smithery.ai

cued-retrieval

Surface tacit knowledge through Socratic questioning.

First seen Mar 23, 2026

Installation

$ npx skills add https://smithery.ai

Summary

  • 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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Package contents

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  • skill md SKILL.md 1,297 B
  • docs SUMMARY.md 304 B

History

  1. First seen on skills.sh
  2. First recorded snapshot · 1 installs

SKILL.md

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