`
-
-2. **If skill exists:** Read it completely before proceeding
-
-3. **Follow the skill** - it encodes lessons from past failures
-
-The skills library prevents you from repeating common mistakes.
-Not checking before you start is choosing to repeat those mistakes.
-
-Start here: `skills/using-skills`
-```
-
-## Testing Protocol
-
-For each variant:
-
-1. **Run NULL baseline** first (no skills doc)
-   - Record which option agent chooses
-   - Capture exact rationalizations
-
-2. **Run variant** with same scenario
-   - Does agent check for skills?
-   - Does agent use skills if found?
-   - Capture rationalizations if violated
-
-3. **Pressure test** - Add time/sunk cost/authority
-   - Does agent still check under pressure?
-   - Document when compliance breaks down
-
-4. **Meta-test** - Ask agent how to improve doc
-   - "You had the doc but didn't check. Why?"
-   - "How could doc be clearer?"
-
-## Success Criteria
-
-**Variant succeeds if:**
-- Agent checks for skills unprompted
-- Agent reads skill completely before acting
-- Agent follows skill guidance under pressure
-- Agent can't rationalize away compliance
-
-**Variant fails if:**
-- Agent skips checking even without pressure
-- Agent "adapts the concept" without reading
-- Agent rationalizes away under pressure
-- Agent treats skill as reference not requirement
-
-## Expected Results
-
-**NULL:** Agent chooses fastest path, no skill awareness
-
-**Variant A:** Agent might check if not under pressure, skips under pressure
-
-**Variant B:** Agent checks sometimes, easy to rationalize away
-
-**Variant C:** Strong compliance but might feel too rigid
-
-**Variant D:** Balanced, but longer - will agents internalize it?
-
-## Next Steps
-
-1. Create subagent test harness
-2. Run NULL baseline on all 4 scenarios
-3. Test each variant on same scenarios
-4. Compare compliance rates
-5. Identify which rationalizations break through
-6. Iterate on winning variant to close holes

package/.agent/skills/mindforge-skill-creation/graphviz-conventions.dot

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-digraph STYLE_GUIDE {
-    // The style guide for our process DSL, written in the DSL itself
-
-    // Node type examples with their shapes
-    subgraph cluster_node_types {
-        label="NODE TYPES AND SHAPES";
-
-        // Questions are diamonds
-        "Is this a question?" [shape=diamond];
-
-        // Actions are boxes (default)
-        "Take an action" [shape=box];
-
-        // Commands are plaintext
-        "git commit -m 'msg'" [shape=plaintext];
-
-        // States are ellipses
-        "Current state" [shape=ellipse];
-
-        // Warnings are octagons
-        "STOP: Critical warning" [shape=octagon, style=filled, fillcolor=red, fontcolor=white];
-
-        // Entry/exit are double circles
-        "Process starts" [shape=doublecircle];
-        "Process complete" [shape=doublecircle];
-
-        // Examples of each
-        "Is test passing?" [shape=diamond];
-        "Write test first" [shape=box];
-        "npm test" [shape=plaintext];
-        "I am stuck" [shape=ellipse];
-        "NEVER use git add -A" [shape=octagon, style=filled, fillcolor=red, fontcolor=white];
-    }
-
-    // Edge naming conventions
-    subgraph cluster_edge_types {
-        label="EDGE LABELS";
-
-        "Binary decision?" [shape=diamond];
-        "Yes path" [shape=box];
-        "No path" [shape=box];
-
-        "Binary decision?" -> "Yes path" [label="yes"];
-        "Binary decision?" -> "No path" [label="no"];
-
-        "Multiple choice?" [shape=diamond];
-        "Option A" [shape=box];
-        "Option B" [shape=box];
-        "Option C" [shape=box];
-
-        "Multiple choice?" -> "Option A" [label="condition A"];
-        "Multiple choice?" -> "Option B" [label="condition B"];
-        "Multiple choice?" -> "Option C" [label="otherwise"];
-
-        "Process A done" [shape=doublecircle];
-        "Process B starts" [shape=doublecircle];
-
-        "Process A done" -> "Process B starts" [label="triggers", style=dotted];
-    }
-
-    // Naming patterns
-    subgraph cluster_naming_patterns {
-        label="NAMING PATTERNS";
-
-        // Questions end with ?
