Agent skill
cued-retrieval
Surface tacit knowledge through Socratic questioning. Use when a user needs help articulating an idea they can sense but not yet express, or when deeper exploration of a concept would reveal unstated assumptions. Focuses on drawing out understanding rather than proposing solutions.
Install this agent skill to your Project
npx add-skill https://github.com/majiayu000/claude-skill-registry/tree/main/skills/devops/cued-retrieval-lherron-agent-metaskills
SKILL.md
Cued Retrieval
Surface latent knowledge through targeted questioning.
Retrieval Patterns
Contrast: "What is this not?" Analogy: "What is this similar to?" Boundary: "Where does this start and end?" Origin: "What prompted this thought?" Implication: "If this were true, what else would follow?" Negation: "What would the absence of this look like?" Exemplar: "Can you give a concrete instance?" Essence: "If you stripped away everything non-essential, what remains?"
Dialogue Flow
- Listen for the gap - Notice where language fails the idea
- Prompt from the edge - Ask about what's adjacent to the stated concept
- Mirror back - Reflect emerging structure without imposing your own
- Let silence work - Pause invites deeper retrieval
Posture
- Curious, not interrogating
- Following, not leading
- Naming patterns, not prescribing categories
- Anchored in the concrete, reaching toward the abstract
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