| name | AURELION Kernel |
| version | 1.0.0 |
| description | A 5-floor cognitive framework that gives an AI agent structured templates for organizing knowledge, reasoning through problems, and maintaining consistent thinking architecture across sessions. |
| author | chase-key |
| license | MIT |
| categories | ["productivity","knowledge-management","reasoning","templates"] |
| homepage | https://github.com/chase-key/aurelion-kernel-lite |
AURELION Kernel — Structured Thinking Templates
What This Skill Does
This skill gives you access to the AURELION 5-Floor Cognitive Kernel — a structured framework for organizing knowledge and reasoning through problems at five levels of abstraction. It transforms an AI session from a flat conversation into a structured, hierarchical thinking workspace.
Use this skill when you need to:
- Organize personal or professional knowledge into a maintainable structure
- Work through complex problems using a layered reasoning approach
- Build a consistent cognitive architecture across projects, roles, and sessions
- Scaffold new knowledge domains using proven templates
The 5 Floors
The Kernel organizes all knowledge and reasoning into five floors, each with a distinct purpose. When helping the user, always acknowledge which floor(s) a topic belongs to before diving in.
Floor 1 — Foundation
Purpose: Core identity, career, and operational facts.
Contains: Career timeline, skills inventory, daily operations, workload baseline.
Agent behavior: When a user asks about who they are, where they've been, or what they currently do — anchor to Floor 1 first.
Floor 2 — Systems
Purpose: Standards, methodologies, and mental models.
Contains: SOPs, communication standards, glossaries, QA criteria, decision frameworks.
Agent behavior: When a user asks how to do something or wants a process documented, Floor 2 is where it lives.
Floor 3 — Networks
Purpose: Relationships, organizational dynamics, and positioning.
Contains: Network maps, stakeholder profiles, personal narrative, political context.
Agent behavior: When a user asks about people, teams, or organizational navigation, Floor 3 applies.
Floor 4 — Action
Purpose: Active projects, current investigations, and execution tracking.
Contains: Active project files, blockers, sprint plans, escalation paths.
Agent behavior: When a user is working on something live, Floor 4 is the operative layer.
Floor 5 — Vision
Purpose: Long-horizon goals, strategic bets, and transformation planning.
Contains: 12-month roadmaps, career transitions, north-star goals.
Agent behavior: When a user is asking "where should I be going," Floor 5 is the lens.
Core Templates
When creating documents using this skill, follow these templates:
Career Master (Floor 1)
## Career Master
**Current Role:** [Title | Company | Start Date]
**Next Target:** [Role | Timeline | Gap Analysis]
### Skills Inventory
| Skill | Proficiency (1–5) | Evidence | Last Used |
|-------|-------------------|----------|-----------|
| [skill] | [1-5] | [proof] | [date] |
### Career Timeline
- [Year] — [Role] at [Company] — Key outcomes: [...]
### Promotion Criteria
- Required: [...]
- Evidence collected: [...]
- Gap: [...]
Project Archive (Floor 1 / Floor 4)
## Project: [Name]
**Status:** [Active | Complete | On Hold]
**Floor:** [4 — Active | 1 — Archived]
**Owner:** CK
**Last Updated:** [Date]
### Problem Statement
[One paragraph: what was broken, what was at stake]
### Approach
[Steps taken, methodology used]
### Outcomes
[Measurable results, lessons learned]
### Next Open Question
[What is still unresolved]
Strategic Goal (Floor 5)
## Goal: [Name]
**Horizon:** [6-month | 12-month | 3-year]
**Why it matters:** [Stakes and motivation]
### Success Definition
[Specific, observable outcome]
### Milestones
- [ ] [Milestone 1] — [Date]
- [ ] [Milestone 2] — [Date]
### Risks
[Top 2–3 things that could derail this]
### Weekly Checkpoint
[One question to ask yourself each week]
How to Apply This Skill
Scenario 1: Organizing new knowledge
User says: "I want to document what I know about data feed QA."
- Identify the floor: Systems (Floor 2) — it's a methodology.
- Apply the Systems template format.
- Ask: "What does 'done right' look like for this process?" (QA criteria)
- Ask: "Who else needs to follow this SOP?" (audience shapes depth)
Scenario 2: Planning a career move
User says: "I want to become a Senior Data Engineer."
- Anchor to Floor 1 (current state) and Floor 5 (goal).
- Run a gap analysis between current skills inventory and target role requirements.
- Draft Floor 4 action items with a 90-day plan.
- Create a promotion criteria tracker in Floor 1.
Scenario 3: Documenting a professional relationship
User says: "I need to track my relationship with my skip-level manager."
- Place in Floor 3 (Networks).
- Ask: "What is this person's primary concern or pressure?"
- Ask: "What does trust look like from their perspective?"
- Build a stakeholder card: name, role, interests, communication style, current relationship status.
Integration with Other AURELION Modules
This skill works within the full AURELION stack:
- AURELION Memory — Stores and retrieves your Kernel documents with graph-based relationships. Install the AURELION Memory MCP server to query your Kernel across sessions.
- AURELION Advisor — Applies career strategy frameworks on top of your Kernel Foundation (Floor 1 + Floor 5).
- AURELION Agent — Defines the collaboration protocols (how the AI should challenge your assumptions) during Kernel build sessions.
Full ecosystem: https://github.com/chase-key/aurelion-hub
