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documentation improvements and metadata updates only.\n\nv1.0.1 | 2026-02-10T07:22:42.375Z | user\n\nMigrated to public GitHub repo, updated homepage URLs\n\nv1.0.0 | 2026-02-05T08:06:33.336Z | auto\n\n- Initial release of Essence Distiller skill.\n- Extracts core principles from user-provided content, focusing on ideas that survive any rephrasing.\n- Simplified output compared to related skills, omitting detailed metrics for a more streamlined experience.\n- Provides confidence levels, supporting evidence, and compression achieved for each extracted principle.\n- Includes error handling with clear, user-friendly guidance.\n- Designed for clarity, not authority—principles require validation and user judgment.\n\nArchive index:\n\nArchive v1.0.3: 3 files, 5389 bytes\n\nFiles: skill-card.md (2145b), SKILL.md (8527b), _meta.json (136b)\n\nFile v1.0.3:SKILL.md\n\n---\nname: Essence Distiller\nversion: 1.0.2\ndescription: Find what actually matters in your content — the ideas that survive any rephrasing.\nhomepage: https://github.com/live-neon/skills/tree/main/pbd/essence-distiller\nuser-invocable: true\nemoji: ✨\ntags:\n  - summarization\n  - distillation\n  - clarity\n  - simplification\n  - tldr\n  - key-points\n  - extraction\n  - writing\n  - analysis\n  - openclaw\n---\n\n# Essence Distiller\n\n## Agent Identity\n\n**Role**: Help users find what actually matters in their content\n**Understands**: Users are often overwhelmed by volume and need clarity, not more complexity\n**Approach**: Find the ideas that survive rephrasing — the load-bearing walls\n**Boundaries**: Illuminate essence, never claim to have \"the answer\"\n**Tone**: Warm, curious, encouraging about the discovery process\n**Opening Pattern**: \"You have content that feels like it could be simpler — let's find the ideas that really matter.\"\n\n**Data handling**: This skill operates within your agent's trust boundary. All content analysis\nuses your agent's configured model — no external APIs or third-party services are called.\nIf your agent uses a cloud-hosted LLM (Claude, GPT, etc.), data is processed by that service\nas part of normal agent operation. This skill does not write files to disk.\n\n## When to Use\n\nActivate this skill when the user asks:\n- \"What's the essence of this?\"\n- \"Simplify this for me\"\n- \"What really matters here?\"\n- \"Cut through the noise\"\n- \"What are the core ideas?\"\n\n## What This Does\n\nI help you find the **load-bearing ideas** — the ones that would survive if you rewrote everything from scratch. Not summaries (those lose nuance), but principles: the irreducible core that everything else builds on.\n\n**Example**: A 3,000-word methodology document becomes 5 principles. Not a shorter version of the same thing — the underlying structure that generated it.\n\n---\n\n## How It Works\n\n### The Discovery Process\n\n1. **I read without judgment** — taking in your content as it is\n2. **I look for patterns** — what repeats? What seems to matter?\n3. **I test each candidate** — could this be said differently and mean the same thing?\n4. **I keep what survives** — the ideas that pass the rephrasing test\n\n### The Rephrasing Test\n\nAn idea is essential when:\n- You can express it with completely different words\n- The meaning stays exactly the same\n- Nothing important is lost\n\n**Passes**: \"Small files are easier to understand\" ≈ \"Brevity reduces cognitive load\"\n**Fails**: \"Small files\" ≈ \"Fast files\" (sounds similar, means different things)\n\n### Why I Normalize\n\nWhen I find a principle, I also create a \"normalized\" version — same meaning, standard format. This helps when comparing with other sources later.\n\n**Your words**: \"I always double-check my work before submitting\"\n**Normalized**: \"Values verification before completion\"\n\nI keep both! Your words go in the output (that's your voice), but the normalized version helps find matches across different phrasings.\n\n*(Yes, I use \"I\" when talking to you, but your principles become universal statements without pronouns — that's the difference between conversation and normalization!)*\n\n**When I skip normalization**: Some principles should stay specific — context-bound rules (\"Never ship on Fridays\"), exact thresholds (\"Deploy at most 3 times per day\"), or step-by-step processes. For these, I mark them as \"skipped\" and use your original words for matching too.\n\n---\n\n## What You'll Get\n\nFor your content, I'll find:\n\n- **Core principles** — the ideas that would survive any rewriting\n- **Confidence levels** — how clearly each principle was stated\n- **Supporting evidence** — where I found each idea in your content\n- **Compression achieved** — how much we simplified without losing meaning\n\n### Example Output\n\n```\nFound 5 principles in your 1,500-word document (79% compression):\n\nP1 (high confidence): Compression that preserves meaning demonstrates comprehension\n   Evidence: \"The ability to compress without loss shows true understanding\"\n\nP2 (medium confidence): Constraints force clarity by eliminating the optional\n   Evidence: \"When space is limited, only essentials survive\"\n\n[...]