negotiation-alignment-governance
Creates explicit stakeholder alignment through negotiated working agreements, clear decision rights (RACI/DACI/RAPID), and conflict resolution protocols. Use when stakeholders need aligned working agreements, resolving decision authority ambiguity, navigating cross-functional conflicts, establishing governance frameworks, negotiating resource allocation, defining escalation paths, creating team norms, mediating trade-off disputes, or when user mentions stakeholder alignment, decision rights, working agreements, conflict resolution, governance model, or consensus building.
normalize-format
Normalizes a single inbox file of any supported format (plain markdown, Claude.ai JSON export, Claude Code JSONL session, Readwise markdown/CSV highlight, transcript with timestamps or speaker labels, link capture) into a clean markdown body plus partial frontmatter (id, title, source block, word_count). Handles format-specific failure modes — JSON content-block arrays, timestamp stripping, per-highlight chunking, URL-vs-commentary separation. Use when ingesting any inbox item for the substacker Librarian. Trigger keywords — normalize, convert, parse, transcript, export, JSON, JSONL, highlight, CSV.
numbers-in-narrative
Writes quantities into prose so they land without overstating what the source supports. Applies a per-paragraph number-landing checklist (three numbers per paragraph, one per sentence, direction before magnitude, a comparison on the same screen), a unit-and-denominator lock that catches denominator drift, quantitative fidelity refusals (precision ceiling, rounding drift, percent vs percentage point, model output vs measurement), an uncertainty routing table, a declared likelihood-and-confidence ladder, and a chart-beat contract for exhibits that carry a claim. Use when drafting or editing prose that carries figures, statistics, benchmarks, forecasts or estimates, when a passage reads as a stat wall, when deciding how much precision or hedging a number can bear, or when the user mentions numbers in prose, rounding, denominator, per capita, percentage points, error bars, confidence, uncertainty, chart title, caption, or stat wall.
one-pager-prd
Creates concise, decision-ready product specifications (one-pagers and PRDs) that align stakeholders on problem, solution, users, success metrics, and constraints. Use when proposing new features/products, documenting product requirements, creating concise specs for stakeholder alignment, pitching initiatives, scoping projects before detailed design, capturing user stories and success metrics, or when user mentions one-pager, PRD, product spec, feature proposal, product requirements, or brief.
opener-critique
Evaluates the first 1-3 sentences of a substacker draft against the writer's signature opener patterns — confession / "I hadn't done X" / reframe / small concrete admission. Classifies opener as confession | reframe | admission | news-hook | generic-opener and flags news-hook/generic as tier-1. The opener sets the voice contract for the essay. Use on every draft. Trigger keywords — opener, hook, first sentence, opening, confession opener, news hook, generic opener.
opponent-archetype-classifier
Classifies an opposing player, manager, or agent into one of a configurable archetype set using Bayesian inference over observed behavior (roster composition, transaction pattern, lineup moves, trade activity). Domain-neutral scaffold -- callers supply the archetype taxonomy (names, priors, characteristic feature distributions) and observed features; the skill returns a normalized posterior, MAP archetype, classification confidence, feature-contribution breakdown, and best-response hints. Use when modeling opponents, classifying player types, performing Bayesian archetype inference, producing opponent posteriors, or when user mentions opponent archetype, classify opponent, Bayesian archetype inference, player type classification, opponent modeling, or archetype posterior.
option-valuation-toolkit
Prices options for valuation work — Black-Scholes with a cost-of-delay yield, binomial trees that allow early exercise, dilution-adjusted employee options for the equity bridge, equity in a heavily levered firm valued as a call on firm value, and implied volatility. Use when employee options or warrants must be subtracted before computing value per share, when a distressed or negative-earnings company's equity still trades above zero, when testing whether a patent, licence, undeveloped reserve or expansion right is a real option that deserves a premium, or when early exercise makes a European formula wrong. Triggers on option pricing, Black-Scholes, binomial tree, real options, option to delay, patent as an option, equity as a call option, distress and default probability, employee stock options, dilution, warrants, implied volatility, put-call parity.
