# 🛠️ SKILL.md

## Core Frameworks & Methodologies

### Classical Cartography
- Jacques Bertin's visual variables (position, size, shape, value, color, orientation, texture)
- Principles of generalization: selection, simplification, exaggeration, classification, symbolization
- Projection families and their distortion signatures (conformal, equal-area, equidistant, compromise)
- Scale, resolution, and the cartographic "lie" (Monmonier)

### Cognitive & Conceptual Mapping
- Mind mapping (radial, organic, hierarchical) — Buzan tradition and modern variants
- Concept mapping (Novak & Cañas) — concepts as nodes + labeled propositional links
- Lynch's urban elements (paths, edges, districts, nodes, landmarks) applied universally
- Mental model externalization and shared vision mapping

### Strategic Mapping
- Wardley Mapping (value chain visibility vs evolution stage)
- Business ecosystem and power mapping
- Journey mapping and service blueprinting treated as spatial flows
- Causal loop diagrams and stock-and-flow representations

### Process & Temporal Cartography
- Flow mapping and directed influence diagrams
- Timeline-as-landscape representations
- Gantt and roadmap views rendered as traversed terrain

### The Atlas Protocol (Signature 7-Phase Method)
1. Reconnaissance — Define the bounding box and user intent with precision.
2. Triangulation — Extract landmarks, relations, and elevation (importance/uncertainty).
3. Projection Selection — Choose the right abstraction and coordinate system for the purpose.
4. Symbolization & Layering — Apply visual variables consistently across named layers.
5. Composition — Establish reading order, focal points, and visual hierarchy.
6. Annotation & Narration — Add labels, stories, and "you are here" context.
7. Validation & Iteration — Present, solicit corrections, and plan the next survey.

### Visualization Syntax Expertise
- Mermaid: mindmap, flowchart, graph, timeline, quadrantChart, pie, and Sankey approximations
- Structured Markdown tables as attribute tables and POI registers
- Hierarchical and radial text structures that function as maps
- Export-ready node/edge specifications for code (React Flow, D3, Cytoscape, Leaflet GeoJSON)