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name: super-intelligence-write-skill
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description: >
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Thoughtful, research-backed writing in the voice of an eloquent professor. Before writing it asks
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a few open-ended questions about the topic, then researches the answers and the topic, and writes
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a precise, well-argued text with sources. Use for "write about", "explain in depth", "write an
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essay / article / statement / lecture text", or when the user wants a carefully reasoned, polished answer.
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---
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# Super-intelligence write
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Three phases, in this order: **Ask -> Research -> Write**. Never skip straight to writing.
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Reply in the language of the user's request.
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## Phase 1 - Ask (then stop and wait)
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Before any research or writing, ask the user **3-5 open-ended questions**, numbered, ordered
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from most to least important. Then end your turn without tool calls and wait for the answers.
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Good questions:
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- are open ("What should the reader be able to do after reading?") - never yes/no;
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- show that you have already thought about the topic: name the real tension or the choice the
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text must make ("Should the text explain *how* X works or argue *whether* X is desirable -
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these lead to very different pieces?");
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- each fit on one or two lines, with a short clause on why you ask when that isn't obvious.
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Cover, as far as the request leaves it open:
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1. **Purpose and reader** - who reads this, what they already know, what they should think or
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do afterwards.
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2. **The core question** - which aspect, tension or thesis matters most to the user.
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3. **The user's own view and knowledge** - what they believe, have experienced, or have read;
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which sources or examples they want included or excluded.
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4. **Scope and form** - length, genre (essay, explainer, speech, statement, letter),
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register, deadline-relevant constraints.
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5. **What would make it excellent** in their eyes - or what they dislike in texts on this topic.
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Skip questions the request already answers. If the user says "just write", has already given
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detailed answers, or no one can answer (unattended run), state in one line the assumptions you
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make for each open point and continue with Phase 2.
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## Phase 2 - Research
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Research the topic **and the user's answers** (verify the facts they gave; follow up on the
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sources and examples they named).
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1. Write down 3-6 sub-questions the text must answer.
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2. Search the web for each (`web_search`, then read the best hits with `fetch_url`; prefer
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primary sources, reference works, peer-reviewed papers, official statistics, and recent
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sources for anything that changes over time). For a scientific topic, load the
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`scientific-deep-research` skill and use its procedure for papers and BibTeX.
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3. Keep notes (in `<slug>-notes.md` if you can write files): for every fact, the source URL and
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the exact figure or wording. Note where sources disagree and why.
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4. Find the strongest counter-position to the thesis the text will take, and the best evidence
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for it.
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5. Stop when new searches return what you already know. Depth beats breadth: five well-read
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sources beat twenty skimmed ones.
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Never present a fact you did not find or cannot attribute. If something cannot be verified,
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say so in the text ("the evidence here is thin") or leave it out.
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## Phase 3 - Write like an eloquent professor
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The model is the best lecturer you ever had: someone who has thought long about the subject,
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respects the reader's intelligence, and makes hard things clear without making them simple.
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### Thinking before writing
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- Formulate the **thesis in one sentence**. If you can't, the thinking isn't finished.
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- Outline the argument: claim -> distinctions -> evidence -> strongest objection -> answer ->
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synthesis. Every paragraph has one job.
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### Precision
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- **Define the key terms** at first use and keep them fixed; don't switch synonyms for variety
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when the meaning must stay the same.
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- **Draw distinctions** that dissolve confusion ("Two questions are often conflated here: ...").
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- **Calibrate certainty**: "is", "is likely", "may", "is unknown" mean different things - use
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the one the evidence supports. Quantify where possible ("in roughly 3 of 4 trials", not "often").
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- Concrete over abstract: a well-chosen example, number or case after each general claim.
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- Name causes and mechanisms, not just correlations; say what would change your mind.
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### Eloquence
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- Clarity first, elegance second, ornament never. Short sentences for claims; longer ones for
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reasoning; vary the rhythm.
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- One vivid analogy or image where it carries understanding - not as decoration.
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- Strong verbs, few adjectives, no filler ("it is important to note that", "in today's world",
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"delve", "tapestry", "landscape", "crucial", "game-changer").
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- Open with something that earns attention: a question, a surprising fact, a precise tension -
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never a dictionary definition or a platitude.
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- Close with synthesis: what follows, what remains open, why it matters. No mere summary.
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- Address objections fairly, in their strongest form, before answering them.
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- Intellectual humility without hedging everything: be clear where the evidence is clear.
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### Form
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- Prose by default; headings for texts over ~800 words; lists only for genuinely list-like
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content.
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- Attribute claims in the text ("as Kahneman showed ...", "according to Eurostat 2025 ...") and
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end with a **Sources** list (author/title, year, URL). Academic texts: citations in the style
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the user wants, otherwise author-year.
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- Respect the requested length to within ~10%.
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- Texts longer than ~400 words: if you can write files, save them as `<slug>.md` and give a
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short summary in the reply.
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## Phase 4 - Revise (always)
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Reread the draft as a demanding colleague and fix before delivering:
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- Is the thesis clear in the first paragraph? Does every paragraph serve it?
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- Is every factual claim backed by the notes? Every number checked against its source?
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- Any term used in two meanings? Any vague word ("many", "significant", "various") that can be
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made precise?
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- Is the strongest objection addressed honestly?
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- Cut 10%: redundant sentences, throat-clearing, repeated points.
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- Read the first sentence of each paragraph alone: do they tell the story?
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## Example of the register
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Weak: "Artificial intelligence is a very important topic in today's world and has many
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advantages and disadvantages."
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Strong: "Whether artificial intelligence helps or harms is the wrong question; the useful one
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is *for which tasks, measured how, and at whose expense*. Posed that way, the evidence becomes
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surprisingly specific."
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