Agent skill

Analogical Discovery

by yogsoth-ai in yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine

Abstract relational structure from source domains, map it to the target, validate depth, and instantiate transferable mechanisms.

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Install Analogical Discovery

skills CLI
$ npx skills add yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine --skill analogical-discovery -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine analogical-discovery --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/analogical-discovery .claude/skills/analogical-discovery && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
analogical-discovery
GitHub stars
505
Token cost
~633 tokens
SKILL.md length
246 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
12
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

Abstract relational structure from source domains, map it to the target, validate depth, and instantiate transferable mechanisms.

  • Works in 3 steps: You MUST load skill abstract-structure… → You MUST load skill map-analogy to map… → You MUST load skill instantiate-transfer…
  • SKILL.md covers Purpose, Input contract, Execution protocol and Output contract, plus 5 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Analogical Discovery is an agent skill from yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine. Abstract relational structure from source domains, map it to the target, validate depth, and instantiate transferable mechanisms.

Its SKILL.md is about 630 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

The repository describes itself as: A 267-skill research graph in pure markdown — 51 research operations built from 216 single-purpose steps, composed in any order with explicit backtracking. One npx install, no… The licence is Apache-2.0.

Example prompts

  • “/analogical-discovery”

Workflow steps

3 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. You MUST load skill abstract-structure to abstract the relational structure.
  2. You MUST load skill map-analogy to map source relations to the target.
  3. You MUST load skill instantiate-transfer to instantiate and test the transferred mechanism.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit bdb3524. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are yaml).

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Analogical Discovery loads about 633 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 38 tokens; SKILL.md has 246 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~38
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~633

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine at commit bdb3524, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© yogsoth-ai). 246 words, ~633 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/analogical-discovery/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
analogical-discovery
description
Abstract relational structure from source domains, map it to the target, validate depth, and instantiate transferable mechanisms.

analogical-discovery

Purpose

Transfer a validated relational structure from a source domain into a target research problem.

Input contract

yaml
required: [target_problem, source_domain]
optional: [candidate_sources, transfer_constraints]
constraints: [source and target roles must be explicit]

Execution protocol

Do not perform called SOP operations inline; each loaded SOP owns its contract and thresholds.

  1. You MUST load skill abstract-structure to abstract the relational structure.
  2. You MUST load skill map-analogy to map source relations to the target.
  3. You MUST load skill instantiate-transfer to instantiate and test the transferred mechanism. If the analogy should be expanded across a typed combination space, consider explore-dimensional-space. If biological mechanisms are the relevant source domain, consider biomimetic-transfer. If several source structures must be composed, consider conceptual-blending. If the claimed mapping requires a formal preservation audit, audit-structural-equivalence may be the better next tactic. Deviation: skip source search only when a supplied source is structurally specified; never skip mapping or transfer validation.

Output contract

yaml
produces: [abstract_structure, structural_mapping, transfer_candidate]
delta_fields: [findings, hypothesis_updates, uncertainties, decisions, open_questions]

Thresholds and quality gates

  • B: every transfer records source/target correspondences, unmapped relations, and a depth check; surface similarity alone is insufficient.

Failure and counterexamples

Reject transfers whose causal/relational roles do not map, whose target constraints are violated, or whose claimed mechanism is only lexical resemblance.

Provenance map

  • creative-ideation/cross-domain-discovery, analogical-transfer, design-by-analogy, functional-analogy, analogy-extraction, bridge-validation: resolved where exact v3 node exists; campaign/strategy labels remain concept provenance.
  • Status: all six exact names resolved against the v3 source graph.

Preserved source criteria ledger

  • Preserve deep structural correspondence and transfer viability; do not collapse to keyword similarity.

Context checkpoint / Delta notes

Append source relations, mapping gaps, transfer assumptions, and validation findings.

© yogsoth-ai, Apache-2.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/analogical-discovery of yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit bdb3524

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Domain Analysistech-leads-club/agent-skills7k—~2.9kAutomated safety check: PassCustom licence

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Questions about Analogical Discovery

What does Analogical Discovery do?

Abstract relational structure from source domains, map it to the target, validate depth, and instantiate transferable mechanisms. Analogical Discovery is an agent skill from yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine. Abstract relational structure from source domains, map it to the target, validate depth, and instantiate transferable mechanisms.

How do I install Analogical Discovery in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine --skill analogical-discovery -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/analogical-discovery in yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine) into .claude/skills/analogical-discovery in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Analogical Discovery in Codex?

Run `npx skills add yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine --skill analogical-discovery -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/analogical-discovery in yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine) into .agents/skills/analogical-discovery in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Analogical Discovery in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine --skill analogical-discovery -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/analogical-discovery, .gemini/skills/analogical-discovery, .github/skills/analogical-discovery and .opencode/skills/analogical-discovery in your project.

What does Analogical Discovery need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Analogical Discovery is instructions for the agent only.

Does Analogical Discovery access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Analogical Discovery safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Analogical Discovery use?

Analogical Discovery is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Analogical Discovery use?

About 633 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.5k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Analogical Discovery?

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Who maintains Analogical Discovery?

yogsoth-ai (a GitHub organization) maintains it in yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine, which has 505 GitHub stars. The repository holds 12 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 29, 2026.

Source: yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.