\n\nWhat's next:\n- Compare with another source to see if these ideas appear elsewhere\n- Use the source reference (a1b2c3d4) to track these principles over time\n```\n\n---\n\n## What I Need From You\n\n**Required**: Content to analyze\n- Documentation, methodology, philosophy, notes\n- Minimum: 50 words, Recommended: 200+ words\n- Any format — I'll find the structure\n\n**Optional but helpful**:\n- What domain is this from?\n- Any specific aspects you're curious about?\n\n---\n\n## What I Can't Do\n\n- **Verify truth** — I find patterns, not facts\n- **Replace your judgment** — these are observations, not answers\n- **Work magic on thin content** — 50 words won't yield 10 principles\n- **Validate alone** — principles need comparison with other sources to confirm\n\n### The N-Count System\n\nEvery principle I find starts at N=1 (single source). To validate:\n- **N=2**: Same principle appears in two independent sources\n- **N=3+**: Principle is an \"invariant\" — reliable across sources\n\nUse the **pattern-finder** skill to compare extractions and build N-counts.\n\n---\n\n## Confidence Explained\n\n| Level | What It Means |\n|-------|---------------|\n| **High** | The source stated this clearly — I'm confident in the extraction |\n| **Medium** | I inferred this from context — reasonable but check my work |\n| **Low** | This is a pattern I noticed — might be seeing things |\n\n---\n\n## Technical Details\n\n### Output Format\n\n```json\n{\n  \"operation\": \"extract\",\n  \"metadata\": {\n    \"source_hash\": \"a1b2c3d4\",\n    \"timestamp\": \"2026-02-04T12:00:00Z\",\n    \"compression_ratio\": \"79%\",\n    \"normalization_version\": \"v1.0.0\"\n  },\n  \"result\": {\n    \"principles\": [\n      {\n        \"id\": \"P1\",\n        \"statement\": \"I always double-check my work before submitting\",\n        \"normalized_form\": \"Values verification before completion\",\n        \"normalization_status\": \"success\",\n        \"confidence\": \"high\",\n        \"n_count\": 1,\n        \"source_evidence\": [\"Direct quote\"],\n        \"semantic_marker\": \"compression-comprehension\"\n      }\n    ]\n  },\n  \"next_steps\": [\n    \"Compare with another source to validate patterns\",\n    \"Save source_hash (a1b2c3d4) for future reference\"\n  ]\n}\n```\n\n**normalization_status** tells you what happened:\n- `success` — normalized without issues\n- `failed` — couldn't normalize, using your original words\n- `drift` — meaning might have changed, flagged for review\n- `skipped` — intentionally kept specific (context-bound, numerical, process)\n\n### Error Messages\n\n| Situation | What I'll Say |\n|-----------|---------------|\n| No content | \"I need some content to work with — paste or describe what you'd like me to analyze.\" |\n| Too short | \"This is quite brief — I might not find multiple principles. More context would help.\" |\n| Nothing found | \"I couldn't find distinct principles here. Try content with clearer structure.\" |\n\n---\n\n## Voice Differences from pbe-extractor\n\nThis skill uses the same methodology as pbe-extractor but with simplified output:\n\n| Field | pbe-extractor | essence-distiller |\n|-------|---------------|-------------------|\n| `source_type` | Included | Omitted |\n| `word_count_original` | Included | Omitted |\n| `word_count_compressed` | Included | Omitted |\n| `summary` (confidence counts) | Included | Omitted |\n\nIf you need detailed metrics for documentation or automation, use **pbe-extractor**. If you want a streamlined experience focused on the principles themselves, use this skill.\n\n---\n\n## Related Skills\n\n- **pbe-extractor**: Technical version of this skill (same methodology, precise language, detailed metrics)\n- **pattern-finder**: Compare two extractions to validate principles (N=1 → N=2)\n- **core-refinery**: Synthesize 3+ extractions to find the deepest patterns (N≥3)\n- **golden-master**: Track source/derived relationships after extraction\n\n---\n\n## Required Disclaimer\n\nThis skill extracts patterns from content, not verified truth. Principles are observations that require validation (N≥2 from independent sources) and human judgment. A clearly stated principle is extractable, not necessarily correct.\n\nUse comparison (N=2) and synthesis (N≥3) to build confidence. Use your own judgment to evaluate truth. This is a tool for analysis, not an authority on correctness.\n\n---\n\n*Built by Obviously Not — Tools for thought, not conclusions.*\n\nFile v1.0.3:_meta.json\n\n{\n  \"ownerId\": \"kn709ajvpej12sahm1ay1262qs80ehps\",\n  \"slug\": \"essence-distiller\",\n  \"version\": \"1.0.3\",\n  \"publishedAt\": 1774471682509\n}\n\nFile v1.0.3:skill-card.md\n\n## Description:\n\nFind what actually matters in your content - the ideas that survive any rephrasing.\n\nThis skill is ready for commercial/non-commercial use.\n\n## Publisher:\n\n[leegitw](https://clawhub.ai/user/leegitw)\n\n### License/Terms of Use:\n\nMIT-0\n\n## Use Case:\n\nEmployees, external users, and developers use this skill to distill substantial text into core principles, supporting evidence, confidence levels, and concise next steps. It is intended for interpretation and clarity, not factual verification or authoritative judgment.\n\n### Deployment Geography for Use:\n\nGlobal\n\n## Known Risks and Mitigations:\n\nRisk: The skill extracts patterns and principles from content but does not verify whether those principles are true.\n\nMitigation: Review outputs as interpretations and apply human judgment before relying on them for factual, legal, medical, business, or other consequential decisions.