| name | ctcov - Cognitive Coverage Analysis |
| description | Assess whether a system covers all types of thinking. Identifies gaps across cognitive dimensions and recommends additions. |
| output | {"format":"prose"} |
Cognitive Coverage Analysis
Input: $ARGUMENTS
Step 1: Define the System Under Analysis
Identify what you're assessing for cognitive coverage.
- What is the system? (toolkit, curriculum, team, process, framework)
- What is its stated purpose?
- Who uses it and in what contexts?
SYSTEM: [name/description]
PURPOSE: [what it's for]
USERS: [who uses it and when]
Step 2: Enumerate Cognitive Dimensions
Assess coverage across these fundamental types of thinking:
A. Perception and Attention
- Pattern recognition: Noticing regularities, anomalies, trends
- Signal detection: Separating important information from noise
- Perspective-taking: Seeing from other viewpoints
B. Reasoning and Logic
- Deductive reasoning: Drawing conclusions from premises
- Inductive reasoning: Generalizing from specific cases
- Abductive reasoning: Inferring the best explanation
- Analogical reasoning: Transferring insights between domains
- Causal reasoning: Understanding cause and effect
C. Memory and Knowledge
- Knowledge capture: Recording what's learned
- Knowledge retrieval: Finding what was recorded
- Knowledge transfer: Applying knowledge in new contexts
- Knowledge pruning: Removing outdated information
D. Creativity and Generation
- Divergent thinking: Generating many options
- Convergent thinking: Narrowing to the best option
- Recombination: Combining existing ideas in new ways
- Imagination: Envisioning what doesn't yet exist
E. Judgment and Decision
- Evaluation: Assessing quality or value
- Prioritization: Ranking by importance
- Risk assessment: Estimating downside
- Trade-off analysis: Weighing competing goods
F. Metacognition
- Self-monitoring: Checking your own reasoning
- Bias detection: Noticing systematic errors
- Calibration: Aligning confidence with accuracy
- Strategy selection: Choosing how to think about something
G. Social Cognition
- Empathy: Understanding others' emotional states
- Motivation modeling: Understanding why people act
- Communication design: Crafting messages for audiences
- Collaboration: Thinking with others effectively
H. Emotional Processing
- Emotion recognition: Identifying what you're feeling and why
- Emotion regulation: Managing emotional responses
- Emotional intelligence: Using emotions as information
- Stress management: Thinking clearly under pressure
Step 3: Assess Coverage
For each sub-dimension, rate the system's coverage:
COVERAGE MAP:
A. Perception and Attention
- Pattern recognition: [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]
- Signal detection: [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]
- Perspective-taking: [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]
B. Reasoning and Logic
- Deductive: [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]
- Inductive: [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]
- Abductive: [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]
- Analogical: [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]
- Causal: [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]
C. Memory and Knowledge
- Capture: [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]
- Retrieval: [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]
- Transfer: [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]
- Pruning: [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]
D. Creativity and Generation
- Divergent: [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]
- Convergent: [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]
- Recombination: [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]
- Imagination: [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]
E. Judgment and Decision
- Evaluation: [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]
- Prioritization: [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]
- Risk: [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]
- Trade-offs: [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]
F. Metacognition
- Self-monitoring: [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]
- Bias detection: [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]
- Calibration: [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]
- Strategy selection: [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]
G. Social Cognition
- Empathy: [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]
- Motivation: [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]
- Communication: [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]
- Collaboration: [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]
H. Emotional Processing
- Recognition: [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]
- Regulation: [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]
- Intelligence: [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]
- Stress: [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]
Step 4: Identify and Prioritize Gaps
- List all ABSENT dimensions
- List all PARTIAL dimensions
- For each gap, assess frequency of need:
- HIGH: Users encounter this need regularly
- MEDIUM: Users encounter this need occasionally
- LOW: Users encounter this need rarely
PRIORITY GAPS:
1. [dimension] — Frequency: [HIGH] — Impact of gap: [description]
2. [dimension] — Frequency: [HIGH] — Impact of gap: [description]
...
SECONDARY GAPS:
1. [dimension] — Frequency: [MEDIUM]
...
Step 5: Recommend Additions
For each priority gap, recommend a specific addition:
RECOMMENDATIONS:
1. Gap: [dimension]
Add: [specific tool/skill/component]
Why: [how this fills the gap]
Effort: [small / medium / large]
2. Gap: [dimension]
Add: [specific tool/skill/component]
...
Also note if any existing components could be EXTENDED to cover nearby gaps rather than creating new ones.
Step 6: Summary
OVERALL COVERAGE: [X]% of dimensions at STRONG, [Y]% PARTIAL, [Z]% ABSENT
STRONGEST AREA: [category]
WEAKEST AREA: [category]
TOP 3 ADDITIONS TO MAKE: [list]
Integration
Use with:
/tkint -> Check structural integrity alongside cognitive coverage/se -> Explore what a complete version of the system would look like/spec -> Speculate on what novel cognitive tools might look like/curd -> Design a learning path to build missing cognitive capabilities