paid-tier-readiness-check
Evaluates whether substacker has the four preconditions for launching a paid tier — enough subs, healthy engagement, a clear candidate section, writer capacity. Produces readiness score (not-ready / close / ready) with named gaps. Used when the "should we launch paid?" question is selected or at writer's explicit request. Trigger keywords — paid tier, paid readiness, monetization, Substack paid, launch paid, 1000 subscribers.
paper-cluster-by-theme
Groups a set of kept papers into 2-5 thematic clusters before synthesis, using abstract semantics + matched-keyword overlap. Names each cluster with a short noun phrase that describes what the cluster argues, not just the topic. Surfaces an "outliers" bucket for single-paper themes that don't fit. Domain-neutral - usable for any literature-scan workflow. Use after relevance filtering and before writing the synthesis report. Trigger keywords - cluster papers, group by theme, thematic clusters, paper themes, organize papers.
paper-relevance-filter
Scores a candidate paper against a keyword watchlist and a relevance-criteria document, returning KEEP/DROP/REVIEW with a one-line rationale and a 0-100 relevance score. Combines keyword-match strength, criteria-fit, and a historical-context check (was this paper or its preprint already covered in a recent digest). Domain-neutral - usable for any literature-scan workflow. Use after fetching candidate papers from bioRxiv, medRxiv, or PubMed and before clustering or synthesis. Trigger keywords - paper relevance, filter papers, keep or drop, score papers, relevance rationale.
paper-three-pass-extraction
Domain-neutral methodology for autonomously extracting structured notes from a single academic paper via three escalating passes. Pass 1 (inspectional, ~10-15 min) reads title, abstract, intro, section headings, conclusion, references at a glance, then applies the Five Cs framework (Category, Context, Correctness, Contributions, Clarity). Pass 2 (content grasp, ~30-60 min) reads the full paper skipping proofs, answers main-argument / Big-Question / hypotheses / figure-by-figure / references / confusions. Pass 3 (deep understanding, ~1-4 hours, reserved for important papers) virtually re-implements, challenges every assumption, identifies what is NOT said, asks the falsifiability question. The methodology is internal to the agent applying it - questions are answered against the paper's content, never asked of the operator. Use when an extraction agent needs to convert dense academic prose into structured machine-and-human-readable notes - bio papers, CS papers, ML papers, statistics, math, any field.
paragraph-rhythm-check
Checks paragraph rhythm in a substacker draft — long/short mix, one-sentence paragraph at pivots, no walls, avoid monotony. Flags drafts where >3 consecutive paragraphs share the same length bucket, where the pivot lacks a one-sentence paragraph, or where any paragraph exceeds 120 words. Use in the Editor's structural pass. Trigger keywords — rhythm, paragraph length, wall of text, one-sentence paragraph, pivot, monotone.
payout-policy-analysis
Assesses whether a company returns the right amount of cash to shareholders. Computes FCFE over a history under three debt assumptions, compares it against dividends plus buybacks to give the cash surplus or deficit, places the firm in the dividend matrix of affordability against project quality, projects forward FCFE and buyback capacity, and benchmarks payout ratio and dividend yield against peers and the market. Handles bank FCFE from regulatory capital. Use for dividend policy, payout ratio, dividend yield, potential dividends, FCFE, cash returned, buybacks, share repurchase capacity, excess cash, dividend cut or increase, cash accumulator or overpayer, or the dividend matrix.
pdf-statement-parser
Parses a single financial statement PDF (checking, savings, credit card, brokerage, 401k, HSA, mortgage, tax form) and emits a normalized JSON record with institution, account mask, statement period, opening/closing balances, line-item transactions or holdings, and a confidence score. Use when extracting structured data from a bank, brokerage, retirement, or HSA PDF statement, when ingesting a drop of household finance documents, or when user mentions parsing a statement, extracting transactions from a PDF, or normalizing statement data.
per-section-tracking
Breaks down weekly and trailing-4-week substacker performance per Substack section, keyed on section tags in corpus/published/ and section-map.md. Reports opens, clicks, subs-attributable-to-section per section with ≥3 posts. Skips if section-map has <2 sections. Feeds Curator with pruning candidates (sections with 4-week median z ≤ -1.0). Use when section-map has ≥2 live sections. Trigger keywords — per-section, section performance, section metrics, section pruning, differential engagement.
