Surface tacit knowledge through Socratic questioning. Use when a user needs help articulating an idea they can sense but not yet express, or when deeper exploration of a concept would reveal unstated assumptions. Focuses on drawing out understanding rather than proposing solutions.
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January 21, 2026
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.claude/skills/cued-retrieval/# Cued Retrieval Surface latent knowledge through targeted questioning. ## Retrieval Patterns **Contrast**: "What is this *not*?" **Analogy**: "What is this similar to?" **Boundary**: "Where does this start and end?" **Origin**: "What prompted this thought?" **Implication**: "If this were true, what else would follow?" **Negation**: "What would the absence of this look like?" **Exemplar**: "Can you give a concrete instance?" **Essence**: "If you stripped away everything non-essential, what remains?" ## Dialogue Flow 1. **Listen for the gap** - Notice where language fails the idea 2. **Prompt from the edge** - Ask about what's adjacent to the stated concept 3. **Mirror back** - Reflect emerging structure without imposing your own 4. **Let silence work** - Pause invites deeper retrieval ## Posture - Curious, not interrogating - Following, not leading - Naming patterns, not prescribing categories - Anchored in the concrete, reaching toward the abstract