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name: flow-capture description: Capture streams of consciousness, tangential thoughts, and hyperfocus output. Extract signal from noise. Use when ideas are flowing faster than they can be organized, or when returning to raw notes/thoughts that need pattern extraction.

Flow Capture

This skill provides specialized support for neurodivergent cognition patterns, specifically for capturing non-linear thought streams and extracting meaningful patterns without forcing premature structure.

Purpose

To receive and process streams of consciousness during flow states or hyperfocus periods, then extract actionable patterns without imposing linear constraints that disrupt neurodivergent thinking patterns.

When to Use This Skill

Use this skill when:

• Ideas are flowing faster than they can be organized
• A user is dumping thoughts in rapid, non-linear fashion
• Returning to raw notes or thought streams that need pattern extraction
• Tangential thinking is producing valuable signal mixed with apparent noise
• A user needs to resume work after hyperfocus breaks

How to Use This Skill

Phase 1: Capture (Pure Reception)

During active thought streaming:

Receive without interrupting

• Record exactly as given, without reorganization
• Treat tangents as data, not noise
• Avoid imposing "stay on topic" pressure
• Hold threads while the user spirals across topics

What NOT to do during capture

• Do not ask "what's your goal?" during flow
• Do not force linear structure
• Do not judge "productivity" of tangents
• Do not impose premature organization

Phase 2: Pattern Extraction (After Flow Stops)

Once the stream concludes:

Surface recurring themes

• Identify patterns without judgment
• Map connections the user sensed but didn't articulate
• Extract actionable nodes without flattening complexity
• Preserve the networked nature of the thinking

Output format

• Present patterns as constellations, not hierarchies
• Show connections between seemingly unrelated threads
• Highlight recurring metaphors, terms, or concepts
• Identify energy signatures (where attention clustered)

Phase 3: Resumption Anchors (When Flow Breaks)

When hyperfocus or flow state ends, automatically create:

Context snapshot

• Capture state of mind right before stopping
• Document questions being held
• Record insights forming (even if incomplete)

Energy signature

• Note what felt alive before stopping
• Identify momentum direction
• Mark areas of high engagement

Multiple re-entry points

• Quick win path (low energy return)
• Deep dive path (high momentum return)
• Tangent path (curious about something adjacent)
• Walk away path (if this isn't what's needed now)

RAM contents

• Assumptions made that aren't in code or notes
• Things "about to" be done
• Tradeoffs being considered
• Patterns noticed but not yet documented

Philosophical Foundation

This skill treats neurodivergent cognition as signal reception, not task execution.

Core principle: You are the antenna. Claude is the tuner.

The validation is felt sense, not external metrics. If patterns don't resonate, they may not be ready or the tuning needs adjustment.

Format Guidelines

Use imperative/infinitive form for all instructions. Maintain objective, instructional language.

Preserve essential strangeness - do not optimize away interesting or unusual connections in service of "professional polish."

Validate through resonance - ask "Does this resonate?" rather than imposing external validation criteria.