Agent skill · research science · aiskillstore
reasoning-analogical
Transfer knowledge from source domains to novel target situations through structural mapping. Use when facing new markets, products, or situations where past experience provides relevant patterns. Produces adapted solutions with explicit mappings and context adjustments.
Why this skill is useful
Provides a structured approach to analogical reasoning that helps the AI adapt solutions across different contexts, which is not commonly found in standard training data.
What it needs
About 6k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-07. 405 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
Analogical Reasoning Transfer structured knowledge across domains. The logic of pattern recognition and adaptation. Type Signature When to Use Use analogical when: Entering new market with experience in similar markets Building new product with experience in similar products Facing novel situation with structural similarity to past cases Need to transfer playbooks across contexts "This is like..." patterns in thinking Don't use when: Cause-effect chain is known → Use Causal Need to explain observation → Use Abductive Competing positions to resolve → Use Dialectical Four-Stage Process Stage 1: Source Retrieval Purpose: Identify relevant prior experience with documented outcomes. Source Selection Criteria: Criterion Question Weight ----------- ---------- -------- Structural similarity Same type of problem/situation? 0.35 Outcome documented Do we know what happened? 0.25 Recency How recent is the experience? 0.15 Success level Did the approach work? 0.15 Context overlap Similar constraints/resources? 0.10 Source Retrieval Process: Output: Stage 2: Structural Mapping Purpose: Extract transferable structure from source domain. Mapping Components: Component Source Example Abstracted ----------- ---------------- ------------ Objects Shopify merchants Platform users Relations Merchant → App → Customer User → Integration → End-user Constraints App store rules Platform policies Mechanisms App store discovery → trial → purchase Discovery → trial → convert Success factors Reviews, featured placement Social proof, visibility Structural Map: Stage 3: Target Application Purpose: Map structure to new context, identifying what transfers and what doesn't. Target Context: Mapping Execution: Stage 4: Adaptation Purpose: Produce concrete plan adjusted for context differences. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills aiskillstore/reasoning-analogical