asgard-ai-platform Skills

Implement and select ad bidding strategies from manual CPC to automated target-CPA and target-ROAS. Use this skill when the user needs to choose a bidding strategy, set up automated bidding, or optimize bid parameters — even if they say 'what bidding strategy should I use', 'target CPA setup', or 'smart bidding configuration'.

Optimize advertising budget allocation across campaigns using marginal returns analysis. Use this skill when the user needs to distribute budget across multiple campaigns, optimize spend pacing, or maximize overall ROAS under budget constraints — even if they say 'how to split my ad budget', 'campaign budget optimization', or 'diminishing returns on ad spend'.

Build CTR prediction models for estimating ad click-through rates from features. Use this skill when the user needs to predict click probability, build an ad ranking model, or evaluate ad creative performance — even if they say 'predict click rate', 'ad relevance scoring', or 'which ad will get more clicks'.

Implement Generalized Second Price auction for ad slot allocation and pricing. Use this skill when the user needs to understand search ad auctions, compute ad positions and costs-per-click, or analyze bidding dynamics — even if they say 'how does Google Ads auction work', 'ad rank calculation', or 'second price auction for ads'.

Implement VCG mechanism for incentive-compatible ad slot allocation with truthful bidding. Use this skill when the user needs to design a truthful auction mechanism, compute externality-based payments, or understand why platforms may prefer GSP over VCG — even if they say 'truthful auction design', 'VCG payments', or 'incentive-compatible mechanism'.

Explain blockchain fundamentals including distributed ledger architecture, consensus mechanisms, and block structure. Use this skill when the user needs to understand blockchain concepts, evaluate whether blockchain fits a use case, or design a blockchain-based solution — even if they say 'how does blockchain work', 'do I need blockchain', or 'distributed ledger'.

Design and implement smart contracts as self-executing programmatic agreements on blockchain. Use this skill when the user needs to build automated on-chain logic, evaluate smart contract security, or design tokenized business rules — even if they say 'smart contract development', 'automated agreement', or 'on-chain logic'.

Implement BM25 ranking function for e-commerce product search relevance scoring. Use this skill when the user needs to build a text-based product search engine, improve search result relevance, or replace basic TF-IDF with a more robust ranking function — even if they say 'product search ranking', 'search relevance', or 'BM25 implementation'.

Design multi-objective e-commerce product ranking combining relevance, conversion, and business metrics. Use this skill when the user needs to build a product ranking system beyond text relevance, balance relevance with commercial objectives, or implement learning-to-rank — even if they say 'product sorting', 'search result ranking', or 'how to rank products'.

Optimize e-commerce search relevance across the full pipeline from query understanding to result presentation. Use this skill when the user needs to improve search quality, implement query processing features, or diagnose search relevance issues — even if they say 'search results are bad', 'improve product search', or 'search relevance optimization'.

Build ARIMA models for time series forecasting with trend and seasonality decomposition. Use this skill when the user needs to forecast future values from historical sequential data, test for stationarity, or select ARIMA parameters — even if they say 'time series forecast', 'predict next month sales', or 'ARIMA model'.

Combine multiple forecasting models into ensemble predictions for improved accuracy. Use this skill when the user needs to improve forecast reliability, combine ARIMA/Prophet/ETS outputs, or build a robust forecasting pipeline — even if they say 'combine forecasts', 'model averaging', or 'which forecast should I trust'.

Apply exponential smoothing methods for time series forecasting with weighted moving averages. Use this skill when the user needs simple, robust forecasts, implement Holt-Winters for seasonal data, or build lightweight forecasting without complex models — even if they say 'simple forecast', 'moving average prediction', or 'smoothing method'.

Build forecasting models with Meta's Prophet for business time series with holidays and changepoints. Use this skill when the user needs user-friendly time series forecasting, handling of missing data and holidays, or automatic changepoint detection — even if they say 'forecast with Prophet', 'business forecast', or 'easy time series model'.

Conduct compensation benchmarking analysis to position salaries against market data. Use this skill when the user needs to assess pay competitiveness, build salary bands, or analyze pay equity — even if they say 'are we paying market rate', 'salary benchmarking', or 'compensation analysis'.

Implement Gale-Shapley stable matching algorithm for two-sided matching problems. Use this skill when the user needs to match candidates to positions, assign students to schools, or solve any two-sided preference matching — even if they say 'optimal job matching', 'stable assignment', or 'candidate-position pairing'.

Build employee turnover prediction models to identify flight risk and retention drivers. Use this skill when the user needs to predict which employees are likely to leave, identify retention risk factors, or prioritize HR interventions — even if they say 'attrition prediction', 'who is going to quit', or 'employee retention model'.

Calculate Cpk process capability index to assess whether a process meets specification requirements. Use this skill when the user needs to evaluate process capability, compare processes, or determine if quality targets are achievable — even if they say 'can our process meet spec', 'process capability', or 'Cpk calculation'.

Design and analyze factorial experiments to identify significant process factors and optimize settings. Use this skill when the user needs to systematically test factor effects, optimize a manufacturing process, or determine which variables matter most — even if they say 'which factors affect quality', 'optimize process settings', or 'design an experiment'.

Conduct FMEA to systematically identify, prioritize, and mitigate potential failure modes. Use this skill when the user needs to assess product or process risks, prioritize corrective actions, or build a risk register — even if they say 'failure mode analysis', 'risk assessment', 'what could go wrong', or 'RPN calculation'.

Implement Statistical Process Control charts to monitor production process stability. Use this skill when the user needs to detect process shifts, set control limits, or distinguish common cause from special cause variation — even if they say 'process monitoring', 'control chart', or 'is our process in control'.

Calculate network centrality metrics to identify important nodes in graphs. Use this skill when the user needs to find key influencers, critical infrastructure nodes, or central actors in a network — even if they say 'who is most important in this network', 'key nodes', or 'network influence measurement'.

Implement Louvain community detection to discover densely connected groups in networks. Use this skill when the user needs to find communities or clusters in social/organizational networks, segment customers by interaction patterns, or analyze network modular structure — even if they say 'find groups in this network', 'community detection', or 'network clustering'.

Solve the influence maximization problem to select optimal seed nodes for maximum information spread. Use this skill when the user needs to choose seed users for viral campaigns, maximize network reach under a budget constraint, or compare seeding strategies — even if they say 'who should we seed first', 'maximize viral reach', or 'optimal influencer selection'.

Implement LDA topic modeling to discover latent topics in document collections. Use this skill when the user needs to extract topics from a text corpus, categorize documents by theme, or explore thematic structure — even if they say 'what are the main topics', 'topic extraction', or 'document clustering by theme'.

Implement Named Entity Recognition to identify and classify entities in text. Use this skill when the user needs to extract people, organizations, locations, dates, or custom entities from documents — even if they say 'extract names from text', 'find companies mentioned', or 'entity extraction'.

Calculate text similarity using lexical and semantic methods for matching and deduplication. Use this skill when the user needs to find similar documents, detect near-duplicates, or measure semantic closeness between texts — even if they say 'how similar are these texts', 'find duplicates', or 'semantic matching'.

Implement text summarization using extractive and abstractive approaches. Use this skill when the user needs to condense long documents, build an automatic summarization pipeline, or compare summarization strategies — even if they say 'summarize this document', 'TLDR', or 'key points extraction'.

Design bundle pricing strategies using pure bundling, mixed bundling, and consumer surplus analysis. Use this skill when the user needs to set prices for product bundles, determine whether bundling increases profit, or analyze unbundling opportunities — even if they say 'should we bundle these products', 'bundle pricing', or 'package deal pricing'.

Run conjoint analysis to measure how product attributes drive consumer preferences and willingness to pay. Use this skill when the user needs to quantify feature value trade-offs, estimate willingness to pay for specific features, or optimize product configuration — even if they say 'which features do customers value most', 'willingness to pay for feature X', or 'product attribute trade-offs'.

Implement dynamic pricing strategies that adjust prices in real-time based on demand, time, and competition. Use this skill when the user needs to build a dynamic pricing system, implement surge pricing, or optimize prices for perishable inventory — even if they say 'real-time pricing', 'surge pricing', or 'demand-based price adjustment'.

Calculate price elasticity of demand to quantify how price changes affect sales volume. Use this skill when the user needs to estimate demand sensitivity, set optimal prices, or evaluate the revenue impact of price changes — even if they say 'how sensitive are customers to price', 'will a price increase hurt sales', or 'elasticity calculation'.

Conduct Van Westendorp Price Sensitivity Meter analysis to identify acceptable price ranges. Use this skill when the user needs to determine price boundaries for a new product, find the optimal and indifference price points, or survey-based pricing research — even if they say 'what should we charge', 'price sensitivity survey', or 'acceptable price range'.

Apply Bayesian averaging to rank items by combining observed ratings with prior expectations. Use this skill when the user needs to rank items with varying review counts, build a 'top rated' list that handles low-sample items fairly, or implement IMDB-style weighted rating — even if they say 'weighted average rating', 'IMDB formula', or 'ranking with prior'.

Implement Elo rating system to rank items or players from pairwise comparison outcomes. Use this skill when the user needs to rank items from head-to-head matchups, build a competitive rating system, or evaluate relative quality from comparison data — even if they say 'player rating', 'ranking from comparisons', or 'competitive scoring system'.

Implement TrueSkill rating system for multiplayer and team-based competitive ranking. Use this skill when the user needs to rate players in team games, handle multiplayer (non-1v1) matchups, or build a matchmaking system with uncertainty tracking — even if they say 'team rating system', 'multiplayer ranking', or 'matchmaking rating'.

Calculate Wilson Score confidence intervals for ranking items by positive proportion with sample size correction. Use this skill when the user needs to rank products by ratings, sort content by approval rate, or build a 'best rated' list that accounts for sample size — even if they say 'rank by star rating', 'best rated with few reviews', or 'confidence-adjusted rating'.

Implement collaborative filtering for recommendations based on user behavior patterns. Use this skill when the user needs to build a recommendation engine from user-item interaction data, find similar users or items, or predict ratings — even if they say 'users who bought this also bought', 'similar users', or 'recommend based on behavior'.

Implement content-based recommendation by matching item features to user preference profiles. Use this skill when the user needs to recommend items based on attributes, solve the cold start problem for new items, or build recommendations without collaborative data — even if they say 'recommend similar products', 'items like this', or 'feature-based matching'.

Design hybrid recommendation systems combining multiple strategies for improved accuracy. Use this skill when the user needs to overcome single-method limitations, combine collaborative and content-based filtering, or build a production recommendation pipeline — even if they say 'combine recommendation approaches', 'best recommendation architecture', or 'cold start plus personalization'.

Implement matrix factorization to decompose user-item interaction matrices into latent factor representations. Use this skill when the user needs scalable collaborative filtering, latent feature discovery, or dimensionality reduction for recommendation — even if they say 'SVD recommendations', 'latent factors', or 'factorize the rating matrix'.

Implement session-based recommendation from short-term user behavior sequences without long-term profiles. Use this skill when the user needs to recommend in anonymous sessions, predict next click from browsing sequence, or build recommendations for non-logged-in users — even if they say 'what should they click next', 'anonymous user recommendations', or 'browsing sequence prediction'.