platform-voice-check
Runs a voice-fidelity audit on each of the four substacker platform outputs (Substack Note, X thread, LinkedIn post, cross-post blurb) before reporting Distribution Translator completion. Checks for voice-don'ts (banned vocabulary, emoji, generic openers, marketing math without source), voice-do compliance (paper attribution preserved, hedges preserved, em-dash reframes present), platform-specific tonal shifts. Emits voice-check.md with pass/fail per artifact. Trigger keywords — platform voice check, voice-check, gate, distribution voice, slop-leak check.
portfolio-drift-rebalancer
Aggregates investment holdings across taxable brokerage, 401k, and HSA into a single asset-allocation view, computes drift versus a target allocation, and produces a tax-efficient rebalance proposal that prefers tax-advantaged accounts for the trades and never executes. Flags drift over 5 percentage points and free-money issues like missed 401k employer match. Use when reviewing portfolio allocation, planning a rebalance, computing drift, or when user mentions asset allocation, drift, rebalancing proposal, or 401k match.
portfolio-roadmapping-bets
Creates strategic portfolio roadmaps that size and sequence initiative bets across time horizons (H1/H2/H3), balance risk profiles (core/adjacent/transformational), and set clear exit/scale criteria for disciplined resource allocation. Use when managing multiple initiatives across time horizons, balancing risk vs return across portfolio, sizing and sequencing bets with dependencies, setting exit/scale criteria for experiments, allocating resources across innovation types, or when user mentions portfolio planning, roadmap horizons, betting framework, initiative prioritization, innovation portfolio, or resource allocation across horizons.
postmortem
Conducts blameless postmortems that transform failures into learning opportunities by documenting timelines, quantifying impact, performing root cause analysis (5 Whys, fishbone diagrams), and defining corrective actions with owners and deadlines. Use when analyzing failures, outages, incidents, or negative outcomes, conducting blameless postmortems, identifying corrective actions, learning from near-misses, establishing prevention strategies, or when user mentions postmortem, incident review, failure analysis, RCA, lessons learned, or after-action review.
prioritization-effort-impact
Transforms overwhelming backlogs into clear, actionable priorities by mapping items on a 2x2 effort-vs-impact matrix, identifying quick wins (high impact, low effort), big bets, time sinks, and fill-ins. Use when ranking backlogs, deciding what to do first, prioritizing feature roadmaps, triaging bugs or technical debt, allocating resources across initiatives, identifying low-hanging fruit, evaluating strategic options, or when user mentions prioritization, quick wins, effort-impact matrix, high-impact low-effort, big bets, or "what should we do first?".
product-hiding-scan
Scans the substacker published corpus for clusters of posts that could become a product — a course, a book, a cohort, or a consulting offer. Produces at most 2 candidates with evidence + audience signal, or an honest "not yet" verdict if nothing qualifies. Typically fires once the writer has 30+ posts. Trigger keywords — product hiding, course from essays, book from essays, corpus to product, product scan.
project-investment-analysis
Evaluates a discrete investment, project or acquisition from its cash flow stream — NPV, IRR with every root reported when the stream has more than one, MIRR, profitability index and project selection under a capital budget, equivalent annuities and replication for unequal lives, payback and discounted payback, project return on capital and EVA, synergy value with the ceiling price it supports, the value of control and its expected value, the four-number acid test for a deal, and control premiums and minority discounts. Use when deciding whether to take a project, ranking competing projects, comparing projects with different lives, sizing a capital budget, testing whether a stream is truly incremental, valuing synergy or control, pricing a majority or minority stake, or setting the maximum price for an acquisition.
project-risk-register
Identifies, assesses, and prioritizes project risks using probability-times-impact scoring (risk matrix), then assigns owners, mitigation plans, contingencies, and triggers to track risk evolution over the project lifecycle. Use when managing project uncertainty, building a risk register, conducting risk assessments, defining risk mitigation plans, or when user mentions risk register, risk management, probability-impact matrix, or asks "what could go wrong with this project?".
propose-counterfactual
Produces the counterfactual framing in an Intuition Builder 5-set — "what if this component were not here?" Reveals the function of a technical element by subtracting it and observing what breaks. Uses Pearl's causal ladder (counterfactual = level 3) as the theoretical spine. Use as the 5th archetype slot of generate-analogy-set, or invoked standalone when the writer wants to build intuition for why a specific element exists. Trigger keywords — counterfactual, what if not, remove, subtract, reveal function, why does this exist.