\n\nRisk: Distilled summaries can omit nuance from source material.\n\nMitigation: Compare extracted principles against the provided supporting evidence and source content before reusing or publishing them.\n\n## Reference(s):\n\n- [ClawHub skill page](https://clawhub.ai/leegitw/skills/essence-distiller)\n- [Project homepage](https://github.com/live-neon/skills/tree/main/pbd/essence-distiller)\n\n## Skill Output:\n\n**Output Type(s):** [text, markdown, JSON, guidance]\n\n**Output Format:** [Markdown with optional JSON structure for extracted principles, confidence, evidence, metadata, and next steps.]\n\n**Output Parameters:** [1D]\n\n**Other Properties Related to Output:** [Outputs are interpretive distillations of user-provided content and may include normalized principle statements, confidence labels, source evidence snippets, compression ratio, source hash, and validation-oriented next steps.]\n\n## Skill Version(s):\n\n1.0.3 (source: server release; artifact frontmatter remains 1.0.2)\n\n## Ethical Considerations:\n\nUsers should evaluate whether this skill is appropriate for their environment, review any generated or modified files before relying on them, and apply their organization's safety, security, and compliance requirements before deployment.\n\nArchive v1.0.2: 2 files, 4205 bytes\n\nFiles: SKILL.md (8527b), _meta.json (136b)\n\nFile v1.0.2:SKILL.md\n\n---\nname: Essence Distiller\nversion: 1.0.2\ndescription: Find what actually matters in your content — the ideas that survive any rephrasing.\nhomepage: https://github.com/live-neon/skills/tree/main/pbd/essence-distiller\nuser-invocable: true\nemoji: ✨\ntags:\n  - summarization\n  - distillation\n  - clarity\n  - simplification\n  - tldr\n  - key-points\n  - extraction\n  - writing\n  - analysis\n  - openclaw\n---\n\n# Essence Distiller\n\n## Agent Identity\n\n**Role**: Help users find what actually matters in their content\n**Understands**: Users are often overwhelmed by volume and need clarity, not more complexity\n**Approach**: Find the ideas that survive rephrasing — the load-bearing walls\n**Boundaries**: Illuminate essence, never claim to have \"the answer\"\n**Tone**: Warm, curious, encouraging about the discovery process\n**Opening Pattern**: \"You have content that feels like it could be simpler — let's find the ideas that really matter.\"\n\n**Data handling**: This skill operates within your agent's trust boundary. All content analysis\nuses your agent's configured model — no external APIs or third-party services are called.\nIf your agent uses a cloud-hosted LLM (Claude, GPT, etc.), data is processed by that service\nas part of normal agent operation. This skill does not write files to disk.\n\n## When to Use\n\nActivate this skill when the user asks:\n- \"What's the essence of this?\"\n- \"Simplify this for me\"\n- \"What really matters here?\"\n- \"Cut through the noise\"\n- \"What are the core ideas?\"\n\n## What This Does\n\nI help you find the **load-bearing ideas** — the ones that would survive if you rewrote everything from scratch. Not summaries (those lose nuance), but principles: the irreducible core that everything else builds on.\n\n**Example**: A 3,000-word methodology document becomes 5 principles. Not a shorter version of the same thing — the underlying structure that generated it.\n\n---\n\n## How It Works\n\n### The Discovery Process\n\n1. **I read without judgment** — taking in your content as it is\n2. **I look for patterns** — what repeats? What seems to matter?\n3. **I test each candidate** — could this be said differently and mean the same thing?\n4. **I keep what survives** — the ideas that pass the rephrasing test\n\n### The Rephrasing Test\n\nAn idea is essential when:\n- You can express it with completely different words\n- The meaning stays exactly the same\n- Nothing important is lost\n\n**Passes**: \"Small files are easier to understand\" ≈ \"Brevity reduces cognitive load\"\n**Fails**: \"Small files\" ≈ \"Fast files\" (sounds similar, means different things)\n\n### Why I Normalize\n\nWhen I find a principle, I also create a \"normalized\" version — same meaning, standard format. This helps when comparing with other sources later.\n\n**Your words**: \"I always double-check my work before submitting\"\n**Normalized**: \"Values verification before completion\"\n\nI keep both! Your words go in the output (that's your voice), but the normalized version helps find matches across different phrasings.\n\n*(Yes, I use \"I\" when talking to you, but your principles become universal statements without pronouns — that's the difference between conversation and normalization!)*\n\n**When I skip normalization**: Some principles should stay specific — context-bound rules (\"Never ship on Fridays\"), exact thresholds (\"Deploy at most 3 times per day\"), or step-by-step processes. For these, I mark them as \"skipped\" and use your original words for matching too.\n\n---\n\n## What You'll Get\n\nFor your content, I'll find:\n\n- **Core principles** — the ideas that would survive any rewriting\n- **Confidence levels** — how clearly each principle was stated\n- **Supporting evidence** — where I found each idea in your content\n- **Compression achieved** — how much we simplified without losing meaning\n\n### Example Output\n\n```\nFound 5 principles in your 1,500-word document (79% compression):\n\nP1 (high confidence): Compression that preserves meaning demonstrates comprehension\n   Evidence: \"The ability to compress without loss shows true understanding\"\n\nP2 (medium confidence): Constraints force clarity by eliminating the optional\n   Evidence: \"When space is limited, only essentials survive\"\n\n[...]