| name | pdca |
| description | Create Chinese monospaced compass-style PDCA or CAPD problem-solving cards using East-West-South-North-Center layout, full-width and half-width spaces, diagonal Unicode arrows, and strict Chinese character limits. Use when Codex needs to turn a problem, incident, decision tradeoff, root-cause analysis, improvement cycle, or CAPD/PDCA workflow into a square text diagram, Hermes/Discord-ready card, or Chinese ๆนไฝไนๅฎฎๅ with center โ, north Plan, east Do, south Check, west Action, and four diagonal transition arrows. |
PDCA / CAPD Compass Card
Use this skill to transform a problem into a Chinese text diagram shaped like a compass: North, East, South, West, four diagonal arrows, and a center โ core. The output should feel like a fixed-width visual card, not a prose explanation.
Core Rules
- Use a fenced
text code block for the final diagram.
- Prefer Chinese labels and short phrases.
- Use full-width spaces
ใ for large horizontal alignment and half-width spaces only for small adjustments.
- Keep the center phrase at 8 Chinese characters or fewer, prefixed with
โ.
- Keep each outer compass phrase at 8 Chinese characters or fewer when the user requests strict eight-character limits.
- Make the diagram readable in a monospaced environment such as Discord, Hermes, terminal, or Markdown preview.
- Avoid over-explaining inside the diagram. Let placement, arrows, and labels carry the structure.
Compass Mapping
- North
ๅ: ใ๏ผฐ๏ฝPlan ่จ็ซใ for goals, options, choices, hypotheses, and intended destination.
- East
ๆฑ: ใ๏ผค๏ฝDo ๅท่กใ for concrete measures, steps,็ฐๅบ action, and use of methods.
- South
ๅ: ใ๏ผฃ๏ฝCheck ๆชขๆฅใ for facts, results, confirmation, and next-cycle evidence.
- West
่ฅฟ: ใ๏ผก๏ฝAction ๆนๅใ for cause discovery, root-cause pursuit, correction, and institutional repair.
- Center
ไธญ: ใโๆ ธๅฟใ for the problem essence, incident, contradiction, or decision point.
For CAPD, the cycle begins at Check:
Check -> Action -> Plan -> Do -> Check- Use CAPD when the task starts from็พๆณ่ช่ญ, incident confirmation, observation, or evidence.
For PDCA, the cycle begins at Plan:
Plan -> Do -> Check -> Action -> Plan- Use PDCA when the task starts from a goal, plan, proposal, or project improvement loop.
Arrow Rules
Use 45-degree Unicode arrows at the four corners:
โ means Action -> Plan: root causes become better plans.โ means Plan -> Do: plans become concrete execution.โ means Do -> Check: execution produces results to inspect.โ means Check -> Action: inspection returns to root-cause improvement.
Place arrows between the compass quadrants with enough full-width spacing to preserve the visual loop.
Output Template
Adapt this template. Keep line lengths visually balanced rather than mathematically perfect.
ใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใๅ
ใใใใใใใใใใใใ๏ผฐ๏ฝPlan ่จ็ซใ
ใใใใใใใใใใใๆนๆกไธ๏ผ๏ผฟ๏ผฟ๏ผฟ๏ผฟ
ใใใใใใใใใใใๆนๆกไบ๏ผ๏ผฟ๏ผฟ๏ผฟ๏ผฟ
ใใใใใใใใใใใ้ธใๆ๏ผ๏ผฟ๏ผฟ๏ผฟ๏ผฟ
ใใใใใใใโใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใโ
ใใ่ฅฟใ๏ผก๏ฝActionใใใใใใไธญใโๆ ธๅฟใใใใใใๆฑใ๏ผค๏ฝDoใ
ใใใๅๅ ็ผ็พใใใใใใใใโ๏ผฟ๏ผฟ๏ผฟ๏ผฟใใใใใใๆๆฎตๆดป็จ
ใใใโโโโโโโโใใใใโโโโโโโโใใใโโโโโโโโ
ใใใ๏ผฟ๏ผฟ๏ผฟ๏ผฟใใใใใใใใ๏ผฟ๏ผฟ๏ผฟ๏ผฟใใใใใใใ๏ผฟ๏ผฟ๏ผฟ๏ผฟ
ใใใ๏ผฟ๏ผฟ๏ผฟ๏ผฟใใใใใใใใ๏ผฟ๏ผฟ๏ผฟ๏ผฟใใใใใใใ๏ผฟ๏ผฟ๏ผฟ๏ผฟ
ใใใ๏ผฟ๏ผฟ๏ผฟ๏ผฟใใใใใใใใ๏ผฟ๏ผฟ๏ผฟ๏ผฟใใใใใใใ๏ผฟ๏ผฟ๏ผฟ๏ผฟ
ใใใใใใใโใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใโ
ใใใใใใใใใใใใ๏ผฃ๏ฝCheck ๆชขๆฅใ
ใใใใใใใใใใใไบใๅฏฆ๏ผ๏ผฟ๏ผฟ๏ผฟ๏ผฟ
ใใใใใใใใใใใ็ตใๆ๏ผ๏ผฟ๏ผฟ๏ผฟ๏ผฟ
ใใใใใใใใใใใไธไธ่ผช๏ผ๏ผฟ๏ผฟ๏ผฟ๏ผฟ
ใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใๅ
Construction Workflow
- Extract the center problem as a phrase of 8 Chinese characters or fewer.