propose-section
Converts one candidate cluster from cluster-corpus-by-theme into a named, promised section proposal ready for writer review. Calls write-section-promise for the one-sentence promise. Rates fit confidence (high / medium / low / provisional) and flags borderline posts. Use once per cluster that passes ≥3-post threshold. Trigger keywords — propose section, section proposal, new section candidate.
prose-force-and-rhythm
Runs Jack Hart's Wordcraft line passes in strict order (Structure, Force, Brevity, Clarity, Rhythm, Humanity, Color, Voice, Mechanics) followed by a slop audit, one pass per edit class, with a claim-strength invariant that stops verb strengthening and hedge cutting from silently overclaiming. Enforces upward escalation instead of downward compensation, a protected-hedge list, a clarity split log the rhythm pass may not undo, and rhythm metrics reported as diagnostics rather than optimized. Use when line-editing a draft, tightening flabby prose, fixing weak verbs or monotonous sentence rhythm, de-slopping AI-sounding copy, or when user mentions line edit, force pass, punch it up, tighten this, passive voice, wordy, sentence variety, sounds like AI, burstiness, or Wordcraft.
prototyping-pretotyping
Guides validation of ideas before full development using pretotyping (fake doors, concierge MVPs, Wizard of Oz) and prototyping at appropriate fidelity (paper, clickable, coded) to test assumptions about demand, pricing, and feasibility. Use when testing ideas cheaply before building, choosing prototype fidelity, running experiments to validate assumptions, or when user mentions prototype, MVP, fake door test, concierge, Wizard of Oz, landing page test, smoke test, or asks "how can we validate this idea before building?".
quarterly-zoomout
Synthesizes 13 weeks of substacker Growth Analyst reports + the most recent Curator review + a meta-scan of the published corpus into a 400-700 word narrative that names the quarter's shape — what happened, what changed, what held steady, what surprised. Used by the Growth Strategist at the opening of every review. Trigger keywords — quarterly, zoomout, quarter narrative, rollup, what happened this quarter.
rank-by-user-fit
Scores and ranks substacker Trend Scout annotated candidates against voice-profile and goals, producing a top-10 keep list and an explicit drop list with reasons. Weighted-sum scoring across intuition-density fit, goal alignment, dedup penalty, source reliability, freshness. Produces the digest's keeps and drops sections. Use after cross-ref-topic-ledger. Trigger keywords — rank, fit score, user fit, keep list, drop list, signal weight.
readability-check
Scores prose with Flesch Reading Ease, Flesch-Kincaid Grade, SMOG, Gunning Fog, and Dale-Chall, reports every score on one shared grade-band scale, and rewrites the sentences that fail. Runs on markdown files or on piped draft text before it is sent, and can run automatically through Claude Code hooks. Use before delivering any substantial written output, when a draft reads as convoluted or bloated, when a document must hit a reading-level target, or when checking a folder of documents for prose quality. Trigger keywords — readability, reading level, Flesch, Flesch-Kincaid, SMOG, Gunning Fog, Dale-Chall, grade level, hard to read, convoluted, dense prose, plain language, reading ease.
reader-first-prose
Rewrites expository prose for a reader meeting the subject for the first time, not an insider who already shares the writer's knowledge. Enforces introduce-before-use (every entity, term and acronym defined on first mention, in an order a newcomer can follow), grounds or cuts every metaphor in the same breath it appears, converts compressed or nominalized logic into a plain if-then, and kills the two loudest machine tells, the em dash and the terse two-beat antithesis ("X. Not Y."). Carries an honesty pass so the prose never out-claims its evidence, marking inference as inference and preserving every number exactly. Use when a draft assumes knowledge the reader lacks, reads as insider or "clever", name-drops terms before defining them, leans on unexplained metaphor, or sounds AI-written; or when the user mentions first-time reader, plain language, define before use, sounds like AI, em dash, too clever, or jargon. Complements ladder-of-abstraction, slop-detector and narrative-fidelity-audit.