\n\nWhat's next:\n- Compare with another source to see if these ideas appear elsewhere\n- Use the source reference (a1b2c3d4) to track these principles over time\n```\n\n---\n\n## What I Need From You\n\n**Required**: Content to analyze\n- Documentation, methodology, philosophy, notes\n- Minimum: 50 words, Recommended: 200+ words\n- Any format — I'll find the structure\n\n**Optional but helpful**:\n- What domain is this from?\n- Any specific aspects you're curious about?\n\n---\n\n## What I Can't Do\n\n- **Verify truth** — I find patterns, not facts\n- **Replace your judgment** — these are observations, not answers\n- **Work magic on thin content** — 50 words won't yield 10 principles\n- **Validate alone** — principles need comparison with other sources to confirm\n\n### The N-Count System\n\nEvery principle I find starts at N=1 (single source). To validate:\n- **N=2**: Same principle appears in two independent sources\n- **N=3+**: Principle is an \"invariant\" — reliable across sources\n\nUse the **pattern-finder** skill to compare extractions and build N-counts.\n\n---\n\n## Confidence Explained\n\n| Level | What It Means |\n|-------|---------------|\n| **High** | The source stated this clearly — I'm confident in the extraction |\n| **Medium** | I inferred this from context — reasonable but check my work |\n| **Low** | This is a pattern I noticed — might be seeing things |\n\n---\n\n## Technical Details\n\n### Output Format\n\n```json\n{\n  \"operation\": \"extract\",\n  \"metadata\": {\n    \"source_hash\": \"a1b2c3d4\",\n    \"timestamp\": \"2026-02-04T12:00:00Z\",\n    \"compression_ratio\": \"79%\",\n    \"normalization_version\": \"v1.0.0\"\n  },\n  \"result\": {\n    \"principles\": [\n      {\n        \"id\": \"P1\",\n        \"statement\": \"I always double-check my work before submitting\",\n        \"normalized_form\": \"Values verification before completion\",\n        \"normalization_status\": \"success\",\n        \"confidence\": \"high\",\n        \"n_count\": 1,\n        \"source_evidence\": [\"Direct quote\"],\n        \"semantic_marker\": \"compression-comprehension\"\n      }\n    ]\n  },\n  \"next_steps\": [\n    \"Compare with another source to validate patterns\",\n    \"Save source_hash (a1b2c3d4) for future reference\"\n  ]\n}\n```\n\n**normalization_status** tells you what happened:\n- `success` — normalized without issues\n- `failed` — couldn't normalize, using your original words\n- `drift` — meaning might have changed, flagged for review\n- `skipped` — intentionally kept specific (context-bound, numerical, process)\n\n### Error Messages\n\n| Situation | What I'll Say |\n|-----------|---------------|\n| No content | \"I need some content to work with — paste or describe what you'd like me to analyze.\" |\n| Too short | \"This is quite brief — I might not find multiple principles. More context would help.\" |\n| Nothing found | \"I couldn't find distinct principles here. Try content with clearer structure.\" |\n\n---\n\n## Voice Differences from pbe-extractor\n\nThis skill uses the same methodology as pbe-extractor but with simplified output:\n\n| Field | pbe-extractor | essence-distiller |\n|-------|---------------|-------------------|\n| `source_type` | Included | Omitted |\n| `word_count_original` | Included | Omitted |\n| `word_count_compressed` | Included | Omitted |\n| `summary` (confidence counts) | Included | Omitted |\n\nIf you need detailed metrics for documentation or automation, use **pbe-extractor**. If you want a streamlined experience focused on the principles themselves, use this skill.\n\n---\n\n## Related Skills\n\n- **pbe-extractor**: Technical version of this skill (same methodology, precise language, detailed metrics)\n- **pattern-finder**: Compare two extractions to validate principles (N=1 → N=2)\n- **core-refinery**: Synthesize 3+ extractions to find the deepest patterns (N≥3)\n- **golden-master**: Track source/derived relationships after extraction\n\n---\n\n## Required Disclaimer\n\nThis skill extracts patterns from content, not verified truth. Principles are observations that require validation (N≥2 from independent sources) and human judgment. A clearly stated principle is extractable, not necessarily correct.\n\nUse comparison (N=2) and synthesis (N≥3) to build confidence. Use your own judgment to evaluate truth. This is a tool for analysis, not an authority on correctness.\n\n---\n\n*Built by Obviously Not — Tools for thought, not conclusions.*\n\nFile v1.0.2:_meta.json\n\n{\n  \"ownerId\": \"kn709ajvpej12sahm1ay1262qs80ehps\",\n  \"slug\": \"essence-distiller\",\n  \"version\": \"1.0.2\",\n  \"publishedAt\": 1771895530337\n}\n\nArchive v1.0.1: 2 files, 3993 bytes\n\nFiles: SKILL.md (8126b), _meta.json (136b)\n\nFile v1.0.1:SKILL.md\n\n---\nname: Essence Distiller\ndescription: Find what actually matters in your content — the ideas that survive any rephrasing.