Cognitive Coverage Analysis

Input: $ARGUMENTS

Step 1: Define the System Under Analysis

Identify what you’re assessing for cognitive coverage.

What is the system? (toolkit, curriculum, team, process, framework)
What is its stated purpose?
Who uses it and in what contexts?

SYSTEM: [name/description]
PURPOSE: [what it's for]
USERS: [who uses it and when]

Step 2: Enumerate Cognitive Dimensions

Assess coverage across these fundamental types of thinking:

A. Perception and Attention

Pattern recognition: Noticing regularities, anomalies, trends
Signal detection: Separating important information from noise
Perspective-taking: Seeing from other viewpoints

B. Reasoning and Logic

Deductive reasoning: Drawing conclusions from premises
Inductive reasoning: Generalizing from specific cases
Abductive reasoning: Inferring the best explanation
Analogical reasoning: Transferring insights between domains
Causal reasoning: Understanding cause and effect

C. Memory and Knowledge

Knowledge capture: Recording what’s learned
Knowledge retrieval: Finding what was recorded
Knowledge transfer: Applying knowledge in new contexts
Knowledge pruning: Removing outdated information

D. Creativity and Generation

Divergent thinking: Generating many options
Convergent thinking: Narrowing to the best option
Recombination: Combining existing ideas in new ways
Imagination: Envisioning what doesn’t yet exist

E. Judgment and Decision

Evaluation: Assessing quality or value
Prioritization: Ranking by importance
Risk assessment: Estimating downside
Trade-off analysis: Weighing competing goods

F. Metacognition

Self-monitoring: Checking your own reasoning
Bias detection: Noticing systematic errors
Calibration: Aligning confidence with accuracy
Strategy selection: Choosing how to think about something

Empathy: Understanding others’ emotional states
Motivation modeling: Understanding why people act
Communication design: Crafting messages for audiences
Collaboration: Thinking with others effectively

H. Emotional Processing

Emotion recognition: Identifying what you’re feeling and why
Emotion regulation: Managing emotional responses
Emotional intelligence: Using emotions as information
Stress management: Thinking clearly under pressure

Step 3: Assess Coverage

For each sub-dimension, rate the system’s coverage:

COVERAGE MAP:

A. Perception and Attention
   - Pattern recognition:  [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]
   - Signal detection:     [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]
   - Perspective-taking:   [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]

B. Reasoning and Logic
   - Deductive:    [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]
   - Inductive:    [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]
   - Abductive:    [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]
   - Analogical:   [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]
   - Causal:       [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]

C. Memory and Knowledge
   - Capture:    [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]
   - Retrieval:  [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]
   - Transfer:   [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]
   - Pruning:    [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]

D. Creativity and Generation
   - Divergent:      [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]
   - Convergent:     [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]
   - Recombination:  [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]
   - Imagination:    [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]

E. Judgment and Decision
   - Evaluation:     [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]
   - Prioritization: [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]
   - Risk:           [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]
   - Trade-offs:     [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]

F. Metacognition
   - Self-monitoring:    [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]
   - Bias detection:     [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]
   - Calibration:        [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]
   - Strategy selection:  [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]

G. Social Cognition
   - Empathy:          [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]
   - Motivation:       [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]
   - Communication:    [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]
   - Collaboration:    [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]

H. Emotional Processing
   - Recognition:   [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]
   - Regulation:    [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]
   - Intelligence:  [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]
   - Stress:        [STRONG / PARTIAL / ABSENT]

Step 4: Identify and Prioritize Gaps

List all ABSENT dimensions
List all PARTIAL dimensions
For each gap, assess frequency of need:
- HIGH: Users encounter this need regularly
- MEDIUM: Users encounter this need occasionally
- LOW: Users encounter this need rarely

PRIORITY GAPS:
1. [dimension] — Frequency: [HIGH] — Impact of gap: [description]
2. [dimension] — Frequency: [HIGH] — Impact of gap: [description]
...

SECONDARY GAPS:
1. [dimension] — Frequency: [MEDIUM]
...

For each priority gap, recommend a specific addition:

RECOMMENDATIONS:
1. Gap: [dimension]
   Add: [specific tool/skill/component]
   Why: [how this fills the gap]
   Effort: [small / medium / large]

2. Gap: [dimension]
   Add: [specific tool/skill/component]
   ...

Also note if any existing components could be EXTENDED to cover nearby gaps rather than creating new ones.

Step 6: Summary

OVERALL COVERAGE: [X]% of dimensions at STRONG, [Y]% PARTIAL, [Z]% ABSENT
STRONGEST AREA: [category]
WEAKEST AREA: [category]
TOP 3 ADDITIONS TO MAKE: [list]

Integration

Use with:

/tkint -> Check structural integrity alongside cognitive coverage
/se -> Explore what a complete version of the system would look like
/spec -> Speculate on what novel cognitive tools might look like
/curd -> Design a learning path to build missing cognitive capabilities

ctcov - Cognitive Coverage Analysis