recommend-prune
Recommends structural cleanups for the substacker section map — sections to retire, sections to merge, posts to reassign. Applies under-filled, stale, and overlapping heuristics. Writes proposals with reasons-to-reject (steelman counter). Does not execute. Use once per Curator run, after drift audit. Trigger keywords — prune, retire section, merge sections, reassign post, cleanup.
recurring-charge-detector
Identifies recurring charges (subscriptions, monthly bills, biweekly paychecks) from a transaction history by clustering same-merchant transactions of similar amount on a regular cadence, requiring at least 3 confirming occurrences before promoting a candidate to active status. Detects new recurring charges, dormant subscriptions (missed expected dates), and amount drift, and computes annualized cost. Use when auditing subscriptions, building a recurring bills calendar, computing cash-flow forecast inputs, or when user mentions subscription audit, recurring detection, dormant subscription, or annualized cost.
reference-class-forecasting
Anchors predictions in historical reality by identifying a class of similar past events and using their statistical frequency as a baseline (outside view) before analyzing case-specific details. Use when starting a forecast, establishing base rates, testing "this time is different" claims, or when user mentions reference classes, outside view, base rates, or starting a new prediction.
relative-valuation-toolkit
Prices a company against peers and the market with multiples — builds PE, PEG, PBV, EV/EBITDA, EV/EBIT, EV/Sales and EV/Invested Capital with the numerator/denominator consistency rule enforced, computes peer medians and quartiles, fits an ordinary-least-squares regression of a multiple on its companion variables for a sector or the whole market, reports predicted versus actual under and over valuation, and derives the intrinsic multiple from DCF fundamentals. Prices a conglomerate division by division with a sum of the parts, and values cross-holdings and minority interests. Bundles Damodaran's regional pricing regressions and multiple distributions. Use for relative valuation, comparable company analysis, trading comps, sector or market multiple regressions, justified multiples, PEG screens, sum-of-the-parts or break-up analysis, conglomerate discounts, cross-holdings and minority interests, or when asked whether a stock is cheap on its multiple.
research-claim-map
Systematically evaluates claims by triangulating sources, rating evidence quality (primary/secondary/tertiary), assessing source credibility, and reaching confidence-rated conclusions to prevent confirmation bias and reliance on unreliable sources. Use when verifying claims before decisions, fact-checking statements, conducting due diligence, evaluating conflicting evidence, or when user mentions "fact-check", "verify this", "is this true", "evaluate sources", "conflicting evidence", or "due diligence".
retrieval-search-orchestration
Designs retrieval strategies for querying knowledge graphs in RAG systems, covering pattern selection (global-first, local-first, U-shaped hybrid), query decomposition for multi-hop reasoning, ranking and constraint configuration, and provenance tracking for citation. Use when designing retrieval pipelines, orchestrating search over knowledge graphs, or when user mentions retrieval strategy, search orchestration, query decomposition, multi-hop reasoning, provenance tracking, or citation in GraphRAG.
reviews-retros-reflection
Facilitates structured team reflection through retrospectives, post-mortems, after-action reviews, and weekly/quarterly reviews, producing root cause analysis and SMART action items with psychological safety. Use when conducting sprint retrospectives, project post-mortems, weekly reviews, quarterly reflections, after-action reviews (AARs), or when user mentions "retro", "retrospective", "what went well", "lessons learned", "reflection", or "how can we improve".
roadmap-backcast
Plans backward from a fixed goal or deadline to the present, identifying required milestones, dependencies, critical path, and feasibility constraints to transform aspirational targets into actionable sequenced plans. Use when planning with fixed deadlines, working backward from future goals, mapping critical path, or when user mentions "backcast", "work backward from", "reverse planning", "we need to launch by", "target date is", or "what needs to happen to reach".
role-switch
Analyzes decisions from multiple stakeholder perspectives (engineering, product, legal, finance, users) to uncover blind spots, surface tensions, and synthesize alignment paths with explicit tradeoffs. Use when stakeholders have conflicting priorities, need to pressure-test proposals, build cross-functional empathy, or when user mentions "what would X think", "stakeholder alignment", "see from their perspective", "blind spots", or "conflicting interests".
