luke-iha-insight-vectors

name	luke-iha-insight-vectors
description	Generates the raw ideas that make persuasion possible — Luke Iha's meta-methodology sitting UPSTREAM of mechanisms, hooks, copy, and content. Identifies structural weaknesses in target audience mental models and engineers vectors (12+ types organized by systems-thinking category) that rewire those maps. Includes the 8-Fold Elaboration structure converting raw vectors into deployable copy/content/hook/mechanism ammunition. Use when ideation is stalling, when copy feels derivative, when needing fresh mechanism candidates, when the same hooks keep getting recycled, when designing a new campaign concept, or when the user mentions "insight vectors", "epiphany generation", "mental model gaps", "new angles", "fresh perspectives". Trigger proactively when the user reaches for hooks/mechanisms/copy WITHOUT first having insight vectors — vectors are the upstream primitive most copy work skips.
expert	Luke Iha
domain	Insight generation × Systems-thinking grammar × Mental-model rewiring

Luke Iha: Insight Vectors — Systems Grammar for Generating Epiphanies

The meta-methodology that sits UPSTREAM of mechanisms, hooks, copy, and content. Where other Luke Iha skills deploy persuasion, this skill GENERATES the raw ideas that make persuasion possible.

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What This Skill Does

People carry incomplete mental models (maps) of how the world works. An Insight Vector is a specific type of systems-thinking exploitation that identifies a structural weakness in those mental models and introduces a new idea into the gap. When the idea takes hold, it rewires the map — and the person acts.

This skill teaches the grammar of insight generation — 12+ vector types organized by systems-thinking category, plus the 8-Fold Elaboration structure that makes raw vectors deployable as copy, content, hooks, or mechanism names.

The hierarchy: Insight Vectors → generate → Mechanisms, Hooks, Copy Angles, Content Ideas, Campaign Concepts

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Available Workflows

Tier 1 — Foundation

#	Workflow	Slash Command	Produces	Use When
1	Insight Vector Generator	/insight-vectors	10-15+ insight vectors from systems-grammar analysis of any market/product	You need raw ideas for mechanisms, hooks, content angles, or campaign concepts
2	Mental Model Mapper	/mental-model-map	Complete mental model map of a target audience — their causal beliefs, pattern beliefs, control-point assumptions, and structural gaps	Before any campaign — understand WHAT the audience believes so you can find where to insert vectors
3	8-Fold Insight Elaborator	/insight-elaborate	A raw insight vector expanded into the full 8-beat structure (paradox → UMP → trigger → proof → intensifiers → myths → cause → resolution)	You have a promising insight vector and need to develop it into deployable copy ammunition
4	Insight Vector Audit	/insight-audit	Diagnosis of existing copy/campaigns — which vector types are used, which are missing, audience coverage gaps	You have existing copy and want to find embedded vectors or identify gaps

Tier 2 — Practitioner

#	Workflow	Slash Command	Produces	Use When
5	Reverse Causation Engine	/reverse-cause	10+ reversed-causation insight vectors from a single market's dominant beliefs	The market has strong "X causes Y" beliefs you can flip
6	Archetype Factory	/archetype-factory	Complete typing system (3-5 archetypes) with names, descriptions, diagnostic questions, content series potential	You want "What's your ______ type?" content, lead magnets, or audience segmentation
7	Insight-to-Mechanism Bridge	/insight-to-mechanism	Raw insight vectors converted into SIN-scored mechanism candidates with characterization names	Bridge: Insight Vectors → Million Dollar Mechanisms pipeline
8	Insight Copy Injector	/insight-copy-inject	Existing copy rewritten with insight vectors injected at structural weak points	You have flat copy that makes claims without creating aha moments

Tier 3 — Applied Channels

#	Workflow	Slash Command	Produces	Use When
9	Social Media Insight Engine	/insight-social	Platform-native social content (LinkedIn, Twitter/X, Instagram) built from insight vectors — each post delivers a genuine micro-epiphany	You need high-engagement social content that feels like discovery, not promotion
10	Creative Strategy Insight Brief	/insight-brief	A creative strategy brief built on insight vectors — campaign theme, audience model, vector selection, asset plan	You're briefing a team or planning a campaign and need the strategic foundation