Calculate Altman Z-Score to predict corporate bankruptcy probability from financial ratios. Use this skill when the user needs to assess a company's financial distress risk, screen for bankruptcy-prone firms, or evaluate credit worthiness — even if they say 'bankruptcy prediction', 'financial distress score', or 'Z-score analysis'.

Apply Benford's Law to detect anomalies in numerical datasets by analyzing first-digit frequency distributions. Use this skill when the user needs to audit financial data for fraud indicators, validate data integrity, or detect fabricated numbers — even if they say 'data manipulation detection', 'first digit test', or 'accounting fraud screening'.

Build credit scoring models to predict default probability from borrower characteristics. Use this skill when the user needs to assess creditworthiness, build a credit scorecard, or evaluate lending risk — even if they say 'predict default risk', 'credit scoring', or 'loan approval model'.

Calculate Value at Risk to estimate maximum portfolio loss at a given confidence level. Use this skill when the user needs to quantify downside risk, set risk limits, or report regulatory risk measures — even if they say 'worst case loss', 'portfolio risk', or 'how much could we lose'.

Analyze and mitigate the bullwhip effect where demand variability amplifies upstream in supply chains. Use this skill when the user needs to diagnose order variability amplification, quantify the bullwhip ratio, or implement dampening strategies — even if they say 'why are our orders so volatile', 'supply chain variability', or 'demand amplification problem'.

Calculate Economic Order Quantity to minimize total inventory cost (ordering + holding). Use this skill when the user needs to determine optimal order size, balance ordering frequency against storage costs, or set reorder points — even if they say 'how much to order', 'optimal batch size', or 'inventory cost minimization'.

Solve the newsvendor problem for single-period ordering decisions under uncertain demand. Use this skill when the user needs to determine optimal order quantity for perishable goods, seasonal products, or one-time purchase decisions — even if they say 'how much to order for this season', 'perishable inventory', or 'single-period ordering'.

Solve vehicle routing problems to optimize delivery routes under capacity and time constraints. Use this skill when the user needs to plan delivery routes, minimize transportation costs, or optimize fleet utilization — even if they say 'delivery route optimization', 'fleet routing', or 'minimize driving distance'.

Calculate safety stock levels to buffer against demand and lead time uncertainty. Use this skill when the user needs to set inventory buffers, determine service level trade-offs, or optimize safety stock across SKUs — even if they say 'how much buffer inventory', 'stockout prevention', or 'service level calculation'.

Evaluate backlink quality using Domain Authority, Domain Rating, and trust metrics. Use this skill when the user needs to assess link profile health, identify toxic backlinks, or plan link building strategy — even if they say 'check my backlinks', 'link building', or 'domain authority analysis'.

Execute content SEO strategy from keyword research through content planning, writing, and on-page optimization. Use this skill when the user needs to create SEO-optimized content, perform keyword research, identify content gaps, or improve existing content rankings — even if they say 'content strategy', 'keyword research', or 'how to rank for this topic'.

Implement a web crawler pipeline covering URL discovery, fetching, parsing, and storage. Use this skill when the user needs to build a site crawler, audit website structure, or collect web data systematically — even if they say 'scrape a website', 'crawl all pages', or 'site audit spider'.

Implement PageRank algorithm to compute web page importance scores using the random surfer model. Use this skill when the user needs to rank pages by link authority, build a simplified search ranking system, or understand how link structure determines page importance — even if they say 'which pages are most important', 'link analysis', or 'page authority score'.

Implement Schema.org structured data markup in JSON-LD format for enhanced search results. Use this skill when the user needs to add rich snippets to web pages, implement FAQ/Product/Article schema, or validate structured data — even if they say 'rich snippets', 'structured data', or 'Google rich results'.

Optimize Core Web Vitals (LCP, INP, CLS) for better search rankings and user experience. Use this skill when the user needs to diagnose page speed issues, improve Largest Contentful Paint, reduce layout shift, or pass Google's page experience signals — even if they say 'my site is slow', 'Core Web Vitals failing', or 'page speed optimization'.

Implement TF-IDF scoring to measure term importance relative to a document corpus. Use this skill when the user needs to rank documents by keyword relevance, extract important terms from text, or build a basic search relevance engine — even if they say 'find relevant documents', 'keyword extraction', or 'term importance'.

Calculate and benchmark social media engagement rates across platforms and variants. Use this skill when the user needs to compute engagement metrics, compare performance across accounts or posts, or set engagement benchmarks — even if they say 'what is my engagement rate', 'benchmark engagement', or 'social media KPIs'.

Measure social media influence using engagement-weighted metrics beyond follower count. Use this skill when the user needs to evaluate influencer effectiveness, compare influence across accounts, or build an influence scoring system — even if they say 'who is more influential', 'influencer ranking', or 'measure social impact'.

Implement VADER sentiment analysis for social media text scoring. Use this skill when the user needs to analyze sentiment in tweets, reviews, or social posts, compute compound sentiment scores, or classify text polarity — even if they say 'is this positive or negative', 'sentiment of these comments', or 'social media mood analysis'.

Model viral spread dynamics using SIR/SIS/SEIR compartmental models. Use this skill when the user needs to predict content spread patterns, estimate viral thresholds, or model information cascades in social networks — even if they say 'will this go viral', 'epidemic model for content', or 'spread prediction'.

Apply the Marketing Mix (4P/7P) framework to design tactical marketing decisions across Product, Price, Place, Promotion — plus People, Process, Physical Evidence for services. Use this skill when the user needs to plan a product launch, design a go-to-market strategy, or audit their marketing mix — even if they say 'how should we price this', 'where should we sell', or 'what's our go-to-market plan'.

Apply Ansoff Matrix to evaluate growth strategy options across market and product dimensions. Use this skill when the user needs to decide how to grow — through existing vs new markets and existing vs new products. Also use when the user asks 'how should we grow', 'should we launch a new product or expand to new markets', or 'what's our growth strategy'.

Apply BCG Growth-Share Matrix to analyze a product or business unit portfolio for resource allocation decisions. Use this skill when the user needs to prioritize investments across multiple products, decide which products to grow vs harvest vs divest, or evaluate a portfolio's balance — even if they say 'which products should we invest in' or 'portfolio strategy' without naming BCG.

Apply Blue Ocean Strategy to create uncontested market space through value innovation. Use this skill when the user needs to differentiate beyond price competition, find new market opportunities, or redesign a product's value proposition using the Strategy Canvas and Four Actions Framework (Eliminate-Reduce-Raise-Create). Also use when the user says 'how do we stop competing on price', 'create a new category', or 'escape the red ocean'.

Develop brand positioning strategy including positioning statements, perceptual maps, and brand personality/archetype analysis. Use this skill when the user needs to define or refine how their brand is perceived relative to competitors, craft a positioning statement, build a brand identity framework, or map competitive positions — even if they say 'what makes us different', 'our brand feels generic', or 'how do customers see us vs competitors'.

Perform break-even analysis to determine the sales volume or revenue needed to cover all costs. Use this skill when the user needs to calculate break-even point, assess margin of safety, evaluate operating leverage, or decide pricing and volume trade-offs — even if they say 'how many units do we need to sell', 'when will we be profitable', or 'what happens if we lower the price'.

Apply the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) framework to translate strategy into measurable objectives across Financial, Customer, Internal Process, and Learning & Growth perspectives. Use this skill when the user needs to set strategic KPIs, create a strategy map, align organizational goals, or connect daily operations to strategic vision — even if they say 'how do we measure strategy execution' or 'our KPIs feel disconnected'.

Calculate and analyze Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) and Customer Lifetime Value (LTV) to evaluate unit economics and marketing efficiency. Use this skill when the user needs to assess whether their customer acquisition is profitable, optimize marketing spend allocation, or evaluate business model viability — even if they say 'are we spending too much on ads', 'what's each customer worth', or 'is our growth sustainable'.

Corporate-governance practice playbook: board composition, three lines of defense, audit/compensation/nomination committee operations, independent-director governance, stakeholder communication, IPO governance upgrade, and family-business professionalization. Use for board-structure design, independent-director selection, three-lines implementation, IPO governance preparation, major governance incidents (fraud, scandal, insider trading), or family-business corporatization. Triggers: 『董事會組成』『獨董沒發揮功能』『三道防線』『上櫃治理補強』『家族法人化』『委員會分工』『ESG 治理』『審計委員會』『薪酬委員會』『提名委員會』. For Taiwan EMBA corporate-governance/finance/law/ESG cases. Focuses on listed-company and IPO practice; governance theory: use Asgard `grad-governance`; 9-box/繼任規劃/接班人才盤點: use `ops-talent-strategy`; COSO ERM/風險地圖/風險委員會運作: use `biz-erm`.

Customer relationship management strategy — integrated framework with six pillars: customer segmentation (RFM/CLV), journey orchestration (cross-channel), CDP technology stack, loyalty-program design, B2B key-account management (KAM), and CRM organization/governance. Use for VIP program design, membership-system decision, retail/ecommerce/B2B customer strategy, CDP buy-vs-build, marketing-automation adoption, or key-customer churn. Triggers: 『CRM 系統』『會員經營』『客戶分級』『大客戶策略』『CDP』『行銷自動化』『客戶生命週期』『VIP 方案』『顧客忠誠』『RFM』『CLV』『KAM』『Journey Orchestration』. For 師大 EMBA CRM, 政大 ecommerce, 中山 marketing cases. Complements Asgard `biz-cac-ltv` (tactics) and `biz-customer-journey` (single method) with the strategic integration layer.

Map and analyze the customer journey across Awareness, Consideration, Decision, Usage, and Advocacy stages. Use this skill when the user needs to understand the customer experience end-to-end, identify drop-off points, optimize touchpoints, or improve conversion — even if they say 'where are we losing customers', 'what's our funnel look like', or 'map the user experience'.

Build Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) valuation models to estimate intrinsic value. Use this skill when the user needs to value a company, evaluate an investment, estimate fair share price, or build financial projections — even if they say 'what is this company worth', 'should we acquire them', or 'build me a valuation model'.

Apply DuPont Analysis to decompose Return on Equity (ROE) into profitability, efficiency, and leverage components. Use this skill when the user needs to diagnose why ROE is high or low, compare financial performance drivers across companies, or identify which operational lever to pull — even if they say 'why is our ROE declining' or 'how do we improve returns'.

Enterprise risk management (ERM) framework layer — integrates COSO ERM 2017 (five components, 20 principles), ISO 31000, three-lines model, risk appetite, risk heatmap, and key risk indicators (KRI) into a complete governance playbook covering structure through culture. Use for ERM implementation, risk-system build, risk mapping, risk-appetite statement drafting, three-lines setup, CRO role design, or Taiwan FSC corporate-governance evaluation response. Triggers: 『ERM 導入』『風險管理框架』『COSO』『風險地圖』『風險胃納』『KRI』『CRO 職責』『三道防線』『風險委員會』『ISO 31000』『風險熱圖』『風險治理』. For 師大／政大／陽交 EMBA risk-management/governance/audit cases. Complements Asgard `algo-risk-*` (Altman Z, Benford, credit, VaR) with the framework/governance layer. 獨董挑選/董事會組成/IPO 治理: use `biz-corporate-governance`.

Analyze financial health using ratio categories: profitability, liquidity, leverage, efficiency, and valuation. Use this skill when the user needs to assess a company's financial performance, compare companies, evaluate creditworthiness, or prepare financial due diligence — even if they say 'is this company financially healthy', 'analyze these financial statements', or 'compare these two companies'.

