{"id":20619,"plugin_id":"plugins_6aa5c14ce164819185474f73c890b680","kind":"skill","collection_source":null,"comparison_source":null,"observed_at":"2026-09-30T23:16:23.780Z","digest":"337fdeb134ea46a329578a31220437837b1bc2e1dd0585b25604106cad89c749","against":null,"payload":{"description":"Generate analogy options to explain a concept. Invoke with /cw-analogy or /cw-analogy [concept to explain].","included_files":[],"name":"cw-analogy","skill_md_contents":"---\nname: cw-analogy\ndescription: Generate analogy options to explain a concept. Invoke with /cw-analogy or /cw-analogy [concept to explain].\n---\n\n# Analogy\n\n## Purpose\n\nGenerate analogy options to make an abstract or complex concept concrete and understandable.\n\n## Invocation\n\n- `/cw-analogy [concept]` — Generate analogies for the specified concept\n- `/cw-analogy` — System asks \"What concept do you want to explain?\" then generates options\n- Works on selection if provided, asks if not\n\n## How to Generate\n\n1. **Understand the concept** — What's the core mechanism or principle?\n\n2. **Identify the audience** — What do they already know? What's familiar to them?\n\n3. **Find parallel structures** — What everyday experiences share the same underlying pattern?\n\n4. **Generate 3 analogies** from different domains:\n   - Physical/tangible world\n   - Human relationships or social dynamics\n   - Common activities or processes\n\n5. **Test each analogy:**\n   - Does it illuminate the concept?\n   - Does it hold up under scrutiny (or break in misleading ways)?\n   - Is it accessible to the target audience?\n\n## Output Format\n\n```\n## Analogy Options\n\n### Option 1: [Domain]\n[The analogy explained in 2-3 sentences]\n\n### Option 2: [Domain]\n[The analogy explained in 2-3 sentences]\n\n### Option 3: [Domain]\n[The analogy explained in 2-3 sentences]\n\n---\n\nWhich clicks? Or want me to explore a different angle?\n```\n\n## Principles\n\n- **Familiar vehicle, unfamiliar cargo** — The analogy should come from something the reader knows well\n- **Structural, not surface** — The best analogies share underlying mechanisms, not just superficial features\n- **Know the limits** — Every analogy breaks down somewhere; know where yours does\n- **Concrete beats abstract** — \"It's like a thermostat\" beats \"It's like a feedback loop\"\n\n## What to Avoid\n\n- Analogies that require as much explanation as the original concept\n- Clichéd comparisons (tip of the iceberg, double-edged sword)\n- Analogies that mislead more than they illuminate\n- Mixing metaphors\n\n## Lessons\n\n[Skill-specific lessons will be added here as they're captured]\n"},"changes":[],"summary":"First saved snapshot. No earlier version is available for comparison.","summary_kind":"deterministic","summary_metadata":{}}