| name | meta - Get Oriented |
| description | Sub-orchestrator for meta-questions about the toolkit. Provides skill discovery, usage guidance, and orientation. |
| output | {"format":"prose"} |
Meta
Input: $ARGUMENTS
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 |
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 |
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
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)