Corporate innovation-governance toolkit integrating Stage-Gate process, 3 Horizons model, innovation portfolio management, open innovation, corporate venture capital (CVC), innovation KPIs, and intrapreneurship. Use for innovation-portfolio design, second-curve planning, innovation-project review gating, open-innovation evaluation, CVC setup, innovation-KPI design, or managing tension between core and new businesses. Triggers: 『第二曲線』『創新專案怎麼管』『新事業孵化』『收購投資新創』『Stage-Gate』『研發投資組合』『內部創業』『開放式創新』『CVC』『3 Horizons』『創新 KPI』. For Taiwan EMBA innovation-management/strategy/technology-management cases (台大／中山). Startup basics: use Asgard `ux-lean-startup`; innovation theory: use Asgard `grad-disruptive-innovation`, `grad-ambidexterity`; 家族二代接班治理: use `biz-corporate-governance` 或 `ops-talent-strategy`; ESG/淨零策略結合: use `biz-net-zero-transition`.

Apply Lean and Six Sigma principles to eliminate waste and reduce process variation. Use this skill when the user needs to improve operational efficiency, identify the seven wastes (TIMWOOD), run DMAIC improvement projects, or streamline workflows — even if they say 'our process is too slow', 'where are we wasting resources', or 'how do we reduce defects'.

Management accounting toolkit for internal decision support: ABC costing, variance analysis, transfer pricing, and responsibility accounting. Use for product profitability disputes, budget variance diagnosis, inter-division pricing design, and business-unit manager performance evaluation. Triggers: 『這個產品真的賺錢嗎』『成本分攤』『事業部之間怎麼算錢』『本月成本超支』『評核廠長績效』『內部轉撥』『ABC 作業成本』『差異分析』『責任中心』『管理會計』. For Taiwan EMBA cases, term reports, and management-decision simulations (台大／陽交／成大 財管必修).

Net-zero transition playbook: GHG inventory (ISO 14064-1, GHG Protocol Scope 1/2/3), science-based targets (SBTi), TCFD and ISSB S1/S2 climate disclosure, Taiwan carbon fee, decarbonization roadmap, internal carbon pricing, supply-chain carbon, product carbon footprint, green electricity and T-REC. Use for corporate decarbonization roadmap, carbon inventory, carbon-fee response, TCFD/ISSB reporting, supply-chain decarbonization, or responding to international customers (Apple, RE100). Triggers: 『碳盤查』『SBTi』『碳費』『TCFD』『淨零路徑』『範疇 3』『綠電』『CBAM』『ISO 14064』『ISSB』『T-REC』. For Taiwan EMBA ESG/sustainability/operations/strategy/finance cases. Focuses on Taiwan listed-company and supply-chain practice; sustainability strategy theory: use Asgard `grad-sustainability`; ERM 框架整合氣候風險: use `biz-erm`; 董事會 ESG 委員會結構設計: use `biz-corporate-governance`; 併購 ESG 盡職調查: use `fin-m-and-a`.

Apply PESTEL framework to scan the macro-environment across Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Environmental, and Legal dimensions. Use this skill when the user needs to assess external macro factors affecting a business, industry, or market — especially before entering a new country, launching a product, or evaluating regulatory risk. Also use when the user mentions 'macro analysis', 'external environment', or 'what trends should we watch'.

Apply Porter's Five Forces framework to assess industry competitive dynamics and attractiveness. Use this skill when the user needs to analyze an industry's profitability structure, evaluate market entry barriers, assess supplier or buyer bargaining power, or understand competitive intensity — even if they say 'industry analysis' or 'is this market worth entering' without naming Porter's explicitly.

Analyze and design pricing strategies including cost-plus, value-based, competitive, penetration, and skimming approaches with psychological pricing techniques. Use this skill when the user needs to set or change prices, evaluate pricing models, understand price elasticity, or apply psychological pricing — even if they say 'how much should we charge', 'are we priced right', or 'our margins are too low'.

SME and family-business management for Taiwan's industrial structure (98% SME, 70%+ family-controlled listed). Integrates four pillars: resource-constrained decision-making, family governance (Tagiuri-Davis three circles), four-layer succession, and professionalization. Use for sub-200-employee strategy, capital-constrained prioritization, family-vs-professional-manager conflict, founder handover, family-constitution design, or SME financing limits. Triggers: 『二代接班』『家族企業』『中小企業』『家族憲章』『家族辦公室』『傳承規劃』『小公司策略』『資源有限』『家族跟專業經理人』『三圓模型』『隱形冠軍』. For 成大 EMBA SME strategy, 政大 EMBA family-business succession, 逢甲 EMBA SME management cases. Fills Asgard gaps in resource-constrained strategy and Chinese-family governance.

Apply STP (Segmentation, Targeting, Positioning) framework for market strategy. Use this skill when the user needs to define target customer segments, select which segments to pursue, or craft a positioning statement — even if they say 'who is our customer', 'which market should we focus on', or 'how should we position ourselves'.

Analyze supply chain operations using the SCOR model across Plan, Source, Make, Deliver, and Return processes. Use this skill when the user needs to optimize supply chain efficiency, evaluate supplier performance, improve logistics, or design an end-to-end supply chain strategy — even if they say 'our deliveries are slow', 'supply chain costs are too high', or 'we keep running out of stock'.

Conduct SWOT analysis with TOWS matrix for strategic planning. Use this skill when the user needs to evaluate a company, product, or project by identifying strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, or wants to generate strategic options from internal and external factors. Also use when the user mentions competitive positioning, strategic assessment, or asks 'what are our advantages and risks', even without naming SWOT explicitly.

Apply Theory of Constraints (TOC) to identify and manage system bottlenecks. Use this skill when the user needs to find what limits throughput, optimize a constrained process, apply the Five Focusing Steps, or implement Drum-Buffer-Rope scheduling — even if they say 'our output is stuck', 'what's the bottleneck', or 'why can't we produce more'.

Analyze unit economics to evaluate per-unit profitability and business model scalability. Use this skill when the user needs to assess whether each transaction, customer, or product unit is profitable, evaluate startup viability, or optimize contribution margins — even if they say 'does our business model work', 'what's our margin per order', or 'can we scale profitably'.

Apply Porter's Value Chain Analysis to identify competitive advantage sources within an organization's activities. Use this skill when the user needs to find where value is created or lost in their operations, analyze cost structure by activity, optimize internal processes, or identify outsourcing candidates — even if they say 'where do we make money' or 'which activities should we keep in-house'.

Measure and optimize customer service performance using CSAT, NPS, CES, First Contact Resolution, and text mining on support tickets. Use this skill when the user needs to evaluate CS team performance, identify top complaint drivers, optimize staffing, or build CS dashboards — even if they say 'is our CS team doing well', 'what are customers complaining about', 'how many agents do we need', or 'build a CS dashboard'.

Design conversational AI chatbots including intent recognition, slot filling, dialogue flow, and response generation. Use this skill when the user needs to build a chatbot, design conversation flows, implement intent classification, or improve chatbot accuracy — even if they say 'build a chatbot', 'our bot doesn't understand users', 'design a FAQ bot', or 'improve our chatbot's responses'.

Design push notification and messaging strategies including channel selection, timing optimization, personalization, and fatigue management. Use this skill when the user needs to improve notification engagement, reduce opt-out rates, plan multi-channel messaging, or A/B test notification content — even if they say 'our push open rates are low', 'users are unsubscribing', 'when should we send notifications', or 'which channel to use for alerts'.

Design customer service operations including tiered support (L1/L2/L3), response templates, SLA definitions, escalation procedures, and complaint handling. Use this skill when the user needs to set up a CS team, create service standards, design escalation flows, or improve response quality — even if they say 'our CS is a mess', 'how should we handle complaints', 'set up support tiers', or 'create CS SOPs'.

Conduct cohort analysis to track user behavior over time, build retention matrices, and compare cohort performance. Use this skill when the user needs to measure retention, understand how user behavior changes after acquisition, compare product versions' impact on engagement, or predict LTV — even if they say 'what's our retention rate', 'are newer users behaving differently', 'build a retention table', or 'how long do customers stick around'.

Design effective data dashboards with proper KPI hierarchy, chart type selection, and interactive features. Use this skill when the user needs to create a dashboard, choose the right visualizations, organize metrics for different audiences, or evaluate dashboard tools — even if they say 'build a dashboard', 'our reports are confusing', 'which chart should I use', or 'executives can't find the metrics they need'.

Interpret the three core financial statements (income statement, balance sheet, cash flow statement) to assess business health and performance. Use this skill when the user needs to read financial statements, understand profitability vs cash flow, evaluate a company's financial position, or prepare for investor/board meetings — even if they say 'explain these financials', 'are we making money', 'read this annual report', or 'what do these numbers mean'.

Optimize SQL query performance using EXPLAIN analysis, indexing strategies, and common anti-pattern fixes. Use this skill when the user needs to speed up slow queries, design indexes, fix N+1 problems, or optimize database performance — even if they say 'this query is slow', 'optimize our database', 'which indexes do we need', or 'our dashboard takes 30 seconds to load'.

Analyze e-commerce performance using GA4 metrics, conversion funnel analysis, and key e-commerce KPIs. Use this skill when the user needs to evaluate online store performance, diagnose conversion drop-offs, set up e-commerce tracking, or create performance dashboards — even if they say 'why are sales down', 'optimize our online store', 'set up GA4 for e-commerce', or 'what metrics should we track'.

Design conversational commerce experiences across messaging platforms including chatbot flows, product cards, and conversion strategies. Use this skill when the user needs to sell through LINE, WhatsApp, Instagram DM, or other messaging channels, design chatbot purchasing flows, or integrate messaging into their sales funnel — even if they say 'sell through LINE', 'build a shopping chatbot', 'customers ask to buy in our DMs', or 'conversational sales strategy'.

Analyze inventory health using turnover ratios, ABC classification, safety stock calculations, and stockout vs overstock diagnostics. Use this skill when the user needs to optimize inventory levels, reduce carrying costs, prevent stockouts, or classify products by inventory priority — even if they say 'we have too much stock', 'we keep running out of bestsellers', 'how much safety stock do we need', or 'which products should we focus on'.

Optimize multilingual product listings for international e-commerce including SEO localization, machine translation workflows, and cultural adaptation. Use this skill when the user needs to create product listings in multiple languages, optimize for local search, or adapt marketing content for different markets — even if they say 'translate our listings', 'optimize for local SEO', 'adapt for the Japanese market', or 'our translated listings don't convert'.

Calculate and analyze promotional ROI including incremental sales lift, margin impact, and promo type comparison. Use this skill when the user needs to evaluate whether a promotion was profitable, compare promotion types, simulate promo scenarios, or optimize promotional spending — even if they say 'was this sale worth it', 'which promo type works best', 'are we giving away too many discounts', or 'plan our next promotion'.

Perform RFM (Recency, Frequency, Monetary) customer segmentation from transaction data. Use this skill when the user needs to segment customers by purchase behavior, identify high-value buyers, design retention campaigns, or prioritize marketing spend by customer value — even if they say 'who are our best customers', 'which customers are at risk of churning', or 'how do we target our marketing'.

