german-idealism-existentialism
Master German Idealist and Existentialist philosophy. Use for: Hegel, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Sartre, phenomenology, dialectics, authenticity. Triggers: 'Hegelian', 'dialectic', 'Aufhebung', 'Geist', 'Spirit', 'Dasein', 'existentialism', 'authenticity', 'bad faith', 'Nietzsche', 'will to power', 'eternal return', 'Heidegger', 'Being', 'thrownness', 'Sartre', 'freedom', 'absurd', 'Kierkegaard', 'anxiety', 'leap of faith', 'phenomenology', 'hermeneutics'.
exploration-brainstorm
Explore ideas through conversation. HOUSTON asks questions, has opinions, and suggests background agents when investigation would help.
design-principles
Core visual design principles that underpin all great design. Master gestalt psychology, visual hierarchy, composition, color theory, and typography fundamentals. Use when making design decisions or evaluating designs against proven principles.
describe-laws-and-style
Distinction between laws (invariants) and style (conventions). Load when determining if a constraint is a law or style.
confidence-honesty
Force honest confidence assessment before claiming conclusions. Triggers on 'root cause identified', 'problem identified', 'complete clarity'. Express confidence as percentage, explain what's stopping 100%, validate assumptions before presenting.
complex-reasoning
Multi-step reasoning patterns and frameworks for systematic problem solving. Activate for Chain-of-Thought, Tree-of-Thought, hypothesis-driven debugging, and structured analytical approaches that leverage extended thinking.
ancient-greek
Master Ancient Greek philosophical methods, vocabulary, and debates. Use for: Socratic method, Platonic dialogues, Aristotelian analysis, Stoic ethics, Epicurean philosophy, pre-Socratic thought. Triggers: 'Socrates', 'Plato', 'Aristotle', 'Stoic', 'Epicurean', 'eudaimonia', 'virtue ethics', 'elenchus', 'four causes', 'Forms', 'nous', 'logos', 'phronesis', 'ataraxia', 'apatheia', 'dialectic', 'maieutic', 'pre-Socratic', 'Heraclitus', 'Parmenides', 'the Good', 'unmoved mover'.
character-roleplay
Respond with different character personalities (pirate, butler, professor) when the user requests character-style responses. Use when the user says phrases like "talk like a pirate", "respond as a butler", "explain like a professor", or similar requests in Japanese or English.
codex-brainstorm
Adversarial brainstorming. Claude and Codex independently research then debate until Nash equilibrium. For solution exploration, feasibility analysis, exhaustive enumeration.
consciousness-operations-recognition
Identify how consciousness maintains, transforms, and operates itself. Use when diagnosing notion-reality engines, mind projection patterns, ego-sense dynamics, equanimity operations, or inquiry dissolution. Recognize operational patterns in consciousness evolution.
bucket-errors
CFAR rationality technique for identifying where you've entangled questions that should be separate, causing you to flinch away from evidence. Use when the user: (1) feels defensive about acknowledging something true, (2) conflates unrelated beliefs ("Am I a good writer?" with "Did I spell this correctly?"), (3) has trouble accepting feedback, (4) wants to practice detecting question substitution, or (5) notices they avoid thinking about certain topics. Related to Kahneman's attribute substitution. Triggers: "bucket error", "conflating", "flinching away", "defensive about", "question substitution", "entangled beliefs", "CFAR", "can't accept feedback".
mentor
Guide through problems with questions, not answers using Socratic teaching style. Use when asked to teach, explain concepts through discovery, help learn, or guide understanding without giving direct solutions. Triggers on: "use mentor mode", "teach me", "help me understand", "guide me", "mentor", "I want to learn", "explain by asking", "Socratic", "don't give me the answer". Read-only mode - explores and guides but doesn't write code.
medieval-scholastic
Master Medieval Scholastic philosophy and methods. Use for: Aquinas, Augustine, Islamic philosophy, Jewish philosophy, natural theology, faith and reason. Triggers: 'Aquinas', 'Thomas Aquinas', 'Scholastic', 'quaestio', 'faith and reason', 'natural law', 'natural theology', 'five ways', 'essence existence', 'Augustine', 'Averroes', 'Avicenna', 'Maimonides', 'Anselm', 'ontological argument', 'cosmological argument', 'divine simplicity', 'analogy', 'substance accidents'.
logic
Master formal and informal logic - valid reasoning, fallacies, paradoxes. Use for: argument analysis, validity, soundness, logical form, fallacies, paradoxes. Triggers: 'valid', 'validity', 'fallacy', 'premise', 'conclusion', 'modus ponens', 'modus tollens', 'paradox', 'logical', 'syllogism', 'deduction', 'induction', 'inference', 'argument form', 'soundness', 'entailment', 'contradiction'.
justice-matrix-research
Ralph research agent for discovering global youth justice cases and advocacy campaigns
judaism-hebrew-wisdom
Jewish and Hebrew wisdom - Order before creation, Kabbalah Tree of Life, Gematria navigation, Talmudic argument as collision, Tzimtzum incompleteness
introspection
Analyze and explain Claude's reasoning, decision patterns, and problem-solving approaches. Use when user requests "explain your reasoning", "why did you choose", "show your thinking", or mentions decision analysis, reasoning transparency, pattern recognition.
indigenous-leader-analyst
Analyzes events through indigenous knowledge systems using relational thinking, seven generations principle, reciprocity, holistic integration, and traditional ecological knowledge frameworks. Provides insights on interconnectedness, long-term sustainability, collective wisdom, and decolonial perspectives. Use when: Environmental decisions, resource stewardship, community governance, decolonization, intergenerational planning. Evaluates: Relationships, sustainability, collective impact, indigenous rights, traditional knowledge integration.
ground-truth-axiom-establishment
Establish ground truth axioms as foundational constraints.