specimen-card

What problem does it solve?

This Skill preserves the full decision trail of a solved problem so the reasoning, dead ends, root cause, and residual risk do not vanish after the session ends. It also helps shape that experience into a structured artifact that can be reused, shared, or repurposed as content.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Session capture: Package symptoms, investigation steps, failed paths, final fix, and toxic leftovers into a durable specimen card.
• Boundary guard: During an active help session, it can gently pull the conversation back once if the user tries to leave before the issue is confirmed resolved.
• Optional publishing workflow: When explicitly requested, it can match the card to a column, create persona-aligned copy, and produce media prompts for short posts, long-form writing, or poster-style output.
• Use case: A debugging conversation ends with a workaround instead of a clean fix, and this Skill records that compromise clearly while flagging the remaining risk and future reuse cues.

Quick Start

Use the specimen-card skill to turn this resolved troubleshooting session into a structured specimen card with symptoms, dead ends, root cause, fix, residual risk, and reuse pointers.