Develop e-commerce strategy for Southeast Asian markets including platform selection, payment infrastructure, logistics challenges, and localization requirements. Use this skill when the user is expanding e-commerce to SEA, evaluating Shopee vs Lazada vs Tokopedia, or needs to understand SEA market differences — even if they say 'sell to Southeast Asia', 'which platform in Vietnam', 'SEA payment methods', or 'cross-border e-commerce in ASEAN'.

Apply behavioral economics concepts including bounded rationality, prospect theory, mental accounting, and nudge theory to analyze decision-making biases. Use this skill when the user needs to understand why people make irrational economic decisions, design choice architectures, or apply nudges to influence behavior — even if they say 'why do customers make bad choices', 'how do we encourage people to save more', or 'design a better default option'.

Analyze business cycle phases (expansion, peak, contraction, trough) and their implications for business strategy and policy response. Use this skill when the user needs to identify the current economic phase, anticipate cyclical turning points, or adapt business strategy to macroeconomic cycles — even if they say 'are we heading into a recession', 'how should we prepare for a downturn', or 'when will the economy recover'.

Apply basic game theory concepts including Nash equilibrium, dominant strategies, and the Prisoner's Dilemma to analyze strategic interactions. Use this skill when the user needs to model competitive decisions, predict rival behavior, design incentive mechanisms, or evaluate cooperation vs competition scenarios — even if they say 'what will our competitor do', 'should we cooperate or compete', or 'how do we set up the right incentives'.

Interpret macroeconomic indicators including GDP, inflation, unemployment, interest rates, and exchange rates to assess economic health and predict trends. Use this skill when the user needs to evaluate a country's economic outlook, understand monetary/fiscal policy impacts, or contextualize business decisions within the macroeconomic environment — even if they say 'is the economy doing well', 'what do rising interest rates mean for us', or 'explain today's economic data'.

Analyze market structures across perfect competition, monopolistic competition, oligopoly, and monopoly to predict firm behavior and market outcomes. Use this skill when the user needs to classify a market's competitive structure, predict pricing behavior, evaluate antitrust implications, or understand why an industry behaves the way it does — even if they say 'why can they charge so much', 'is this market competitive', or 'will prices come down'.

Apply supply and demand analysis to explain price determination, market equilibrium, and the effects of policy interventions. Use this skill when the user needs to analyze how prices are set in a market, predict the effect of taxes/subsidies/price controls, or understand shifts in supply or demand curves — even if they say 'why did the price go up', 'what happens if the government sets a price cap', or 'how does a tariff affect the market'.

Summarize and analyze earnings calls (法說會) including financial highlights, management commentary, guidance, and analyst Q&A key takeaways. Use this skill when the user needs to digest an earnings call transcript, extract key financial data and forward guidance, compare actual results vs consensus estimates, or prepare for an investor meeting — even if they say 'summarize this earnings call', 'what did management say about next quarter', 'did they beat estimates', or 'key takeaways from the 法說會'.

M&A integration playbook covering eight modules: strategic rationale, target screening, due diligence (financial/legal/commercial), valuation with valuation bridge, synergy analysis, deal structuring (stock vs. asset, cash vs. equity, earn-out), SPA key clauses, and post-merger integration (PMI). Use for deal evaluation, valuation disputes, structure design, earn-out design, synergy breakdown, integration risk, or hostile takeover defense. Triggers: 『併購』『收購』『M&A』『盡職調查』『DD』『估值橋』『綜效』『earn-out』『換股比例』『PMI』『買殼』『借殼上市』『敵意併購』『交易結構』. For Taiwan EMBA 財管組 case studies and term reports (台大／政大／陽交). Complements Asgard `biz-dcf` and `fin-modeling` (valuation tools) plus `biz-corporate-governance` (governance layer) by providing the transaction-layer framework.

Build three-statement financial models (Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow) with revenue forecasting, assumption management, and scenario analysis. Use this skill when the user needs to project financials, build a fundraising model, create financial projections for a business plan, or evaluate M&A targets — even if they say 'build a financial model', 'project our revenue', 'how much money will we make next year', or 'model this acquisition'.

Apply action research through Plan-Act-Observe-Reflect cycles and Participatory Action Research (PAR) to generate knowledge while improving practice. Use this skill when the user needs to design practitioner research that integrates inquiry with intervention, facilitate participatory research with stakeholders, structure iterative improvement cycles, or when they ask 'how do I research my own practice', 'how do I involve participants as co-researchers', or 'how do I combine research with practical change'.

Apply Affordance Theory (Gibson, 1979; Norman, 1988) to analyze the action possibilities that an artifact provides to an actor. Use this skill when the user needs to evaluate technology design from an affordance perspective, identify why users struggle with an interface, analyze IT-enabled organizational change through affordance actualization, or when they ask 'what does this technology afford', 'why can't users figure out this feature', or 'how does technology enable new practices'.

Apply agenda-setting theory (McCombs & Shaw) to analyze how media salience transfers to public perception. Use this skill when the user needs to study media influence on public opinion priorities, evaluate issue salience transfer across media and public agendas, or design communication strategies that leverage agenda-setting effects — even if they say 'why is everyone talking about this topic', 'how does media shape public priorities', or 'which issues get attention and why'.

Apply AI ethics frameworks (fairness, accountability, transparency, privacy) to evaluate AI systems for algorithmic bias, explainability gaps, and value alignment failures. Use this skill when the user needs to audit an AI system for ethical risks, design fairness constraints, assess explainability requirements, or when they ask 'is this AI system fair', 'how do we detect algorithmic bias', 'what are the ethical implications of this AI deployment', or 'how do we make this model explainable to stakeholders'.

Apply organizational ambidexterity theory to balance exploration and exploitation activities. Use this skill when the user needs to diagnose whether an organization is over-exploiting or over-exploring, design structures that support both innovation and efficiency, or evaluate the tension between short-term performance and long-term renewal.

Apply Actor-Network Theory (Latour, Callon) to trace how human and non-human actors (actants) form networks through translation processes. Use this skill when the user needs to map sociotechnical assemblages, analyze how innovations stabilize or fail through network-building, trace the four moments of translation (problematization, interessement, enrollment, mobilization), or when they ask 'how did this technology become accepted', 'who and what holds this network together', or 'why did this innovation fail to gain traction'.

Apply auction theory to compare the four canonical auction formats and assess revenue equivalence. Use this skill when the user needs to choose an auction format, evaluate bidding strategies, or determine when revenue equivalence breaks down due to risk aversion, asymmetry, or correlated values.

Apply behavioral finance theory to identify systematic investor biases and their impact on asset prices. Use this skill when the user needs to analyze irrational market behavior, explain pricing anomalies through cognitive biases, diagnose investor decision errors, or when they ask 'why do investors hold losers too long', 'how does loss aversion affect pricing', or 'what biases drive this market pattern'.

Apply Bloom's revised taxonomy to classify learning objectives and design assessments across six cognitive levels. Use this skill when the user needs to write learning objectives at specific cognitive levels, align assessment with instructional goals, or evaluate curriculum for cognitive complexity distribution — even if they say 'how to write learning objectives', 'what level of thinking does this require', or 'higher-order thinking skills'.

Apply the Born Global framework to analyze firms that internationalize rapidly from inception under resource constraints. Use this skill when the user needs to evaluate whether a startup or SME can pursue early internationalization, identify the capabilities enabling born globals, or design a resource-constrained international market entry strategy.

Apply brand equity frameworks (Aaker, 1991; Keller, 1993) to assess and build customer-based brand value. Use this skill when the user needs to audit brand strength, diagnose brand equity components, design brand-building strategies, or when they ask 'how strong is our brand', 'what drives brand value', or 'how do we build brand equity'.

Apply Moore's business ecosystem framework to analyze how firms co-evolve through four stages (birth, expansion, authority, renewal) and occupy different ecosystem roles. Use this skill when the user needs to map ecosystem dynamics in a platform or industry, evaluate keystone vs dominator strategies, assess ecosystem health, or when they ask 'what stage is this ecosystem in', 'how should we position in this ecosystem', or 'why is this ecosystem declining despite having a dominant player'.

Apply the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) to estimate expected returns and assess risk-return tradeoffs. Use this skill when the user needs to calculate expected return on an asset, interpret beta as systematic risk exposure, evaluate whether an investment compensates for risk, or when they ask 'what return should I expect', 'what is the risk premium', or 'how does beta affect pricing'.

Apply Complex Adaptive Systems theory to analyze phenomena exhibiting emergence, self-organization, co-evolution, and edge-of-chaos dynamics. Use this skill when the user needs to understand why a system behaves unpredictably despite known components, model agent-based interactions that produce emergent outcomes, analyze fitness landscapes, or when they ask 'why does this system behave in ways no one designed', 'how do local interactions create global patterns', or 'why do small changes sometimes cause massive system shifts'.

Apply case study research design (Yin) to investigate how and why questions within real-life contexts using single or multiple case designs and triangulation. Use this skill when the user needs to choose between single and multiple case designs, apply holistic versus embedded units of analysis, triangulate evidence from multiple sources, or when they ask 'how should I structure a case study', 'single or multiple cases', or 'how do I ensure validity in case research'.

Apply Consumer Culture Theory to analyze consumption as a cultural practice shaped by identity, marketplace cultures, and ideology. Use this skill when the user needs to interpret consumer behavior through cultural lenses, analyze brand communities or subcultures of consumption, decode marketplace ideologies, or when they ask 'why do consumers behave this way culturally', 'what does this consumption mean', or 'how does identity shape buying'.

Apply Cognitive Load Theory to optimize instructional design by managing intrinsic, extraneous, and germane load within working memory limits. Use this skill when the user needs to diagnose why learners are overwhelmed, redesign training or documentation for better comprehension, evaluate UI/UX information architecture for cognitive burden, or when they ask 'why is this tutorial confusing', 'how to simplify complex instructions', or 'what causes information overload'.

Apply constructivist learning theory to design instruction based on active knowledge construction, scaffolding, and the zone of proximal development. Use this skill when the user needs to design learner-centered instruction, apply Vygotsky's ZPD or scaffolding principles, or evaluate learning environments for constructivist alignment — even if they say 'how do people really learn', 'student-centered design', or 'scaffolding for learners'.

Apply contract theory to design incentive-compatible agreements under moral hazard and adverse selection. Use this skill when the user needs to structure principal-agent contracts, evaluate compensation schemes, or analyze incomplete contract problems where parties cannot specify all contingencies ex ante.

Apply the Co-opetition Value Net framework (Brandenburger and Nalebuff, 1996) to map cooperative and competitive dynamics in business relationships. Use this skill when the user needs to identify complementors, analyze the PARTS framework, or design strategies that simultaneously cooperate and compete with the same players.

Apply Bhaskar's critical realism to analyze phenomena through three ontological domains (real, actual, empirical), identify generative causal mechanisms via retroduction, and examine structure-agency interplay. Use this skill when the user needs to go beyond surface correlations to underlying causes, design research that distinguishes mechanisms from events from experiences, or when they ask 'what causes this beyond the observed pattern', 'what structures enable or constrain this behavior', or 'how do I move from correlation to causal explanation'.

Apply cultivation theory (Gerbner) to analyze how long-term media exposure shapes worldviews. Use this skill when the user needs to study cumulative media effects on audience beliefs, evaluate mainstreaming and resonance phenomena, or assess how media consumption patterns correlate with perceptions of social reality — even if they say 'does watching news make people more fearful', 'how does media shape worldview', or 'mean world syndrome'.

