meta-get-oriented

name	meta - Get Oriented
description	Sub-orchestrator for meta-questions about the toolkit. Provides skill discovery, usage guidance, and orientation.
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Routing Decisions

1. What Does the User Need?

Input pattern	Need	Action
"Help" / "What can you do?"	Orientation	Show category skills as entry points
"What skill should I use for X?"	Skill discovery	Classify their X, recommend category
"What's the difference between X and Y?"	Comparison	Explain the difference
"How do I use X?"	Usage guidance	Explain the skill
"What skills are available?"	Full listing	Point to skills directory
"What's new?"	Recent changes	→ /wn
"Make me a skill for X"	Skill creation	→ /cs or /mts
"Does a skill exist for X?"	Skill lookup	→ /dtse
"What skill is best for X?"	Skill selection	→ /wsib
"What skills should I run?"	Skill sequencing	→ /fonss
"Rank skills for my goal"	Skill ranking	→ /given
"I'm not sure what I need"	Uncertainty classification	→ /nsa
"In this prompt, what's happening?"	Prompt decomposition	→ /itp

2. Can We Infer What They Actually Need?

• "Help" with prior conversation context: route based on what they were working on.
• "Help" with no context: ask what they're trying to do, then route to the appropriate category skill.
• Explicit meta-question: answer directly.

3. Route by Category

If the user describes a problem and asks for help, classify it:

User describes...	Route to
Something they think is true/false	→ /claim
A choice to make	→ /decide
Something broken or wrong	→ /diagnose
Wanting to explore options	→ /search
Knowing what but not how	→ /how
A want or goal	→ /want
Asking what to do next	→ /next
Asking which skills to run next (multiple)	→ /fonss
Asking to rank skills by ROI for a goal	→ /given
Asking what skill is best right now	→ /wsib
Asking to reorder an existing list	→ /ro
Asking to build a high-quality list	→ /list
Asking to create or update a skill	→ /cs
Asking to design a skill-creation system	→ /sc
Asking whether a skill exists	→ /dtse
Asking to make a new skill directly	→ /mts
Asking to formalize a new skill spec	→ /fmtsb
Asking what a skill is useful for	→ /uf
Starting with "I think..."	→ /it
Framing with "..., but ..."	→ /but
Asking to extract all useful skills from a prompt	→ /extract
Asking to "handle this" broadly	→ /handle
Asking for "and then also" tasks	→ /ata
Asking to expand implications ("so you can see")	→ /sycs
Asking to continue a pattern ("and so on")	→ /aso
Saying "I'm getting carried away"	→ /iagca
Asking to operationalize a platitude	→ /platitude
Asking to reconcile multiple platitudes	→ /platitudes
Asking to expand an "etc" list	→ /etc
Asking timeline orientation / what is new	→ /wn
Asking to extract a repeatable pattern from recent behavior

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Category Skills Quick Reference

Skill	For when you...	Mode
/claim	Have something that might be true or false	ARAW
/decide	Need to choose between options	ARAW
/viability	Have an idea to test	ARAW
/evaluate	Have work to assess	ARAW
/diagnose	Need to find why something's wrong	UAUA
/search	Want to explore a space	UAUA
/how	Know what but not how	AR-forward
/want	Have a goal or desire	AR-forward
/next	Need the single highest-value next step	Router
/fonss	Need an ordered sequence of next skills	Router
/given	Need ROI-ranked skills for a specific goal	Ranking
/wsib	Need best single skill selection now	Skill Selection
/ro	Need an expert reorder of an existing list	Ordering
/list	Need a high-quality list with rationale	Listing
/cs	Need to create/update a skill or find missing ones	Skill Design
/sc	Need to design a skill-creation system	Skill Operations
/dtse	Need to check if a skill exists and what to do next	Skill Lookup
/mts	Need to make a new skill draft quickly	Skill Drafting
/fmtsb	Need a formalized skill spec and rollout plan	Skill Formalization

Depth and Mode Skills

Skill	For when you...	Effect
/ezy	Need the simplest possible path	Breaks problem into easiest steps
/hrd	Need maximum rigor, no shortcuts	Every assumption surfaced, every edge case
/genl	Need general principles	Extracts transferable patterns
/spcf	Need specific application	Applies a principle to exact situation
/soph	Need multi-layered sophistication	Cross-domain synthesis, second-order effects
/ecal	Need to calibrate effort	Maps stakes to effort level

Analysis and Projection Skills

Skill	For when you...	Effect
/eth	Need ethical/moral analysis	Multi-framework ethical evaluation
/saf	Need safety analysis	Risk identification, protective measures
/fut	Need future projections	Multi-timeframe trend analysis
/utp	Need best-case scenario	Utopia construction and path
/dys	Need worst-case scenario	Dystopia construction and prevention
/gop	Need good outcome identification	Good outcome maximization
/obo	Need obvious bad outcomes checked	Catches ignored downsides
/ogo	Need obvious good outcomes checked	Catches missed upsides
/obv	Need obvious things checked first	Catches what everyone assumes someone checked
/dom	Need to eliminate dominated options	Strict dominance filtering
/difr	Need to differentiate similar things	Classifies differences by significance
/agsk	Need argument analysis	Checks logical validity and evidence
/abts	Need experiment design	A/B test with proper controls
/deb	Need debate format	Steelmans both sides
/story	Need a narrative	Creates illustrative stories

Self-Check Skills

Skill	For when you...	Effect
/sdc	Need self-deception check	Detects motivated reasoning
/sid	Need to identify the actual situation	Prevents solving wrong problem
/rmm	Need to recover from wrong mental model	Dismantles and replaces broken models
/kta	Know what to do but can't start	Diagnoses execution barriers

Scope and Task Skills

Skill	For when you...	Effect
/iagca	Are getting carried away	Compresses scope to essentials
/ycshikfmif	Keep finding more ideas	Structures ideation into batches
/awtlytrn	Need to know current limits	Estimates practical boundaries
/ata	Need adjacent tasks identified	Surfaces implied prerequisites/follow-ups
/tbd	Have unresolved decisions	Converts TBDs to explicit questions
/tobd	Need to sequence TBD resolutions	Dependency-ordered resolution path

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Execute

Answer the meta-question directly, or route to the appropriate category skill.

For orientation ("help" / "what can you do?"), present the category skills table above.

For skill discovery, use:

• → /wsib — to find the single best skill for a situation
• → /fonss — to find an ordered sequence of skills
• → /given — to rank skills by ROI for a goal
• → /dtse — to check if a specific skill exists
• → /uf — to understand what a skill is useful for
• → /extract — to find all skills relevant to a prompt

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Integration

• Use from: Any situation where the user is lost, confused, or asking about the toolkit itself
• Routes to: All category skills, all skill discovery skills (/wsib, /fonss, /given, /dtse, /uf, /extract), all depth/mode skills (/ezy, /hrd, /genl, /spcf, /soph)
• Differs from: /handle (meta is informational, handle is action-oriented), /next (meta orients, next selects the best immediate action)
• Complementary: /wsib (meta shows options, wsib picks the best one), /fonss (meta orients, fonss sequences next skills)