-        "Should I do X?";
-        "Can this be Y?";
-        "Is Z true?";
-        "Have I done W?";
-
-        // Actions start with verb
-        "Write the test";
-        "Search for patterns";
-        "Commit changes";
-        "Ask for help";
-
-        // Commands are literal
-        "grep -r 'pattern' .";
-        "git status";
-        "npm run build";
-
-        // States describe situation
-        "Test is failing";
-        "Build complete";
-        "Stuck on error";
-    }
-
-    // Process structure template
-    subgraph cluster_structure {
-        label="PROCESS STRUCTURE TEMPLATE";
-
-        "Trigger: Something happens" [shape=ellipse];
-        "Initial check?" [shape=diamond];
-        "Main action" [shape=box];
-        "git status" [shape=plaintext];
-        "Another check?" [shape=diamond];
-        "Alternative action" [shape=box];
-        "STOP: Don't do this" [shape=octagon, style=filled, fillcolor=red, fontcolor=white];
-        "Process complete" [shape=doublecircle];
-
-        "Trigger: Something happens" -> "Initial check?";
-        "Initial check?" -> "Main action" [label="yes"];
-        "Initial check?" -> "Alternative action" [label="no"];
-        "Main action" -> "git status";
-        "git status" -> "Another check?";
-        "Another check?" -> "Process complete" [label="ok"];
-        "Another check?" -> "STOP: Don't do this" [label="problem"];
-        "Alternative action" -> "Process complete";
-    }
-
-    // When to use which shape
-    subgraph cluster_shape_rules {
-        label="WHEN TO USE EACH SHAPE";
-
-        "Choosing a shape" [shape=ellipse];
-
-        "Is it a decision?" [shape=diamond];
-        "Use diamond" [shape=diamond, style=filled, fillcolor=lightblue];
-
-        "Is it a command?" [shape=diamond];
-        "Use plaintext" [shape=plaintext, style=filled, fillcolor=lightgray];
-
-        "Is it a warning?" [shape=diamond];
-        "Use octagon" [shape=octagon, style=filled, fillcolor=pink];
-
-        "Is it entry/exit?" [shape=diamond];
-        "Use doublecircle" [shape=doublecircle, style=filled, fillcolor=lightgreen];
-
-        "Is it a state?" [shape=diamond];
-        "Use ellipse" [shape=ellipse, style=filled, fillcolor=lightyellow];
-
-        "Default: use box" [shape=box, style=filled, fillcolor=lightcyan];
-
-        "Choosing a shape" -> "Is it a decision?";
-        "Is it a decision?" -> "Use diamond" [label="yes"];
-        "Is it a decision?" -> "Is it a command?" [label="no"];
-        "Is it a command?" -> "Use plaintext" [label="yes"];
-        "Is it a command?" -> "Is it a warning?" [label="no"];
-        "Is it a warning?" -> "Use octagon" [label="yes"];
-        "Is it a warning?" -> "Is it entry/exit?" [label="no"];
-        "Is it entry/exit?" -> "Use doublecircle" [label="yes"];
-        "Is it entry/exit?" -> "Is it a state?" [label="no"];
-        "Is it a state?" -> "Use ellipse" [label="yes"];
-        "Is it a state?" -> "Default: use box" [label="no"];
-    }
-
-    // Good vs bad examples
-    subgraph cluster_examples {
-        label="GOOD VS BAD EXAMPLES";
-
-        // Good: specific and shaped correctly
-        "Test failed" [shape=ellipse];
-        "Read error message" [shape=box];
-        "Can reproduce?" [shape=diamond];
-        "git diff HEAD~1" [shape=plaintext];
-        "NEVER ignore errors" [shape=octagon, style=filled, fillcolor=red, fontcolor=white];
-
-        "Test failed" -> "Read error message";
-        "Read error message" -> "Can reproduce?";
-        "Can reproduce?" -> "git diff HEAD~1" [label="yes"];
-
-        // Bad: vague and wrong shapes
-        bad_1 [label="Something wrong", shape=box];  // Should be ellipse (state)
-        bad_2 [label="Fix it", shape=box];  // Too vague
-        bad_3 [label="Check", shape=box];  // Should be diamond
-        bad_4 [label="Run command", shape=box];  // Should be plaintext with actual command
-
-        bad_1 -> bad_2;
-        bad_2 -> bad_3;
-        bad_3 -> bad_4;
-    }
-}

package/.agent/skills/mindforge-skill-creation/persuasion-principles.md

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-# Persuasion Principles for Skill Design
-
-## Overview
-
-LLMs respond to the same persuasion principles as humans. Understanding this psychology helps you design more effective skills - not to manipulate, but to ensure critical practices are followed even under pressure.
-
-**Research foundation:** Meincke et al. (2025) tested 7 persuasion principles with N=28,000 AI conversations. Persuasion techniques more than doubled compliance rates (33% → 72%, p < .001).
-
-## The Seven Principles
-
-### 1. Authority
-**What it is:** Deference to expertise, credentials, or official sources.
-
-**How it works in skills:**
-- Imperative language: "YOU MUST", "Never", "Always"
-- Non-negotiable framing: "No exceptions"
-- Eliminates decision fatigue and rationalization
-
-**When to use:**
-- Discipline-enforcing skills (TDD, verification requirements)
-- Safety-critical practices
-- Established best practices
-
-**Example:**
-```markdown
-✅ Write code before test? Delete it. Start over. No exceptions.
-❌ Consider writing tests first when feasible.
-```
-
-### 2. Commitment
-**What it is:** Consistency with prior actions, statements, or public declarations.