Apply Porter's Diamond Model to analyze national competitive advantage for a specific industry. Use this skill when the user needs to evaluate why certain nations dominate particular industries, assess a country's attractiveness for industry investment, or diagnose gaps in national competitiveness using the four determinants plus government and chance.

Apply Difference-in-Differences (DID) to estimate causal treatment effects by comparing changes in outcomes between treatment and control groups. Use this skill when the user evaluates policy interventions, natural experiments, or regulatory changes, needs to test parallel trends, or when they ask 'did this policy work', 'how do I identify causal effects without randomization', or 'what is the treatment effect'.

Apply the three-level framework of digital transformation — Digitization, Digitalization, and Digital Transformation — to diagnose and plan organizational change enabled by digital technologies. Use this skill when the user needs to assess an organization's digital maturity, distinguish between automating processes versus transforming business models, plan a DX roadmap, or when they ask 'where are we on digital transformation', 'is this digitization or real transformation', or 'how do we build a DX strategy'.

Apply Christensen's Disruptive Innovation theory to assess low-end and new-market threats to incumbents. Use this skill when the user needs to evaluate whether a new entrant poses a disruptive threat, analyze why incumbents fail against inferior-but-cheaper alternatives, or design a disruption strategy targeting overserved customers.

Apply dual-process theory to diagnose whether judgments arise from fast intuitive (System 1) or slow analytical (System 2) processing and identify resulting cognitive biases. Use this skill when the user needs to explain why quick decisions go wrong, design choice architectures that account for cognitive defaults, audit decision processes for heuristic errors, or when they ask 'why do people misjudge probability', 'how to reduce snap-judgment errors', or 'when does intuition fail'.

Apply the Elaboration Likelihood Model to design persuasion strategies by matching message type to audience elaboration level. Use this skill when the user needs to craft persuasive communications, choose between argument-based and cue-based messaging, predict attitude durability after a campaign, or when they ask 'why did the message fail to persuade', 'how to change resistant attitudes', or 'should we use data or endorsements'.

Apply Granovetter's embeddedness theory to analyze how economic behavior is embedded in ongoing social relations, avoiding both over-socialized and under-socialized accounts. Use this skill when the user needs to explain why market transactions deviate from pure economic rationality, analyze how trust and social ties shape business dealings, evaluate structural vs relational embeddedness in inter-firm networks, or when they ask 'why do firms prefer existing partners over cheaper alternatives', 'how do social relationships shape economic outcomes', or 'is this market truly arms-length'.

Apply the Efficient Market Hypothesis (Fama, 1970) to evaluate information incorporation in asset prices across weak, semi-strong, and strong forms. Use this skill when the user needs to assess market efficiency, determine if a trading strategy can generate abnormal returns, evaluate event studies, or when they ask 'can technical analysis work', 'does the market already know this', or 'is this anomaly exploitable'.

Apply ethnographic methods including prolonged engagement, participant observation, thick description, and netnography to study cultures and communities. Use this skill when the user needs to design fieldwork with immersive observation, interpret cultural practices through thick description, study online communities via netnography, or when they ask 'how do I study a culture or community', 'what is participant observation', or 'how do I apply ethnography to online settings'.

Apply event study methodology to measure abnormal returns and cumulative abnormal returns (CAR) around corporate or market events. Use this skill when the user needs to quantify the market impact of announcements, design event and estimation windows, or when they ask 'did this event affect stock price', 'how do I calculate abnormal returns', or 'what is the market reaction to this announcement'.

Apply the Fama-French three-factor model to decompose asset returns into market, size, and value factors. Use this skill when the user needs to explain cross-sectional return differences, evaluate fund performance beyond CAPM alpha, assess small-cap or value tilts in a portfolio, or when they ask 'why do small caps earn more', 'is value premium real', or 'what factors drive returns'.

Apply Bourdieu's field theory to analyze power relations through the interplay of field, capital, and habitus. Use this skill when the user needs to map positions and position-takings within a social field, analyze how different forms of capital (economic, cultural, social, symbolic) structure competition, explain why actors behave as they do within institutional settings, or when they ask 'why do people in this industry act this way', 'who has power and why', or 'how does this field reproduce inequality'.

Apply flow theory to diagnose optimal experience conditions and design environments that balance challenge and skill for sustained engagement. Use this skill when the user needs to explain why users disengage from tasks, optimize task difficulty for peak performance, design learning progressions or gamification systems, or when they ask 'why do people lose focus', 'how to design for engagement', or 'what conditions produce peak performance'.

Apply framing theory to analyze how selection, emphasis, and exclusion shape interpretation of issues. Use this skill when the user needs to deconstruct media or organizational frames, evaluate how different frames affect audience perception and decision-making, or design strategic communication frames — even if they say 'how is this issue being portrayed', 'why do people see this differently', or 'how should we frame this message'.

Apply governance theory to analyze multi-level, network, and collaborative governance arrangements beyond traditional government. Use this skill when the user needs to evaluate public-private partnerships, analyze multi-stakeholder governance structures, compare governance models across sectors, or assess institutional arrangements for collective decision-making — even if they say 'who governs this', 'public-private collaboration', or 'how are decisions made across organizations'.

Apply Grounded Theory (Glaser and Strauss) to build theory inductively from qualitative data through open, axial, and selective coding. Use this skill when the user needs to develop new theory from data rather than test existing hypotheses, conduct theoretical sampling and constant comparison, determine when theoretical saturation is reached, or when they ask 'what theory explains this phenomenon', 'how do I code qualitative data systematically', or 'when do I stop collecting data'.

Habitual Domain (HD) theory by Taiwanese scholar P.L. Yu (游伯龍, 1977) — integrates four domains (potential/actual/reachable/activated), eight general hypotheses, seven-layer decision structure, and nine HD-expansion tools to analyze decision blind spots, break cognitive inertia, and support cross-domain integration. Use for diagnosing why alternatives are invisible, decision paralysis, breaking cognitive frames, or explaining perception gaps between people. Triggers: 『思維框架』『打破盲點』『創新思考』『決策盲區』『跨域整合』『游伯龍』『習慣領域』『HD 理論』『七層決策』『四領域』『八大通性』『P.L. Yu』. Especially for NYCU EMBA HD course, 政大科管所, 中山企管系 decision-analysis/innovation/leadership courses. Taiwan-origin theory cited in J. Optimization Theory, Theory & Decision, Human Systems Management.

Apply Hierarchical Linear Modeling (HLM) to analyze nested data structures with random intercepts and slopes, accounting for intra-class correlation and cross-level interactions. Use this skill when the user has students nested in schools, employees in firms, or repeated measures in individuals, needs to partition variance across levels, or when they ask 'how do I handle nested data', 'what is ICC', or 'do group-level factors moderate individual-level relationships'.

Apply information economics to diagnose and remedy market failures caused by asymmetric information. Use this skill when the user needs to analyze adverse selection, moral hazard, or signaling and screening mechanisms, especially in insurance, labor, credit, or product quality markets.

Apply the Bass Diffusion Model (1969) to forecast innovation adoption using innovation and imitation coefficients. Use this skill when the user needs to forecast new product adoption curves, estimate market penetration timing, calibrate launch strategy based on diffusion dynamics, or when they ask 'how fast will this spread', 'when does adoption take off', or 'what is the expected S-curve'.

Apply the DeLone and McLean Information Systems Success Model to evaluate IS effectiveness through six interdependent dimensions. Use this skill when the user needs to assess system quality, information quality, or service quality of an IS, diagnose why users are dissatisfied, measure net benefits of a system investment, or when they ask 'how do we measure IS success', 'why are users unhappy with this system', or 'is our system delivering value'.

Apply mechanism design (reverse game theory) to engineer incentive-compatible rules for allocation problems. Use this skill when the user needs to design auctions, voting systems, or matching markets, or when evaluating whether a proposed mechanism satisfies incentive compatibility and individual rationality constraints.

Apply meta-analysis to synthesize effect sizes across multiple studies, assess heterogeneity, and evaluate publication bias. Use this skill when the user needs to combine findings from prior research, compare fixed-effect vs random-effects models, compute pooled effect sizes, or when they ask 'what does the overall evidence say', 'how do I combine results across studies', or 'is there publication bias'.

Design and conduct mixed methods research using convergent, explanatory sequential, or exploratory sequential strategies with genuine integration of qualitative and quantitative strands. Use this skill when the user needs to choose a mixed methods design, integrate qualitative and quantitative data at design, methods, or interpretation levels, justify mixing on pragmatist grounds, or when they ask 'which mixed methods design should I use', 'how do I integrate qual and quant findings', or 'is running both qual and quant enough to be mixed methods'.

Apply the Modigliani-Miller theorem to analyze capital structure decisions and identify when financing choices affect firm value. Use this skill when the user needs to evaluate debt-equity tradeoffs, assess the impact of leverage on firm value, understand tax shield benefits, or when they ask 'does capital structure matter', 'should we take on more debt', or 'what is the optimal leverage ratio'.

Apply narrative research methods to understand human experience through stories, analyzing narrative structure, temporality, and meaning-making in life stories and oral histories. Use this skill when the user needs to analyze how people construct meaning through storytelling, examine narrative structure and plot, conduct life story or oral history research, or when they ask 'how do stories shape identity', 'how do I analyze a life narrative', or 'what does this story reveal about experience'.

Apply network economics to analyze markets with network effects, critical mass dynamics, and platform competition. Use this skill when the user needs to evaluate tipping points, lock-in risks, switching costs, or standards wars, especially in technology platforms and two-sided markets.

Apply Dunning's OLI Paradigm (Eclectic Theory) to evaluate foreign direct investment decisions based on Ownership, Location, and Internalization advantages. Use this skill when the user needs to decide whether to invest abroad, choose between FDI modes (wholly-owned subsidiary, joint venture, licensing), or explain why a firm internationalizes through FDI rather than export or licensing.

Apply organizational ecology (Hannan and Freeman) to analyze population-level dynamics of organizational founding, failure, and selection. Use this skill when the user needs to explain industry-level patterns of birth and death rates, analyze structural inertia and liabilities of newness or aging, evaluate why adaptation is rare relative to selection, or when they ask 'why do most startups fail', 'why is this industry dominated by old firms', or 'why do organizations resist change despite environmental pressure'.

Apply panel data analysis with fixed effects, random effects, and dynamic GMM to exploit longitudinal variation and control for unobserved heterogeneity. Use this skill when the user has repeated observations over time for multiple entities, needs to choose between FE and RE via Hausman test, or when they ask 'how do I control for firm-specific effects', 'fixed or random effects', or 'how to handle endogeneity in panels'.

Apply Kuhn's paradigm theory to analyze scientific progress through the cycle of normal science, anomalies, crisis, and revolution. Use this skill when the user needs to understand why a field resists change, trace paradigm shifts in a discipline, analyze incommensurability between competing frameworks, or when they ask 'why do scientists ignore contradictory evidence', 'how do scientific revolutions happen', or 'why can't proponents of different paradigms agree'.