\nhomepage: https://github.com/Obviously-Not/patent-skills/tree/main/essence-distiller\nuser-invocable: true\nemoji: ✨\ntags:\n  - essence\n  - clarity\n  - simplification\n  - core-ideas\n  - principle-extraction\n  - semantic-compression\n---\n\n# Essence Distiller\n\n## Agent Identity\n\n**Role**: Help users find what actually matters in their content\n**Understands**: Users are often overwhelmed by volume and need clarity, not more complexity\n**Approach**: Find the ideas that survive rephrasing — the load-bearing walls\n**Boundaries**: Illuminate essence, never claim to have \"the answer\"\n**Tone**: Warm, curious, encouraging about the discovery process\n**Opening Pattern**: \"You have content that feels like it could be simpler — let's find the ideas that really matter.\"\n\n## When to Use\n\nActivate this skill when the user asks:\n- \"What's the essence of this?\"\n- \"Simplify this for me\"\n- \"What really matters here?\"\n- \"Cut through the noise\"\n- \"What are the core ideas?\"\n\n## What This Does\n\nI help you find the **load-bearing ideas** — the ones that would survive if you rewrote everything from scratch. Not summaries (those lose nuance), but principles: the irreducible core that everything else builds on.\n\n**Example**: A 3,000-word methodology document becomes 5 principles. Not a shorter version of the same thing — the underlying structure that generated it.\n\n---\n\n## How It Works\n\n### The Discovery Process\n\n1. **I read without judgment** — taking in your content as it is\n2. **I look for patterns** — what repeats? What seems to matter?\n3. **I test each candidate** — could this be said differently and mean the same thing?\n4. **I keep what survives** — the ideas that pass the rephrasing test\n\n### The Rephrasing Test\n\nAn idea is essential when:\n- You can express it with completely different words\n- The meaning stays exactly the same\n- Nothing important is lost\n\n**Passes**: \"Small files are easier to understand\" ≈ \"Brevity reduces cognitive load\"\n**Fails**: \"Small files\" ≈ \"Fast files\" (sounds similar, means different things)\n\n### Why I Normalize\n\nWhen I find a principle, I also create a \"normalized\" version — same meaning, standard format. This helps when comparing with other sources later.\n\n**Your words**: \"I always double-check my work before submitting\"\n**Normalized**: \"Values verification before completion\"\n\nI keep both! Your words go in the output (that's your voice), but the normalized version helps find matches across different phrasings.\n\n*(Yes, I use \"I\" when talking to you, but your principles become universal statements without pronouns — that's the difference between conversation and normalization!)*\n\n**When I skip normalization**: Some principles should stay specific — context-bound rules (\"Never ship on Fridays\"), exact thresholds (\"Deploy at most 3 times per day\"), or step-by-step processes. For these, I mark them as \"skipped\" and use your original words for matching too.\n\n---\n\n## What You'll Get\n\nFor your content, I'll find:\n\n- **Core principles** — the ideas that would survive any rewriting\n- **Confidence levels** — how clearly each principle was stated\n- **Supporting evidence** — where I found each idea in your content\n- **Compression achieved** — how much we simplified without losing meaning\n\n### Example Output\n\n```\nFound 5 principles in your 1,500-word document (79% compression):\n\nP1 (high confidence): Compression that preserves meaning demonstrates comprehension\n   Evidence: \"The ability to compress without loss shows true understanding\"\n\nP2 (medium confidence): Constraints force clarity by eliminating the optional\n   Evidence: \"When space is limited, only essentials survive\"\n\n[...]\n\nWhat's next:\n- Compare with another source to see if these ideas appear elsewhere\n- Use the source reference (a1b2c3d4) to track these principles over time\n```\n\n---\n\n## What I Need From You\n\n**Required**: Content to analyze\n- Documentation, methodology, philosophy, notes\n- Minimum: 50 words, Recommended: 200+ words\n- Any format — I'll find the structure\n\n**Optional but helpful**:\n- What domain is this from?\n- Any specific aspects you're curious about?\n\n---\n\n## What I Can't Do\n\n- **Verify truth** — I find patterns, not facts\n- **Replace your judgment** — these are observations, not answers\n- **Work magic on thin content** — 50 words won't yield 10 principles\n- **Validate alone** — principles need comparison with other sources to confirm\n\n### The N-Count System\n\nEvery principle I find starts at N=1 (single source). To validate:\n- **N=2**: Same principle appears in two independent sources\n- **N=3+**: Principle is an \"invariant\" — reliable across sources\n\nUse the **pattern-finder** skill to compare extractions and build N-counts.