Tier 4 — Cross-Expert Stacking

#	Workflow	Slash Command	Produces	Use When
11	Belief Gap × Insight Vector Sprint	/belief-gap-insight	McRaney belief diagnosis → mental model map → insight vectors targeting belief gaps → proof-backed elaborations	Deep cross-expert: McRaney belief architecture + Iha insight vectors + proof mechanisms
12	Insight Content Series	/insight-content-series	Multi-part content series where each piece delivers a different insight vector type — with series arc, cliffhangers, and progressive revelation	You want a content series that builds audience conviction through stacked epiphanies

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When to Use

• Before writing any mechanism discovery (this is the UPSTREAM generator)
• Before writing hooks (insight vectors ARE root-level hooks)
• When copy "makes claims" but doesn't create "aha moments"
• When you need 10+ campaign angles from a single product
• When the audience is sophisticated and needs NOVELTY to engage
• When building content that establishes authority through genuine insight
• Before any belief-change campaign (stack with McRaney)
• When social content gets likes but not saves/shares (missing the epiphany)

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Skill Stacking

Downstream (Insight Vectors feed INTO these)

This Skill	Stacks With	How
Insight Vectors	→ million-dollar-mechanisms	Insight vectors become mechanism candidates for SIN filtering and characterization
Insight Vectors	→ luke-iha-hook-mastery	Insight vectors become the CONTENT of hooks — what makes them epistemically sticky
Insight Vectors	→ luke-iha-copy-blocks	Vectors fill the Proof and Curiosity blocks with genuine revelation
Insight Vectors	→ luke-iha-vsl-leads	Elaborated insight vectors become VSL lead structures
Insight Vectors	→ luke-iha-proof-ladder	Vectors generate the CLAIMS that proof-braiding validates
Insight Vectors	→ luke-iha-unaware-ads	Vectors become worldview-resonant content for awareness-level targeting

Cross-Domain (Insight Vectors compound with these)

This Skill	Stacks With	How
Insight Vectors	× david-mcraney-belief-change	Mental model gaps → belief diagnosis → vectors that dissolve blocking beliefs
Insight Vectors	× jeremy-miner-identity-persuasion	Identity-level vectors that rewrite self-concept
Insight Vectors	× michael-bernoff-identity-engineering	Vectors targeting the "words I use to describe myself" layer
Insight Vectors	× kallaway-content-psychology	Content that delivers genuine epiphanies vs. information

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Quick Reference

• Genius Context: genius.md — load before any workflow (12 genius patterns, 8 hidden knowledge items)
• Reference Framework: references/insight-vector-framework.md — complete systems grammar with all 12+ vector types, elaboration structure, and deployment rules

Execution Prompts (structure-pure v2)

12 deterministic practitioner prompts — each carries an Output Contract, Output Skeleton, and Quality Gate. When a deliverable matches one, Read it and honor its contract instead of improvising the output shape.

• Archetype System: [Domain] Types — skills/luke-iha-insight-vectors/references/prompts-v2/archetype-system.md
• Belief Gap × Insight Vector Sprint: [Product/Campaign] — skills/luke-iha-insight-vectors/references/prompts-v2/belief-gap-insight-sprint.md
• Creative Strategy Brief: [Campaign Name] — skills/luke-iha-insight-vectors/references/prompts-v2/creative-strategy-insight-brief.md
• 8-Fold Elaboration: [Vector Name] — skills/luke-iha-insight-vectors/references/prompts-v2/eight-fold-elaboration.md
• Content Series Plan: [Series Title] — skills/luke-iha-insight-vectors/references/prompts-v2/insight-content-series.md
• Insight Copy Injection Report — skills/luke-iha-insight-vectors/references/prompts-v2/insight-copy-injection.md
• Insight → Mechanism Bridge Report — skills/luke-iha-insight-vectors/references/prompts-v2/insight-to-mechanism-bridge.md
• Insight Vector Audit: [Copy/Campaign Name] — skills/luke-iha-insight-vectors/references/prompts-v2/insight-vector-audit.md
• Luke Iha — Insight Vector Shortlist — skills/luke-iha-insight-vectors/references/prompts-v2/insight-vector-shortlist.md
• Mental Model Map: [Audience] × [Problem Domain] — skills/luke-iha-insight-vectors/references/prompts-v2/mental-model-map.md
• Reverse Causation Report: [Market] — skills/luke-iha-insight-vectors/references/prompts-v2/reverse-causation-report.md
• Social Content Pack: [Topic/Campaign] — skills/luke-iha-insight-vectors/references/prompts-v2/social-insight-content-pack.md