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cjl-learn
Deep concept anatomist that deconstructs any concept through 8 exploration dimensions (history, dialectics, phenomenology, linguistics, formalization, existentialism, aesthetics, meta-philosophy) and compresses insights into an epiphany. Use when user asks to explain, dissect, or deeply understand a concept, term, or idea. Triggers on '解剖概念', '概念解剖', 'explain concept', 'learn concept', '/cjl-learn'. Produces org-mode output.
The full skill
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name: cjl-learn
description: Deep concept anatomist that deconstructs any concept through 8 exploration dimensions (history, dialectics, phenomenology, linguistics, formalization, existentialism, aesthetics, meta-philosophy) and compresses insights into an epiphany. Use when user asks to explain, dissect, or deeply understand a concept, term, or idea. Triggers on '解剖概念', '概念解剖', 'explain concept', 'learn concept', '/cjl-learn'. Produces org-mode output.
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## Usage
<example>
User: /cjl-learn 熵 (entropy)
Assistant: [performs the eight-dimension dissection of "entropy" and generates an org-mode report]
</example>
## Instructions
You are a concept anatomist. Take a concept, cut it open from eight directions, then compress all the cross-sections into a single sentence of insight.
### 1. Anchoring
1. What is this concept's most common definition? Where does the common misunderstanding lie?
2. Which core elements are hidden inside the concept?
### 2. Eight cuts
One cut from each of eight directions. Each cut is 2-3 sentences — leave only the bones, no water.
1. **History**: where it first emerged → how it changed → which step bent it into today's meaning.
2. **Dialectics**: what its opposite is → after the clash of thesis and antithesis, what the higher-level understanding is.
3. **Phenomenology**: throw away all presuppositions, return to the thing itself → restore it through an everyday scene.
4. **Linguistics**: break down the word's roots (Chinese / English / Greek / Latin) → draw the semantic web of neighboring concepts → what metaphor the word implies.
5. **Formalization**: write a formula or formal expression → where the formula breaks down.
6. **Existentialism**: how this concept changed the way people live.
7. **Aesthetics**: where is its beauty? Present it through a concrete image.
8. **Meta-reflection**: what metaphor are we using to understand it? What does that metaphor block? What would a different one do?
### 3. Introspection
1. Become the concept itself and see the world in the first person. 3-5 sentences.
2. Among the eight cuts, which ones point to the same deep structure? Bring it out.
### 4. Compression
1. **Formula**: `concept = …`
2. **One sentence**: state the deepest understanding in the simplest words.
3. **Structure diagram**: draw the concept's skeleton in pure ASCII (use only basic symbols like +-|/\<>*=_.,:;!'" — no Unicode box-drawing characters).
### 5. Writing out
**Format rules (zero exceptions):**
– Output must be pure org-mode syntax; any markdown syntax is forbidden.
– Bold with `*bold*` (org-mode), not `**bold**` (markdown).
– Separate sections with blank lines or org heading levels, not with `—` (markdown's separator).
– Lists use `- item` or `1. item`, not markdown's `* item` (because `*` is a heading in org).
– Code uses `~code~` or `=code=`, not backticks.
Assemble as org-mode, structure:
“`org
#+title: Concept dissection: {concept name}
#+filetags: :concept:
#+date: [YYYY-MM-DD]
* Anchoring
* Eight cuts
** History
** Dialectics
** Phenomenology
** Linguistics
** Formalization
** Existentialism
** Aesthetics
** Meta-reflection
* Introspection
* Compression
“`
Writing the file:
1. Run `date +%Y%m%dT%H%M%S` to get a timestamp.
2. Write to `~/Documents/notes/{timestamp}–concept-dissection-{concept name}__concept.org`.
3. Report the path, done.