Apply Smith and Lewis's paradox theory to identify and manage organizational tensions across performing, organizing, belonging, and learning dimensions. Use this skill when the user needs to diagnose persistent either/or tensions, design dynamic equilibrium strategies that embrace both poles, or when they ask 'why does solving this problem make it worse', 'how do we pursue exploration AND exploitation simultaneously', or 'why do our strategic tensions keep recurring despite resolution attempts'.

Apply pecking order theory (Myers and Majluf, 1984) to analyze how information asymmetry drives financing hierarchy decisions. Use this skill when the user needs to explain why firms prefer internal over external financing, interpret equity issuance as a negative signal, evaluate capital raising decisions, or when they ask 'why did the stock drop on the equity offering', 'should we use debt or equity', or 'why do firms hoard cash'.

Apply phenomenological methods including bracketing (epoche), lived experience inquiry, and Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) to uncover the essence of human experience. Use this skill when the user needs to study how people experience a phenomenon from the first-person perspective, apply Husserlian descriptive or Heideggerian interpretive phenomenology, conduct IPA with idiographic focus, or when they ask 'what is the lived experience of X', 'how do I bracket my assumptions', or 'how do I do IPA'.

Apply platform economics to analyze network effects, solve chicken-and-egg problems, and design multi-sided platform pricing strategies. Use this skill when the user needs to evaluate a platform business model, diagnose why a platform is failing to scale, or choose a subsidy strategy for bootstrapping a two-sided market.

Apply Partial Least Squares SEM (PLS-SEM) with reflective and formative measurement models to maximize explained variance in endogenous constructs. Use this skill when the user has small samples, formative indicators, or exploratory models, needs to assess AVE/CR/HTMT, or when they ask 'should I use PLS or CB-SEM', 'how do I handle formative constructs', or 'what is the path coefficient significance'.

Apply Kingdon's multiple streams framework to analyze how problems, policies, and politics converge to open policy windows. Use this skill when the user needs to explain why certain policies get adopted while others don't, identify policy windows and entrepreneurial opportunities, or analyze the agenda-setting process in public policy — even if they say 'why did this policy pass now', 'policy window', or 'how do issues get on the agenda'.

Apply pragmatist philosophy (Peirce, James, Dewey) to frame knowledge as instrumental for action, evaluate ideas by their practical consequences, and conduct inquiry as problem-solving. Use this skill when the user needs to bridge theory and practice, evaluate competing theories by their usefulness, employ abductive reasoning to generate hypotheses, or when they ask 'which theory is more useful here', 'how do I move from abstract ideas to actionable knowledge', or 'what practical difference does this distinction make'.

Apply public choice theory to analyze political decision-making as rational self-interested behavior. Use this skill when the user needs to evaluate government policy failures, rent-seeking costs, voting outcomes, or bureaucratic incentives, especially when the assumption of benevolent government is questionable.

Apply real options analysis to value managerial flexibility embedded in investment decisions. Use this skill when the user needs to evaluate projects with significant uncertainty and flexibility, assess the value of deferring or expanding investments, compare traditional NPV with expanded NPV, or when they ask 'should we wait to invest', 'what is the option to abandon worth', or 'why does NPV undervalue this project'.

Apply Service-Dominant Logic (Vargo and Lusch, 2004) and value co-creation principles to reframe exchange and value creation. Use this skill when the user needs to redesign value propositions around service exchange, analyze co-creation dynamics between firms and customers, shift from goods-dominant to service-dominant thinking, or when they ask 'how is value created with customers', 'what is our service logic', or 'how do we enable co-creation'.

Apply Self-Determination Theory to analyze motivation quality along the autonomy continuum and design interventions that satisfy basic psychological needs. Use this skill when the user needs to diagnose why intrinsic motivation is declining, evaluate incentive structures for motivational crowding, design need-supportive environments, or when they ask 'why did rewards backfire', 'how to foster intrinsic motivation', or 'what needs drive engagement'.

Apply Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) to test hypothesized causal structures by combining measurement models (CFA) and structural models (path analysis). Use this skill when the user needs to validate latent constructs, test mediation or moderation paths, assess model fit with CFI/TLI/RMSEA/SRMR, or when they ask 'do these variables form a causal chain', 'how do I test my theoretical model', or 'is my measurement model valid'.

Apply Weick's sensemaking theory to analyze how individuals and organizations construct meaning from ambiguous situations. Use this skill when the user needs to analyze organizational responses to crises, understand how interpretive frames shape action, diagnose breakdowns in collective understanding, or when they ask 'how did they interpret this situation', 'why did the organization fail to see the warning signs', or 'how do people make sense of disruption'.

Apply the SERVQUAL model (Parasuraman, Zeithaml, and Berry, 1988) to measure service quality gaps across five dimensions. Use this skill when the user needs to diagnose service quality shortfalls, benchmark customer expectations against perceptions, design service improvement programs, or when they ask 'where is our service failing', 'what do customers expect vs experience', or 'how do we measure service quality'.

Apply signaling theory (Spence, 1973) to analyze how agents communicate private information through costly, credible signals under information asymmetry. Use this skill when the user needs to evaluate whether a corporate action serves as a credible signal, analyze dividend or IPO signaling, assess separating vs pooling equilibria, or when they ask 'why do firms pay dividends', 'is this signal credible', or 'how does underpricing signal quality'.

Apply social capital theory (Putnam, Coleman, Bourdieu, Burt) to analyze how network structures and trust generate value or impose constraints. Use this skill when the user needs to evaluate bridging vs bonding capital, identify structural holes or network closure benefits, assess community or organizational trust dynamics, or when they ask 'how does our network create value', 'are we too insular', or 'where are the structural holes we can exploit'.

Apply Social Identity Theory to analyze how group categorization, identification, and intergroup comparison drive behavior, bias, and conflict. Use this skill when the user needs to explain in-group favoritism or out-group hostility, diagnose organizational silo dynamics, design inclusive team structures, or when they ask 'why do groups polarize', 'how does team identity affect collaboration', or 'what drives us-vs-them thinking'.

Apply Sociotechnical Systems Theory to analyze and design work systems through joint optimization of social and technical subsystems. Use this skill when the user needs to diagnose why a technology implementation disrupted work practices, design IT-enabled work systems that balance human and technical needs, or when they ask 'why did this system hurt productivity despite being technically sound', 'how do we design work around new technology', or 'why are people resisting this technically superior system'.

Apply spiral of silence theory (Noelle-Neumann) to analyze how perceived opinion climate suppresses minority expression. Use this skill when the user needs to understand why certain viewpoints disappear from public discourse, evaluate the role of fear of isolation in opinion expression, or assess opinion climate dynamics — even if they say 'why are people afraid to speak up', 'silent majority', or 'social pressure on opinions'.

Apply Agency Theory (Jensen and Meckling, 1976) to diagnose principal-agent problems — moral hazard, adverse selection — and design governance mechanisms to align interests. Use this skill when the user needs to analyze conflicts of interest between owners and managers, design incentive or monitoring structures, evaluate corporate governance effectiveness, or when they ask 'how do we ensure managers act in shareholders interest', 'why is this incentive plan failing', or 'what governance mechanisms reduce agency costs'.

Apply the Dynamic Capabilities framework (Teece et al., 1997) — sensing, seizing, and transforming — to analyze how firms adapt, integrate, and reconfigure competences in rapidly changing environments. Use this skill when the user needs to explain why some firms sustain advantage while others decline, evaluate organizational agility, distinguish operational from strategic capabilities, or when they ask 'how do we stay competitive as the market shifts', 'why did this firm fail to adapt', or 'what capabilities do we need to build'.

Apply Institutional Theory (DiMaggio and Powell, 1983) to analyze how coercive, mimetic, and normative isomorphic pressures shape organizational structures and practices. Use this skill when the user needs to explain why organizations in the same field look alike, evaluate whether a practice was adopted for legitimacy vs efficiency, analyze regulatory or social pressures on strategy, or when they ask 'why do all firms in this industry do the same thing', 'is this best practice or just conformity', or 'how do regulations shape our structure'.

Apply the Knowledge-Based View (Grant, 1996) and Nonaka and Takeuchi's SECI model to analyze how organizations create, transfer, and integrate knowledge for competitive advantage. Use this skill when the user needs to design knowledge management systems, understand why knowledge transfer fails across teams, evaluate knowledge creation processes, or when they ask 'how do we capture tacit knowledge', 'why does knowledge stay siloed', or 'how can we turn individual expertise into organizational capability'.

Apply the Resource-Based View (Barney, 1991) and VRIO framework to evaluate whether a firm's resources and capabilities confer sustained competitive advantage. Use this skill when the user needs to assess internal resources for strategic value, determine if a competitive edge is sustainable, audit resource portfolios for VRIO criteria, or when they ask 'what makes our advantage sustainable', 'which resources matter most', or 'can competitors replicate this'.

Apply Stakeholder Theory (Freeman, 1984) and the Mitchell et al. (1997) salience model to identify, classify, and prioritize stakeholders based on power, legitimacy, and urgency. Use this skill when the user needs to map stakeholders for a project or strategy, determine which stakeholders demand immediate attention, balance competing stakeholder interests, or when they ask 'who are our key stakeholders', 'how do we prioritize conflicting demands', or 'which stakeholders can block this initiative'.

Apply Transaction Cost Economics (Williamson, 1975, 1985) to analyze governance structure choices — market, hybrid, or hierarchy — based on transaction characteristics. Use this skill when the user needs to decide make-or-buy, evaluate outsourcing vs vertical integration, design governance mechanisms for inter-firm relationships, or when they ask 'should we build this in-house or outsource', 'why do firms vertically integrate', or 'how should we structure this partnership'.

Apply Upper Echelons Theory (Hambrick and Mason, 1984) to analyze how top management team characteristics — demographics, experiences, values — shape strategic choices and organizational outcomes. Use this skill when the user needs to evaluate TMT composition effects on strategy, predict strategic direction from leadership profiles, assess whether managerial discretion enables or constrains executive influence, or when they ask 'does leadership background matter for strategy', 'how does TMT composition affect decisions', or 'why did this management team make that choice'.

Apply Giddens' structuration theory to analyze the duality of structure — how social structures are both the medium and outcome of the practices they organize. Use this skill when the user needs to bridge agency and structure in organizational or social analysis, explain how routines reproduce or transform institutional patterns, analyze the recursive relationship between action and structure, or when they ask 'do people shape institutions or do institutions shape people', 'how are these routines maintained', or 'where does change come from if structures constrain action'.

Apply rigorous survey design principles including construct operationalization, Likert scale development, reliability and validity assessment, and common method variance control. Use this skill when the user designs questionnaires, develops measurement items, needs to evaluate Cronbach's alpha or AVE, or when they ask 'how do I operationalize this construct', 'is my scale reliable', or 'how do I control for CMV'.

Apply sustainability frameworks (triple bottom line, SDGs, ESG, circular economy) to evaluate whether strategies balance economic, social, and environmental dimensions. Use this skill when the user needs to assess ESG performance, design circular economy strategies, align business models with SDGs, or when they ask 'is this strategy truly sustainable', 'how do we measure ESG impact', 'what does a circular business model look like', or 'how do we avoid greenwashing'.

Conduct a systematic literature review following the PRISMA framework with explicit search strategy, inclusion and exclusion criteria, quality assessment, and transparent synthesis. Use this skill when the user needs to design a reproducible literature search, apply PRISMA flow documentation, develop inclusion and exclusion criteria, assess study quality, or when they ask 'how do I do a systematic review', 'what is PRISMA', or 'how do I make my literature review reproducible'.

