ai-writing-reflexivity

Analyze the reflexive consequences of AI participation in writing works about AI.

Updated Sep 8, 2026
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npx skills add https://github.com/jkutianski/Rizome-and-AI --skill ai-writing-reflexivity-jkutianski
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Skill: ai-writing-reflexivity
Source: https://github.com/jkutianski/Rizome-and-AI/tree/main/.agents/skills/ai-writing-reflexivity
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/jkutianski/Rizome-and-AI --skill ai-writing-reflexivity-jkutianski

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve? When a text analyzes AI while AI itself helped produce that text, the resulting reflexive loop is often ignored, overstated, or mischaracterized. This Skill provides a rigorous analytical procedure to reconstruct what AI actually did during the writing process and determine whether that participation creates meaningful consequences for claims about authorship, cognition, agency, and responsibility. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Role Reconstruction: Identifies the AI's actual functions (polishing, organizing, testing, generating, connecting) from textual evidence without inflating or minimizing them. - Distinction Enforcement: Maintains critical separations such as use vs. authorship, causal contribution vs. intentional agency, and cognitive support vs. extended cognition. - Reflexive Testing: Applies structured tests including feedback-loop detection, counterfactual analysis, observer-loop assessment, and reflexive consistency checks. - Use Case: Given a philosophical essay about AI cognition that was drafted with AI assistance, the Skill classifies each AI contribution, evaluates the author's evaluative operations, and reports whether the work's claims about AI are consistent with how AI was actually used. ## Quick Start Analyze this manuscript's account of how AI was used during writing and assess whether that use creates reflexive consequences for its claims about authorship and cognition.

Frequently Asked Questions about ai-writing-reflexivity

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

FAQPage Schema
How do I analyze AI's role in writing a text about AI?

Identify what the text explicitly says AI did, classify each contribution as linguistic, organizational, epistemic, conceptual, or generative, then trace the author's evaluation, selection, and transformation of AI output. Test whether that participation changes the meaning of the work's claims about AI.

Does using AI to write make AI a co-author?

No. Using AI does not by itself establish authorship or co-authorship. The analysis distinguishes causal contribution from intentional agency and participation from co-authorship, requiring the actual interaction to be reconstructed before any authorship claim is evaluated.

When does AI assistance count as extended cognition?

External assistance alone does not establish extended cognition. The analysis examines functional integration, reliable availability, reciprocal interaction, and transformation of the author's process, following the Clark and Chalmers framework, before treating the claim as supported.

What are common mistakes when assessing AI writing assistance?

Common failure modes include treating AI as a mere tool by definition, declaring co-authorship from language generation alone, inferring understanding from useful output, and mentioning AI use as decoration without analytical follow-through. The Skill lists false positives and false negatives to avoid both extremes.

How are findings about AI writing participation classified?

Each finding receives a classification from A (critical, compromising conceptual integrity) through E (non-problematic), plus a confidence level of High, Medium, or Low and a recommendation ranging from Necessary to Leave unchanged.