- Decide whether the loop is CAPD or PDCA from the user's starting point.
- Fill the four directions:
- Plan: options, desired end state, chosen principle.
- Do: immediate measures and executable steps.
- Check: confirmed facts, result state, what to inspect next.
- Action: causes, failures, root-cause questions, recurrence prevention.
- Compress each phrase until it fits the requested width.
- Render a single
text code block with full-width spacing and arrows.
- If helpful, add a brief note after the diagram listing the cycle order and any assumptions.
Phrase Compression
When content is too long, compress meaning before widening the diagram:
่่ๅทฒ็ถ้ๅบ็ฑ ๅญ -> ่่้่ตฐไบบๅฝๅฎๅ
จ่ๅ็ฉไฟ่ญทไน้็ๅๆจ -> ไบบ็ธๅๆจๅฐ้็พๅ ดไธฆ้ฟๅ
ๆฐ็พ้ ่ฟ -> ๅฐ้็พๅ ด้ฒๆญขๅ้กไบไปถๅๆฌก็ผ็ -> ้ฒๆญขๅ็ผ
Prefer four-character and six-character Chinese compounds when possible. Use eight characters only when needed.
Example
ใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใๅ
ใใใใใใใใใใใใ๏ผฐ๏ฝPlan ่จ็ซใ
ใใใใใใใใใใใๆนๆก๏ผก๏ผไบบๅฝๅฐ้
ใใใใใใใใใใใๆนๆก๏ผข๏ผๅ็ฉๆ่ญท
ใใใใใใใใใใใ้ธใๆ๏ผๅ
ไฟไบบๅฝ
ใใใใใใใโใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใโ
ใใ่ฅฟใ๏ผก๏ฝActionใใใใใใไธญใโๆ ธๅฟใใใใใใๆฑใ๏ผค๏ฝDoใ
ใใใๅๅ ็ผ็พใใใใใใใใโ่่้่ตฐใใใใใใๆๆฎตๆดป็จ
ใใใโโโโโโโโใใใใโโโโโโโโใใใโโโโโโโโ
ใใใ็ฎก็ๅคฑ่ชคใใใใใใใใไบบ็ธๅฑ้ชใใใใใใใๅฐ้็พๅ ด
ใใใๆฉๅถๅคฑๆใใใใใใใใๅๆจๅคๆทใใใใใใใๆๅฐๆดปๆ
ใใใๆ นๅ ่ฟฝ็ฉถใใใใใใใใๅฎๅ
จๅชๅ
ใใใใใใใๅฟ
่ฆ่็ฝฎ
ใใใใใใใโใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใโ
ใใใใใใใใใใใใ๏ผฃ๏ฝCheck ๆชขๆฅใ
ใใใใใใใใใใใไบใๅฏฆ๏ผ่่้ๅบ
ใใใใใใใใใใใ็ตใๆ๏ผๅฎๅ
จๆงๅถ
ใใใใใใใใใใใไธไธ่ผช๏ผ้ฒๆญขๅ็ผ
ใใใใใใใใใใใใใใใๅ