Apply the Technology Acceptance Model (Davis, 1989) and Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (Venkatesh et al., 2003) to predict technology adoption. Use this skill when the user needs to evaluate user acceptance of a new system, diagnose adoption barriers, design interventions to improve technology uptake, or when they ask 'why aren't users adopting this', 'what drives technology acceptance', or 'how do we increase adoption rates'.

Apply the TPACK framework to evaluate and design technology-integrated instruction at the intersection of technological, pedagogical, and content knowledge. Use this skill when the user needs to assess teacher readiness for technology integration, design professional development for ed-tech, or evaluate whether technology use is pedagogically grounded — even if they say 'how to integrate technology in teaching', 'ed-tech evaluation', or 'teacher technology competency'.

Apply the Theory of Planned Behavior to predict behavioral intentions from attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control, and identify intervention leverage points. Use this skill when the user needs to predict adoption of a new behavior, diagnose why an intended behavior does not occur, design behavior change campaigns, or when they ask 'why do people not follow through', 'what predicts behavior change', or 'how to increase adoption rates'.

Apply the Uppsala Internationalization Model to analyze gradual foreign market entry based on psychic distance and experiential learning. Use this skill when the user needs to plan a staged internationalization sequence, understand why firms enter culturally similar markets first, or evaluate whether a firm's international expansion follows the establishment chain from export to subsidiary.

Apply structured critical thinking — identifying claims, evidence, reasoning chains, hidden assumptions, and logical fallacies — to evaluate or construct specific written arguments rigorously. Use this skill when the user presents a concrete argument, claim, op-ed, research finding, or piece of reasoning to be analyzed for logical validity or flaws, even if they say 'is this argument valid', 'what logical fallacies are in this', or 'what assumptions am I making in this thesis'. Do NOT use for casual plan review, trip planning, project risk brainstorming, or pre-mortems — 'poke holes in my plan' requests are red-team / risk review, not argument analysis.

Apply Hegelian dialectics (thesis-antithesis-synthesis) to analyze contradictions and generate higher-order understanding. Use this skill when the user needs to resolve opposing viewpoints, find creative synthesis between conflicting positions, or move past binary thinking — even if they say 'both sides have valid points', 'how do we reconcile these views', or 'is there a third option'.

Apply discourse analysis to examine how language constructs meaning, power relationships, and social reality in texts and communications. Use this skill when the user needs to analyze how a text frames an issue, uncover hidden assumptions in language, examine power dynamics in communication, or deconstruct media/corporate/political messaging — even if they say 'what's really being said here', 'how is this framing the issue', or 'analyze the language in this document'.

Apply ethical frameworks — deontology, utilitarianism, virtue ethics, and justice theory — to analyze moral dilemmas and make principled decisions. Use this skill when the user presents a concrete moral dilemma, a decision with ethical implications, or needs a structured multi-framework ethical analysis, even if they say 'is this the right thing to do', 'what are the ethical implications of this decision', or 'evaluate this dilemma through different ethical lenses'.

Use historical analogies to inform strategic decisions by identifying structural similarities and differences between past and present situations. Use this skill when the user draws on historical precedent to justify a strategy, needs to evaluate whether a historical comparison is valid, or wants to learn from past events — even if they say 'this is like the dotcom bubble', 'history repeats itself', or 'what can we learn from how X handled this'.

Apply narrative structure and storytelling techniques for brand, business, and communication contexts. Use this skill when the user needs to craft a compelling story, build a brand narrative, structure a presentation around a story arc, or use storytelling to communicate data or strategy — even if they say 'tell a better story', 'make this presentation more engaging', or 'how do we build our brand story'.

Apply classical rhetoric — Ethos, Pathos, Logos — to analyze persuasive communication and craft effective arguments. Use this skill when the user needs to make a speech more persuasive, analyze why a piece of communication is effective, write a compelling proposal, or evaluate rhetorical strategies — even if they say 'make this more convincing', 'why is this speech so powerful', or 'how do I persuade the board'.

Apply Socratic questioning — systematic inquiry via clarification, assumption-probing, evidence-testing, perspective-shifting, implication-tracing, and meta-questions — to coach learning or surface hidden assumptions in a person's reasoning. Use this skill when the user is explicitly facilitating learning, coaching a person through their own thinking, or needs a structured questioning sequence to probe a held belief, even if they say 'play devil's advocate on this claim' or 'how should I coach my team through this problem via questions'. Do NOT use for open-ended brainstorming, information gathering, or requirements-discovery question lists where no belief is being probed.

Evaluate source credibility using primary/secondary classification, internal/external criticism, triangulation, and misinformation detection. Use this skill when the user needs to assess whether information is trustworthy, evaluate research sources, fact-check claims, or detect misinformation — even if they say 'can I trust this source', 'is this real', 'how reliable is this data', or 'fact-check this for me'.

Analyze contract fundamentals including formation requirements (offer, acceptance, consideration), essential clauses, and common risk areas. Use this skill when the user needs to review a contract, understand contract terms, identify risky clauses, or draft contract provisions — even if they say 'review this agreement', 'what should I watch out for in this contract', or 'is this clause standard'.

Analyze data privacy compliance requirements under GDPR, Taiwan's Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA), and related regulations. Use this skill when the user needs to assess data privacy obligations, design compliant data handling processes, evaluate cross-border data transfer risks, or understand data subject rights — even if they say 'do we comply with GDPR', 'can we collect this data', 'what are our privacy obligations', or 'how do we handle user data in Taiwan'.

Analyze intellectual property rights across patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. Use this skill when the user needs to understand IP protection options, evaluate whether their work is protectable, assess infringement risk, or design an IP strategy — even if they say 'can I patent this', 'someone copied our design', 'how do we protect our brand name', or 'what IP do we have'.

Apply IRAC (Issue, Rule, Application, Conclusion) method for structured legal analysis. Use this skill when the user needs to analyze a legal question systematically, write a legal memo, evaluate whether a law applies to a situation, or structure a legal argument — even if they say 'does this law apply', 'analyze this legal issue', or 'write a legal analysis'.

Analyze Taiwan labor law fundamentals under the Labor Standards Act including working hours, overtime, leave, and termination rules. Use this skill when the user needs to understand employment obligations, calculate overtime pay, evaluate whether a termination is lawful, or design compliant HR policies — even if they say 'how much overtime pay do I owe', 'can I fire this employee', 'what leave are employees entitled to', or 'are we complying with labor law'.

Use when writing financial news — earnings, IPO/M&A, regulatory changes, industry trends — from transcripts, filings, or investor materials. Activates business-beat workflow: financial-figure provenance, analyst-stake disclosure, securities-law risk, and number stewardship. Triggers on '寫一篇財報季報導', '分析這份財報', '整理 IPO 新聞', 'turn earnings call into a piece', 'write up M&A announcement'. Defers general craft to med-news-reporter. Do NOT use for press releases (pr-press-release), investment advice (fin-investment-thesis), or marketing (mkt-*).

Use when the user wants to write a culture-and-arts news piece — exhibition coverage, performance reviews, artist interviews, cultural policy analysis, art market reporting, or cultural heritage reporting — from supplied material. Activates culture-beat-specific workflow on top of the general news-reporter workflow: cultural appropriation audit, indigenous knowledge protection, source credibility (institutional PR vs. independent critic), aesthetic judgment marking, and translation/cross-cultural framing discipline. Also triggers on phrases like 'draft an exhibition review', 'write up this gallery opening', 'turn into an album review', '整理展覽新聞', '寫一篇評論', '幫我做藝術家訪談', 'cover this museum exhibition', '草擬一篇文化評論'. Defers general news craft to med-news-reporter; do NOT use for art-marketing copy (use mkt-*) or artist/gallery press releases (use pr-press-release).

Use when the user wants to write an education news piece — school policy, research findings, student achievement data, teacher issues, curriculum reform, or campus events — from supplied material (transcripts, press releases, research papers, data, policy documents, interviews). Specializes the parent med-news-reporter skill for the education beat with research-methodology discipline, demographic verification, effect-size auditing, and education-law red lines. Triggers on phrases like 'write up this education story', 'turn this research into a news piece', '整理校園事件成新聞', '寫一篇教育政策新聞', '幫我把這份 108 課綱新聞寫好', 'draft an education research story', '解讀這份 PISA 排名報導'. Do NOT use for press releases (use pr-press-release), school marketing (use mkt-*), or teacher-training content (use tech-teaching or ecom-*)

Use when writing entertainment news — reviews, box office analysis, streaming reports, festival coverage, casting news — from supplied material (junkets, studio PR, embargoed reviews, interviews). Activates beat-specific discipline: press-junket disclosure, embargo-compliance, PR-vs-news, entertainment-law, industry-data literacy. Triggers: '寫電影評論', 'draft streaming piece', '整理藝人新聞', 'cover premiere', 'analyze box office'. Defers general workflow to med-news-reporter. NOT for fan content, movie marketing (mkt-*), or press releases (pr-press-release).

Use when writing a medical or health news story — clinical research breakthroughs, public health alerts, drug approvals, epidemiology, health policy, patient stories, risk communication — from research papers, press releases, health authority statements, or interviews. Specializes the med-news-reporter workflow for health-beat discipline: relative risk framing, absolute baseline inclusion, evidence-hierarchy verification, deidentification protocol, and WHO suicide-reporting compliance. Triggers on phrases like '寫一篇醫學新研究', 'draft a health news piece', '整理流行病新聞', '幫我把這份臨床試驗結果寫成新聞', '健康新聞報導', 'write up this drug approval', 'health story from this study'. Do NOT use for medical advice (→ consult healthcare provider), pharmaceutical marketing (→ mkt-pharma), hospital PR/press release in house voice (→ pr-press-release).

Use when writing an international news piece — foreign affairs, diplomatic coverage, cross-border conflict, UN/multilateral updates, development news, or geopolitical analysis. Activates international-beat workflow: primary-source verification for distant claims, translation accuracy, conflict-side balance, regional context, source-chain auditing. Triggers on phrases like 'write this UN report', '寫一篇國際新聞', 'international story', 'draft conflict analysis', '整理聯合國決議', 'foreign affairs coverage'. Do NOT use for domestic political stories (use med-political), company press releases (use pr-press-release), or international business news (use med-business).

Use when the user wants to turn raw material — transcripts, interviews, event notes, data, direct quotes — into a publishable news piece (breaking news, investigative report, feature, or op-ed). Activates the full newsroom workflow: type selection, material audit, fact-checking, balance, media-ethics red lines, and media-literacy self-check. Also triggers on phrases like 'write up this transcript', 'turn into a news article', 'organize into a feature', 'polish into a report', 'draft an op-ed', '幫我寫成新聞稿', '潤成一篇報導', '整理成專訪', '寫一篇關於 X 的評論', '把逐字稿做成 feature' — even when the user does not say the word 'news'. Do NOT use for press releases (use pr-press-release) or marketing copy (use mkt-*).