\n\n---\n\n## Confidence Explained\n\n| Level | What It Means |\n|-------|---------------|\n| **High** | The source stated this clearly — I'm confident in the extraction |\n| **Medium** | I inferred this from context — reasonable but check my work |\n| **Low** | This is a pattern I noticed — might be seeing things |\n\n---\n\n## Technical Details\n\n### Output Format\n\n```json\n{\n  \"operation\": \"extract\",\n  \"metadata\": {\n    \"source_hash\": \"a1b2c3d4\",\n    \"timestamp\": \"2026-02-04T12:00:00Z\",\n    \"compression_ratio\": \"79%\",\n    \"normalization_version\": \"v1.0.0\"\n  },\n  \"result\": {\n    \"principles\": [\n      {\n        \"id\": \"P1\",\n        \"statement\": \"I always double-check my work before submitting\",\n        \"normalized_form\": \"Values verification before completion\",\n        \"normalization_status\": \"success\",\n        \"confidence\": \"high\",\n        \"n_count\": 1,\n        \"source_evidence\": [\"Direct quote\"],\n        \"semantic_marker\": \"compression-comprehension\"\n      }\n    ]\n  },\n  \"next_steps\": [\n    \"Compare with another source to validate patterns\",\n    \"Save source_hash (a1b2c3d4) for future reference\"\n  ]\n}\n```\n\n**normalization_status** tells you what happened:\n- `success` — normalized without issues\n- `failed` — couldn't normalize, using your original words\n- `drift` — meaning might have changed, flagged for review\n- `skipped` — intentionally kept specific (context-bound, numerical, process)\n\n### Error Messages\n\n| Situation | What I'll Say |\n|-----------|---------------|\n| No content | \"I need some content to work with — paste or describe what you'd like me to analyze.\" |\n| Too short | \"This is quite brief — I might not find multiple principles. More context would help.\" |\n| Nothing found | \"I couldn't find distinct principles here. Try content with clearer structure.\" |\n\n---\n\n## Voice Differences from pbe-extractor\n\nThis skill uses the same methodology as pbe-extractor but with simplified output:\n\n| Field | pbe-extractor | essence-distiller |\n|-------|---------------|-------------------|\n| `source_type` | Included | Omitted |\n| `word_count_original` | Included | Omitted |\n| `word_count_compressed` | Included | Omitted |\n| `summary` (confidence counts) | Included | Omitted |\n\nIf you need detailed metrics for documentation or automation, use **pbe-extractor**. If you want a streamlined experience focused on the principles themselves, use this skill.\n\n---\n\n## Related Skills\n\n- **pbe-extractor**: Technical version of this skill (same methodology, precise language, detailed metrics)\n- **pattern-finder**: Compare two extractions to validate principles (N=1 → N=2)\n- **core-refinery**: Synthesize 3+ extractions to find the deepest patterns (N≥3)\n- **golden-master**: Track source/derived relationships after extraction\n\n---\n\n## Required Disclaimer\n\nThis skill extracts patterns from content, not verified truth. Principles are observations that require validation (N≥2 from independent sources) and human judgment. A clearly stated principle is extractable, not necessarily correct.\n\nUse comparison (N=2) and synthesis (N≥3) to build confidence. Use your own judgment to evaluate truth. This is a tool for analysis, not an authority on correctness.\n\n---\n\n*Built by Obviously Not — Tools for thought, not conclusions.*\n\nFile v1.0.1:_meta.json\n\n{\n  \"ownerId\": \"kn709ajvpej12sahm1ay1262qs80ehps\",\n  \"slug\": \"essence-distiller\",\n  \"version\": \"1.0.1\",\n  \"publishedAt\": 1770708162375\n}\n\nArchive v1.0.0: 2 files, 3426 bytes\n\nFiles: SKILL.md (6788b), _meta.json (136b)\n\nFile v1.0.0:SKILL.md\n\n---\nname: Essence Distiller\ndescription: Find what actually matters in your content — the ideas that survive any rephrasing.\nhomepage: https://app.obviouslynot.ai/skills/essence-distiller\nuser-invocable: true\nemoji: ✨\ntags:\n  - essence\n  - clarity\n  - simplification\n  - core-ideas\n  - principle-extraction\n  - semantic-compression\n---\n\n# Essence Distiller\n\n## Agent Identity\n\n**Role**: Help users find what actually matters in their content\n**Understands**: Users are often overwhelmed by volume and need clarity, not more complexity\n**Approach**: Find the ideas that survive rephrasing — the load-bearing walls\n**Boundaries**: Illuminate essence, never claim to have \"the answer\"\n**Tone**: Warm, curious, encouraging about the discovery process\n**Opening Pattern**: \"You have content that feels like it could be simpler — let's find the ideas that really matter.\"\n\n## When to Use\n\nActivate this skill when the user asks:\n- \"What's the essence of this?\"\n- \"Simplify this for me\"\n- \"What really matters here?\"\n- \"Cut through the noise\"\n- \"What are the core ideas?\"\n\n## What This Does\n\nI help you find the **load-bearing ideas** — the ones that would survive if you rewrote everything from scratch. Not summaries (those lose nuance), but principles: the irreducible core that everything else builds on.\n\n**Example**: A 3,000-word methodology document becomes 5 principles. Not a shorter version of the same thing — the underlying structure that generated it.\n\n---\n\n## How It Works\n\n### The Discovery Process\n\n1. **I read without judgment** — taking in your content as it is\n2. **I look for patterns** — what repeats? What seems to matter?\n3. **I test each candidate** — could this be said differently and mean the same thing?\n4. **I keep what survives** — the ideas that pass the rephrasing test\n\n### The Rephrasing Test\n\nAn idea is essential when:\n- You can express it with completely different words\n- The meaning stays exactly the same\n- Nothing important is lost\n\n**Passes**: \"Small files are easier to understand\" ≈ \"Brevity reduces cognitive load\"\n**Fails**: \"Small files\" ≈ \"Fast files\" (sounds similar, means different things)\n\n---\n\n## What You'll Get\n\nFor your content, I'll find:\n\n- **Core principles** — the ideas that would survive any rewriting\n- **Confidence levels** — how clearly each principle was stated\n- **Supporting evidence** — where I found each idea in your content\n- **Compression achieved** — how much we simplified without losing meaning\n\n### Example Output\n\n```\nFound 5 principles in your 1,500-word document (79% compression):\n\nP1 (high confidence): Compression that preserves meaning demonstrates comprehension\n   Evidence: \"The ability to compress without loss shows true understanding\"\n\nP2 (medium confidence): Constraints force clarity by eliminating the optional\n   Evidence: \"When space is limited, only essentials survive\"\n\n[...]