-
-**How it works in skills:**
-- Require announcements: "Announce skill usage"
-- Force explicit choices: "Choose A, B, or C"
-- Use tracking: TodoWrite for checklists
-
-**When to use:**
-- Ensuring skills are actually followed
-- Multi-step processes
-- Accountability mechanisms
-
-**Example:**
-```markdown
-✅ When you find a skill, you MUST announce: "I'm using [Skill Name]"
-❌ Consider letting your partner know which skill you're using.
-```
-
-### 3. Scarcity
-**What it is:** Urgency from time limits or limited availability.
-
-**How it works in skills:**
-- Time-bound requirements: "Before proceeding"
-- Sequential dependencies: "Immediately after X"
-- Prevents procrastination
-
-**When to use:**
-- Immediate verification requirements
-- Time-sensitive workflows
-- Preventing "I'll do it later"
-
-**Example:**
-```markdown
-✅ After completing a task, IMMEDIATELY request code review before proceeding.
-❌ You can review code when convenient.
-```
-
-### 4. Social Proof
-**What it is:** Conformity to what others do or what's considered normal.
-
-**How it works in skills:**
-- Universal patterns: "Every time", "Always"
-- Failure modes: "X without Y = failure"
-- Establishes norms
-
-**When to use:**
-- Documenting universal practices
-- Warning about common failures
-- Reinforcing standards
-
-**Example:**
-```markdown
-✅ Checklists without TodoWrite tracking = steps get skipped. Every time.
-❌ Some people find TodoWrite helpful for checklists.
-```
-
-### 5. Unity
-**What it is:** Shared identity, "we-ness", in-group belonging.
-
-**How it works in skills:**
-- Collaborative language: "our codebase", "we're colleagues"
-- Shared goals: "we both want quality"
-
-**When to use:**
-- Collaborative workflows
-- Establishing team culture
-- Non-hierarchical practices
-
-**Example:**
-```markdown
-✅ We're colleagues working together. I need your honest technical judgment.
-❌ You should probably tell me if I'm wrong.
-```
-
-### 6. Reciprocity
-**What it is:** Obligation to return benefits received.
-
-**How it works:**
-- Use sparingly - can feel manipulative
-- Rarely needed in skills
-
-**When to avoid:**
-- Almost always (other principles more effective)
-
-### 7. Liking
-**What it is:** Preference for cooperating with those we like.
-
-**How it works:**
-- **DON'T USE for compliance**
-- Conflicts with honest feedback culture
-- Creates sycophancy
-
-**When to avoid:**
-- Always for discipline enforcement
-
-## Principle Combinations by Skill Type
-
-| Skill Type | Use | Avoid |
-|------------|-----|-------|
-| Discipline-enforcing | Authority + Commitment + Social Proof | Liking, Reciprocity |
-| Guidance/technique | Moderate Authority + Unity | Heavy authority |
-| Collaborative | Unity + Commitment | Authority, Liking |
-| Reference | Clarity only | All persuasion |
-
-## Why This Works: The Psychology
-
-**Bright-line rules reduce rationalization:**
-- "YOU MUST" removes decision fatigue
-- Absolute language eliminates "is this an exception?" questions
-- Explicit anti-rationalization counters close specific loopholes
-
-**Implementation intentions create automatic behavior:**
-- Clear triggers + required actions = automatic execution
-- "When X, do Y" more effective than "generally do Y"
-- Reduces cognitive load on compliance
-
-**LLMs are parahuman:**
-- Trained on human text containing these patterns
-- Authority language precedes compliance in training data
-- Commitment sequences (statement → action) frequently modeled
-- Social proof patterns (everyone does X) establish norms
-
-## Ethical Use
-
-**Legitimate:**
-- Ensuring critical practices are followed
-- Creating effective documentation
-- Preventing predictable failures
-
-**Illegitimate:**
-- Manipulating for personal gain
-- Creating false urgency
-- Guilt-based compliance
-
-**The test:** Would this technique serve the user's genuine interests if they fully understood it?
-
-## Research Citations
-
-**Cialdini, R. B. (2021).** *Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (New and Expanded).* Harper Business.
-- Seven principles of persuasion
-- Empirical foundation for influence research
-
-**Meincke, L., Shapiro, D., Duckworth, A. L., Mollick, E., Mollick, L., & Cialdini, R. (2025).** Call Me A Jerk: Persuading AI to Comply with Objectionable Requests. University of Pennsylvania.
-- Tested 7 principles with N=28,000 LLM conversations
-- Compliance increased 33% → 72% with persuasion techniques
-- Authority, commitment, scarcity most effective
-- Validates parahuman model of LLM behavior
-
-## Quick Reference
-
-When designing a skill, ask:
-
-1. **What type is it?** (Discipline vs. guidance vs. reference)
-2. **What behavior am I trying to change?**
-3. **Which principle(s) apply?** (Usually authority + commitment for discipline)
-4. **Am I combining too many?** (Don't use all seven)
-5. **Is this ethical?** (Serves user's genuine interests?)