Use when the user wants to write a political news piece — election coverage, legislative reporting, policy analysis, official-statement coverage, poll interpretation, or political profile — from supplied material (transcripts, press releases, poll data, vote records, leaked documents, interviews). Activates political-beat-specific workflow on top of the general news-reporter workflow: stance tagging, poll-reading discipline, defamation/election-law red lines, and frame-neutrality audit. Also triggers on phrases like 'write up this 質詢', 'turn into an election report', 'analyze this poll', '幫我寫成政策追蹤報導', '寫一篇選戰分析', '把這份立委發言整理成新聞', 'cover this candidate's policy platform'. Defers general news craft to med-news-reporter; do NOT use for press releases (use pr-press-release) or government PR (use pr-*).

Use when the user wants to write a sports news piece — game recaps, athlete profiles, league/rule changes, injury reports, trade announcements, doping/discipline coverage — from supplied material (box scores, interviews, official statements, stats, medical updates). Specializes med-news-reporter for the sports beat: era-adjusted stats, source vetting for sports data, medical/injury disclosure limits, athlete-as-public-figure doctrine, doping allegations vs. allegations, sports-betting sensitivity, and on-field performance ≠ off-field authority. Triggers on phrases like 'write up this game', 'turn into a sports feature', 'cover this athlete trade', 'draft a piece on this injury', '寫一篇 MLB 賽季報導', '整理 NBA 交易消息', '寫一篇選手專訪', 'draft an Olympic piece', '報導棒球禁賽風波'. Do NOT use for fantasy sports tips (use fin-*), gambling advice, team marketing/press releases (use pr-*), or player agents' PR (use pr-press-release).

Apply structured decision analysis using decision matrices, decision trees, expected value, and multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA). Use this skill when the user faces a complex decision with multiple options and criteria, needs to compare alternatives objectively, quantify risk vs reward, or facilitate group decisions — even if they say 'which option should we choose', 'help me decide', 'how do we compare these options', or 'what's the expected outcome'.

Apply first principles thinking to break problems down to fundamental truths and reason up from there. Use this skill when the user is stuck in conventional thinking, needs to challenge assumptions, find breakthrough solutions, or evaluate whether something is truly impossible vs just assumed to be — even if they say 'everyone does it this way', 'is there a fundamentally better approach', 'why does it have to cost this much', or 'challenge my assumptions'.

Apply a latticework of mental models from multiple disciplines to improve decision quality. Use this skill when the user needs to think more clearly, avoid cognitive blind spots, apply cross-disciplinary reasoning, or evaluate a complex decision from multiple angles — even if they say 'how should I think about this', 'what am I missing', 'give me a different perspective', or 'what frameworks apply here'.

Conduct scenario planning to prepare for multiple plausible futures using driving forces, uncertainty axes, and the 2x2 scenario matrix. Use this skill when the user faces high uncertainty, needs to stress-test a strategy against different futures, or prepare contingency plans — even if they say 'what if things go wrong', 'what could the future look like', 'how do we prepare for uncertainty', or 'stress-test our strategy'.

Apply structured problem-solving using MECE principle, issue trees, hypothesis-driven approach, and the Pyramid Principle. Use this skill when the user faces a complex, ambiguous problem and needs to decompose it systematically, structure a consulting-style analysis, or organize recommendations clearly — even if they say 'where do I start', 'this problem is too big', 'help me break this down', or 'structure my thinking'.

Apply systems thinking — causal loop diagrams, stock-and-flow models, system archetypes, and leverage-point analysis — to organizational, economic, or social problems where feedback loops, delays, or emergent behavior drive recurring failure across multiple interacting actors. Use this skill when the user describes a multi-actor situation that resists linear fixes: policy interventions that backfire, org-level fixes that break other teams, market symptoms that return after being solved, or time-lagged second-order consequences, even if they say 'why does fixing X make Y worse' or 'identify the leverage points in this system'. Do NOT use for single-cause software bugs, flaky tests, or regressions — those are debugging problems, not systems-thinking problems, even when phrased as 'this keeps coming back'.

Calculate and diagnose Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) by decomposing into Availability, Performance, and Quality rates. Use this skill when the user needs to measure production line efficiency, identify equipment losses, benchmark manufacturing performance, or justify capital investment — even if they say 'why is our output low', 'machine utilization report', 'production efficiency', or 'how much capacity are we losing'.

Design predictive maintenance strategies using sensor data, ML models for remaining useful life (RUL), and the P-F curve framework. Use this skill when the user needs to reduce unplanned downtime, transition from reactive to predictive maintenance, evaluate sensor/IoT investments, or estimate equipment failure probability — even if they say 'machines keep breaking down', 'when will this equipment fail', 'should we invest in IoT sensors', or 'reduce unplanned downtime'.

Design production plans using MPS (Master Production Schedule), MRP (Material Requirements Planning), and capacity planning. Use this skill when the user needs to schedule production, plan material procurement, balance capacity with demand, or optimize production sequencing — even if they say 'we can't keep up with orders', 'when should we order materials', 'production scheduling', or 'how do we plan for next quarter's demand'.

Evaluate and manage suppliers using weighted scorecards across quality, delivery, price, and service dimensions. Use this skill when the user needs to assess supplier performance, compare vendors for selection, design a supplier rating system, or manage supplier development — even if they say 'which supplier should we choose', 'rate our vendors', 'this supplier keeps delivering late', or 'build a vendor evaluation system'.

Design and execute marketing A/B tests for landing pages, email campaigns, ad creatives, and pricing with proper test design and result analysis. Use this skill when the user needs to test marketing variations, improve conversion rates through experimentation, or decide between two campaign approaches — even if they say 'which version performs better', 'test this landing page', 'A/B test our email subject line', or 'should we change our CTA'.

Optimize digital advertising campaigns across Google Ads, Meta Ads, and LINE LAP including bidding strategies, audience targeting, creative testing, and ROAS optimization. Use this skill when the user needs to improve ad performance, reduce CPA, select bidding strategies, or allocate budget across platforms — even if they say 'our ads aren't working', 'reduce our cost per acquisition', 'Google vs Facebook ads', or 'improve our ROAS'.

Build and manage content calendars for multi-platform content marketing including editorial planning, content type allocation, and team workflow. Use this skill when the user needs to plan content across channels, coordinate a content team, maintain publishing consistency, or align content with business goals — even if they say 'we post randomly', 'plan our content for next month', 'content strategy', or 'what should we post this week'.

Conduct technical and on-page SEO audits covering crawlability, site speed, mobile-friendliness, and content optimization. Use this skill when the user needs to improve search rankings, diagnose traffic drops, audit a website for SEO issues, or plan an SEO strategy — even if they say 'why is our traffic dropping', 'audit our SEO', 'how do we rank higher on Google', or 'our site is slow'.

Apply the Business Model Canvas (BMC) to map and evaluate business models across nine building blocks. Use this skill when the user needs to design a new business model, evaluate an existing one, compare business model options, or prepare for a strategy session — even if they say 'describe our business model', 'how do we make money', 'fill out a BMC', or 'design a new revenue model'.

Review business contracts for risk identification including liability clauses, IP ownership, termination terms, and payment conditions. Use this skill when the user needs a practical contract risk assessment for vendor agreements, partnership contracts, or service agreements — even if they say 'review this contract', 'what should I watch out for', 'is this agreement fair', or 'negotiate better terms'.

Digital-transformation execution playbook: maturity assessment, transformation roadmap, Operating Model redesign, PMO and transformation governance, data/AI platform deployment, process digitization, organizational agility, digital talent, and change management. Use for DX roadmap design, transformation governance (CDO/PMO/Steering Committee), data/AI/cloud platform planning, ERP or core-system upgrade, traditional-industry digitization, or DX organizational resistance. Triggers: 『DX 從哪開始』『數位長』『資料平台』『AI 落地』『傳產數位化』『ERP 要不要換』『轉型辦公室』『員工不配合數位化』『Operating Model』『敏捷轉型』『PMO』. For Taiwan EMBA info-management/DX/strategy/operations/change courses. Focuses on execution; theory layer: use Asgard `grad-digital-transformation`, `grad-sociotechnical`, `grad-tam-utaut`.

Leadership-style decision framework combining transformational, transactional, servant, situational, and authentic leadership into a situation-based decision tree. Use for diagnosing leadership challenges, succession planning, change management, crisis response, taking over a new team, or generational-gap issues. Triggers: 『該用什麼領導風格』『怎麼帶這個團隊』『接班交棒』『危機領導』『年輕員工不吃這一套』『威權還是授權』『轉型領導』『僕人領導』『情境領導』『真誠領導』. For Taiwan EMBA leadership courses (台大／政大／師大), executive self-diagnosis, and succession-leadership style. 9-box/人才盤點/繼任規劃工具: use `ops-talent-strategy`.

Create structured meeting minutes with decisions, action items, and follow-up tracking. Use this skill when the user needs to document meetings effectively, track action items, improve meeting productivity, or set up a meeting note system — even if they say 'take notes for this meeting', 'what was decided', 'who's responsible for what', or 'our meetings have no follow-through'.

Apply principled negotiation using BATNA, ZOPA, and the Harvard method to prepare for and conduct negotiations. Use this skill when the user needs to prepare for a negotiation, evaluate their bargaining position, design win-win solutions, or handle difficult negotiation situations — even if they say 'how do I negotiate this deal', 'what's my leverage', 'they won't budge on price', or 'help me prepare for this meeting'.

Design and implement OKR (Objectives and Key Results) for goal-setting and strategic alignment across organizational levels. Use this skill when the user needs to set team or company goals, align departments to strategy, track quarterly progress, or transition from KPI to OKR systems — even if they say 'set our quarterly goals', 'how does OKR work', 'align team goals with company vision', or 'our goals feel disconnected'.

Integrated organizational-behavior diagnostic toolkit across three layers: individual motivation (Maslow/Herzberg/McGregor/McClelland/SDT), team dynamics (Tuckman), and organizational culture (Schein three levels, Hofstede). Use for diagnosing a new team, case-study OB problems, culture change, motivation failure, team stagnation, or cross-cultural management. Triggers: 『團隊士氣低』『怎麼激勵』『文化怎麼改』『新團隊怎麼帶』『加薪沒效果』『公司的文化』『跨國團隊管不動』『Maslow』『Herzberg』『Tuckman』『Schein』『Hofstede』. For Taiwan EMBA OB/HR/cross-cultural courses (陽交／清大／師大). Single-theory deep dives: use Asgard `grad-sdt`, `grad-social-identity`, `grad-sensemaking`.

Structure and write investor pitch decks covering problem, solution, market, business model, traction, team, and financials. Use this skill when the user needs to create a fundraising presentation, prepare for investor meetings, or structure a startup pitch — even if they say 'build a pitch deck', 'present to investors', 'prepare for fundraising', or 'how should I structure my pitch'.

Strategic talent-management toolkit integrating 9-box grid (performance × potential), succession planning, competency models, and talent review into one operational flow. Use for key-position-risk diagnosis, succession pipeline design, family-business second-generation grooming, annual talent review, competency/promotion systems, or post-M&A talent retention. Triggers: 『誰來接班』『關鍵職缺斷鏈』『高潛人才』『績效考核跟晉升脫節』『家族二代怎麼養』『留才方案』『9-box』『繼任規劃』『職能模型』『人才盤點』. For Taiwan EMBA strategic-HR/OB/family-business courses (政大／成大). Algorithmic HR tools: use Asgard `algo-hr-compensation`, `algo-hr-matching`, `algo-hr-turnover`.