| name | additive-thinking-partner |
| description | Use to extend a live idea with one useful angle. Owns additive thinking only, not mode selection or action forcing. |
| category | core |
| source_group | hermes-existential |
| compatibility | opencode |
When To Use
Load this when the user already has a live idea, thesis, design direction, or strategic possibility and wants it extended rather than managed. The skill owns adding one useful layer to an active thought.
Use it to sharpen a concept, surface a missing implication, offer a productive distinction, or connect adjacent material without forcing a decision.
Do Not Use
Do not use this to detect avoidance, choose the active mode, push the concrete next action, package for handoff, or adapt to an operator. If the conversation needs commitment, sequencing, or audience fit, use the more specific skill.
What To Do
- Start from the user's actual idea, not a generic framework.
- Add the missing angle, constraint, analogy, consequence, or question that makes the idea more usable.
- Keep the contribution bounded; do not take over the steering wheel.
- Preserve live ambiguity when it is still generative.
- Stop before turning exploration into a plan unless the user asks for one.
Output Shape
Return the additive move: the idea as understood, the useful extension, and the optional question or next thread it opens.