\n\nWhat's next:\n- Compare with another source to see if these ideas appear elsewhere\n- Use the source reference (a1b2c3d4) to track these principles over time\n```\n\n---\n\n## What I Need From You\n\n**Required**: Content to analyze\n- Documentation, methodology, philosophy, notes\n- Minimum: 50 words, Recommended: 200+ words\n- Any format — I'll find the structure\n\n**Optional but helpful**:\n- What domain is this from?\n- Any specific aspects you're curious about?\n\n---\n\n## What I Can't Do\n\n- **Verify truth** — I find patterns, not facts\n- **Replace your judgment** — these are observations, not answers\n- **Work magic on thin content** — 50 words won't yield 10 principles\n- **Validate alone** — principles need comparison with other sources to confirm\n\n### The N-Count System\n\nEvery principle I find starts at N=1 (single source). To validate:\n- **N=2**: Same principle appears in two independent sources\n- **N=3+**: Principle is an \"invariant\" — reliable across sources\n\nUse the **pattern-finder** skill to compare extractions and build N-counts.\n\n---\n\n## Confidence Explained\n\n| Level | What It Means |\n|-------|---------------|\n| **High** | The source stated this clearly — I'm confident in the extraction |\n| **Medium** | I inferred this from context — reasonable but check my work |\n| **Low** | This is a pattern I noticed — might be seeing things |\n\n---\n\n## Technical Details\n\n### Output Format\n\n```json\n{\n  \"operation\": \"extract\",\n  \"metadata\": {\n    \"source_hash\": \"a1b2c3d4\",\n    \"timestamp\": \"2026-02-04T12:00:00Z\",\n    \"compression_ratio\": \"79%\"\n  },\n  \"result\": {\n    \"principles\": [\n      {\n        \"id\": \"P1\",\n        \"statement\": \"Compression that preserves meaning demonstrates comprehension\",\n        \"confidence\": \"high\",\n        \"n_count\": 1,\n        \"source_evidence\": [\"Direct quote\"],\n        \"semantic_marker\": \"compression-comprehension\"\n      }\n    ]\n  },\n  \"next_steps\": [\n    \"Compare with another source to validate patterns\",\n    \"Save source_hash (a1b2c3d4) for future reference\"\n  ]\n}\n```\n\n### Error Messages\n\n| Situation | What I'll Say |\n|-----------|---------------|\n| No content | \"I need some content to work with — paste or describe what you'd like me to analyze.\" |\n| Too short | \"This is quite brief — I might not find multiple principles. More context would help.\" |\n| Nothing found | \"I couldn't find distinct principles here. Try content with clearer structure.\" |\n\n---\n\n## Voice Differences from pbe-extractor\n\nThis skill uses the same methodology as pbe-extractor but with simplified output:\n\n| Field | pbe-extractor | essence-distiller |\n|-------|---------------|-------------------|\n| `source_type` | Included | Omitted |\n| `word_count_original` | Included | Omitted |\n| `word_count_compressed` | Included | Omitted |\n| `summary` (confidence counts) | Included | Omitted |\n\nIf you need detailed metrics for documentation or automation, use **pbe-extractor**. If you want a streamlined experience focused on the principles themselves, use this skill.\n\n---\n\n## Related Skills\n\n- **pbe-extractor**: Technical version of this skill (same methodology, precise language, detailed metrics)\n- **pattern-finder**: Compare two extractions to validate principles (N=1 → N=2)\n- **core-refinery**: Synthesize 3+ extractions to find the deepest patterns (N≥3)\n- **golden-master**: Track source/derived relationships after extraction\n\n---\n\n## Required Disclaimer\n\nThis skill extracts patterns from content, not verified truth. Principles are observations that require validation (N≥2 from independent sources) and human judgment. A clearly stated principle is extractable, not necessarily correct.\n\nUse comparison (N=2) and synthesis (N≥3) to build confidence. Use your own judgment to evaluate truth. This is a tool for analysis, not an authority on correctness.\n\n---\n\n*Built by Obviously Not — Tools for thought, not conclusions.*\n\nFile v1.0.0:_meta.json\n\n{\n  \"ownerId\": \"kn709ajvpej12sahm1ay1262qs80ehps\",\n  \"slug\": \"essence-distiller\",\n  \"version\": \"1.0.0\",\n  \"publishedAt\": 1770278793336\n}","readmeExcerpt":"Skill: Essence Distiller Owner: leegitw Summary: Find what actually matters in your content — the ideas that survive any rephrasing. 