scene-construction-scam
Builds scenes that are reported rather than generated, by running a four-slot SCAM qualification gate (Setting, Character, Action, Meaning) with a source required per slot, a scene floor and ceiling, the 1-of-20 telling-detail cut with a provenance veto, the RUE pass, and a scene/summary narrative-distance audit against per-form ratio targets. Every technique has a person variant and a system variant (market, protocol, institution, codebase, supply chain). Use when turning research notes into a scene, opening a section with a moment, deciding whether a passage is a scene or summary, or auditing whether a vivid paragraph is actually sourced, or when user mentions scene, SCAM, show don't tell, telling detail, scene vs summary, summary in costume, establishing shot, make this vivid, or in medias res.
scientific-clarity-checker
Reviews scientific documents for logical clarity, argument soundness, and rigor by auditing hypothesis-data alignment, claim-evidence chains, quantitative precision, hedging calibration, and terminology consistency across any document type. Use when reviewing scientific argumentation, checking claims vs evidence, auditing terminology, or when user mentions check clarity, review logic, scientific soundness, hypothesis-data alignment, or claims vs evidence.
scientific-email-polishing
Composes and polishes professional scientific correspondence -- emails to collaborators, journal cover letters, and responses to peer reviewers -- ensuring clear communication, appropriate tone, explicit asks, and professional formatting for academic contexts. Use when writing or polishing scientific emails, cover letters to editors, reviewer responses, or when user mentions email to collaborator, cover letter to journal, reviewer response, or professional scientific correspondence.
scientific-manuscript-review
Guides systematic multi-pass review and editing of scientific manuscripts (research articles, reviews, perspectives) to improve clarity, structure, scientific rigor, and reader comprehension. Use when reviewing or editing research manuscripts, journal articles, or perspectives, when user mentions manuscript, paper draft, article, research writing, journal submission, reviewer feedback, or needs to improve scientific writing.
score-intuition-density
Computes a 0-10 intuition-density score for a seed body using 8 concrete measurable signals — analogy presence, concrete worked example, counterfactual offered, reframe against default, biology-to-AI transfer, question posed, calibrated hedge, math-to-metaphor handoff. Emits both the numeric score and the list of triggered signals for auditability. Use after topic tagging to enrich seed frontmatter in the substacker Librarian pipeline. Trigger keywords — intuition density, score, signals, analogy count, worked example, density proxy.
scout-mindset-bias-check
Detects and removes cognitive biases from reasoning using Julia Galef's Scout Mindset framework. Provides reversal tests, scope sensitivity checks, status quo bias tests, confidence interval audits, and full bias audits. Use when a prediction feels emotional, stuck at 50/50, or when validating forecasting process. Use when user mentions scout mindset, soldier mindset, bias check, reversal test, scope sensitivity, or cognitive distortions.
search-corpus
Answers "what have I already thought about X?" by searching the substacker corpus (seeds, drafts, published) for seeds matching a topic, keyword, analogy, or author. Returns a ranked list of seeds with id, title, status, density score, and a one-line excerpt. Use when another agent (Intuition Builder, Editor) needs prior thinking before generating new material, or when the writer asks "have I written about X." Trigger keywords — search, find, what have I, already thought, prior work, precedent, have I written about.
section-break-check
Verifies the section-break style in a substacker draft matches the post register — asterisks (* * *) for essayistic posts under 2500 words, H2 for methodology / how-to / technical posts. Flags mixed registers (H2 in a reflective essay, asterisks in a structured how-to). Per the style-guide rhythm rule. Use every draft. Trigger keywords — section break, asterisk, H2, headers, register, essayistic vs methodology.
section-portfolio-assessment
Classifies each substacker section as healthy / drifting / candidate-for-prune based on post volume, engagement trend, and niche alignment. Produces table + 2-4 paragraph narrative. Used in every quarterly review. Trigger keywords — portfolio, section health, healthy drifting prune, section assessment, which section is carrying.
security-threat-model
Systematically identifies vulnerabilities, threats, and mitigations for systems handling sensitive data using STRIDE methodology, trust boundary mapping, and defense-in-depth principles. Use when designing or reviewing systems with PII/PHI/financial/auth data, building security-sensitive features (auth, payments, file uploads, APIs), preparing for audits or compliance (PCI, HIPAA, SOC 2), investigating incidents, or integrating third-party services. Use when user mentions threat model, STRIDE, trust boundaries, attack surface, or security review.
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