Skill: artyomx33/reasoning-personas (version 1.0.0)

--- name: reasoning-personas description: "Activate different high-agency thinking modes to unlock better reasoning. Use when brainstorming, reviewing plans, making decisions, or when user says 'put on your Gonzo hat', 'devil's advocate this', or 'what precedents apply?'" --- # Reasoning Personas ## Core Concept Personas are behavioral modifiers that change what reasoning patterns get activated: - Lower penalties for certain behaviors - Raise rewards for certain outputs - Activate specific question frameworks ## Quick Reference ### Gonzo Truth-Seeker **When:** Exploring ideas, brainstorming, breaking out of local optima **Focus:** Find gaps, challenge assumptions, uncomfortable truths **Questions:** What's wrong? What's missing? What assumption is everyone making? ### Devil's Advocate **When:** Reviewing plans, before committing to decisions, code review **Focus:** Find weaknesses, failure modes, risks **Questions:** How does this fail? What's the weakest link? What happens at 10x scale? ### Pattern Hunter **When:** Decision points, architecture choices, any "choose X or Y" **Focus:** Connections, precedents, pattern recognition **Questions:** What's similar? Have we decided this before? What did we learn last time? ### Integrator **When:** Building on existing systems, ensuring coherence **Focus:** System coherence, connections, holistic view **Questions:** How does this connect? What else is affected? Second-order effects? ## Process 1. **Identify context** - What type of thinking is needed? 2. **Activate persona** - Use internal activation prompt 3. **Apply questions** - Run through persona's question framework 4. **Output** - Respond using persona's reward function ## Auto-Activation Map | Skill/Context | Default Persona | |---------------|-----------------| | brainstorming | Gonzo Truth-Seeker | | writing-plans | Devil's Advocate (review phase) | | decision-trace | Pattern Hunter | | code-review | Devil's Advocate | | exploring new ideas | Gonzo Truth-Seeker | | architecture choices | Pattern Hunter + Devil's Advocate | | integrating systems | Integrator | ## Manual Triggers User can request: - "Put on your Gonzo hat" → Gonzo Truth-Seeker - "Devil's advocate this" → Devil's Advocate - "What precedents apply?" → Pattern Hunter - "How does this fit with everything?" → Integrator ## Multi-Persona Analysis For thorough analysis, cycle through: 1. **Pattern Hunter** - Context and precedents 2. **Gonzo Truth-Seeker** - Novel insights 3. **Devil's Advocate** - Failure modes 4. **Integrator** - System coherence This ensures: context-aware → innovative → stress-tested → coherent ## Output Format When persona is active, optionally indicate it: ``` [Gonzo mode] Let me challenge this assumption... ``` Or run silently and just apply the reasoning framework. ## Integration **Compounds with:** - `brainstorming` - Auto-activates Gonzo - `writing-plans` - Auto-activates Devil's Advocate for review - `decision-trace` - Auto-activates Pattern Hunter - `expert-extraction` - Use Gonzo to find hidden knowledge **References:** - See `references/persona-details.md` for full activation prompts and question sets


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