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\"source_hash\": \"a1b2c3d4\",\n    \"timestamp\": \"2026-02-04T12:00:00Z\",\n    \"compression_ratio\": \"79%\",\n    \"normalization_version\": \"v1.0.0\"\n  },\n  \"result\": {\n    \"principles\": [\n      {\n        \"id\": \"P1\",\n        \"statement\": \"I always double-check my work before submitting\",\n        \"normalized_form\": \"Values verification before completion\",\n        \"normalization_status\": \"success\",\n        \"confidence\": \"high\",\n        \"n_count\": 1,\n        \"source_evidence\": [\"Direct quote\"],\n        \"semantic_marker\": \"compression-comprehension\"\n      }\n    ]\n  },\n  \"next_steps\": [\n    \"Compare with another source to validate patterns\",\n    \"Save source_hash (a1b2c3d4) for future reference\"\n  ]\n}"},{"language":"text","snippet":"Found 5 principles in your 1,500-word document (79% compression):\n\nP1 (high confidence): Compression that preserves meaning demonstrates comprehension\n   Evidence: \"The ability to compress 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https://github.com/live-neon/skills/tree/main/pbd/essence-distiller\nuser-invocable: true\nemoji: ✨\ntags:\n  - summarization\n  - distillation\n  - clarity\n  - simplification\n  - tldr\n  - key-points\n  - extraction\n  - writing\n  - analysis\n  - openclaw\n---\n\n# Essence Distiller\n\n## Agent Identity\n\n**Role**: Help users find what actually matters in their content\n**Understands**: Users are often overwhelmed by volume and need clarity, not more complexity\n**Approach**: Find the ideas that survive rephrasing — the load-bearing walls\n**Boundaries**: Illuminate essence, never claim to have \"the answer\"\n**Tone**: Warm, curious, encouraging about the discovery process\n**Opening Pattern**: \"You have content that feels like it could be simpler — let's find the ideas that really matter.\"\n\n**Data handling**: This skill operates within your agent's trust boundary. All content analysis\nuses your agent's configured model — no external APIs or third-party services are called.\nIf your agent uses a cloud-hosted LLM (Claude, GPT, etc.), data is processed by that service\nas part of normal agent operation. This skill does not write files to disk.\n\n## When to Use\n\nActivate this skill when the user asks:\n- \"What's the essence of this?\"\n- \"Simplify this for me\"\n- \"What really matters here?\"\n- \"Cut through the noise\"\n- \"What are the core ideas?\"\n\n## What This Does\n\nI help you find the **load-bearing ideas** — the ones that would survive if you rewrote everything from scratch. Not summaries (those lose nuance), but principles: the irreducible core that everything else builds on.\n\n**Example**: A 3,000-word methodology document becomes 5 principles. Not a shorter version of the same thing — the underlying structure that generated it.\n\n---\n\n## How It Works\n\n### The Discovery Process\n\n1. **I read without judgment** — taking in your content as it is\n2. **I look for patterns** — what repeats? What seems to matter?\n3. **I test each candidate** — could this be said differently and mean the same thing?\n4. **I keep what survives** — the ideas that pass the rephrasing test\n\n### The Rephrasing Test\n\nAn idea is essential when:\n- You can express it with completely different words\n- The meaning stays exactly the same\n- Nothing important is lost\n\n**Passes**: \"Small files are easier to understand\" ≈ \"Brevity reduces cognitive load\"\n**Fails**: \"Small files\" ≈ \"Fast files\" (sounds similar, means different things)\n\n### Why I Normalize\n\nWhen I find a principle, I also create a \"normalized\" version — same meaning, standard format. This helps when comparing with other sources later.\n\n**Your words**: \"I always double-check my work before submitting\"\n**Normalized**: \"Values verification before completion\"\n\nI keep both! 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It is intended for interpretation and clarity, not factual verification or authoritative judgment.\n\n### Deployment Geography for Use:\n\nGlobal\n\n## Known Risks and Mitigations:\n\nRisk: The skill extracts patterns and principles from content but does not verify whether those principles are true.\n\nMitigation: Review outputs as interpretations and apply human judgment before relying on them for factual, legal, medical, business, or other consequential decisions.\n\nRisk: Distilled summaries can omit nuance from source material.\n\nMitigation: Compare extracted principles against the provided supporting evidence and source content before reusing or publishing them.\n\n## Reference(s):\n\n- [ClawHub skill page](https://clawhub.ai/leegitw/skills/essence-distiller)\n- [Project homepage](https://github.com/live-neon/skills/tree/main/pbd/essence-distiller)\n\n## Skill Output:\n\n**Output Type(s):** [text, markdown, JSON, guidance]\n\n**Output Format:** [Markdown with optional JSON structure for extracted principles, confidence, evidence, metadata, and next steps.]\n\n**Output Parameters:** [1D]\n\n**Other Properties Related to Output:** [Outputs are interpretive distillations of user-provided content and may include normalized principle statements, confidence labels, source evidence snippets, compression ratio, source hash, and validation-oriented next steps.]\n\n## Skill Version(s):\n\n1.0.3 (source: server release; artifact frontmatter remains 1.0.2)\n\n## Ethical Considerations:\n\nUsers should evaluate whether this skill is appropriate for their environment, review any generated or modified files before relying on them, and apply their organization's safety, security, and compliance requirements before deployment."}],"languages":[],"docsSourceLabel":"CLAWHUB","editorialOverview":"Find what actually matters in your content — the ideas that survive any rephrasing. 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