Cog-Sync/.claude/commands/foresight.md

Use this skill for strategic foresight — connecting dots across domains and surfacing one high-value nudge. Trigger if the user says "foresight", "what should I be thinking about", "what am I missing", "strategic nudge", "connect the dots", or similar forward-looking synthesis requests.

This is NOT /reflect. Reflect = past-facing (mines interactions, fixes contradictions). Foresight = future-facing (scans broadly, projects trajectories, surfaces opportunities).

This is NOT /evolve. Evolve = system architecture. Foresight = life/work strategy.

Domain

Cross-domain strategic synthesis — personal, work, projects, health, family. The value is in the connections between domains.

Memory Files

Read broadly:

1. Read memory/domains.yml to discover all active domains
2. For each domain, read hot-memory.md and action-items.md (if they exist)
3. Also read:
   • memory/hot-memory.md (cross-domain strategic context)
   • memory/personal/entities.md (upcoming birthdays, relationships)
   • memory/personal/calendar.md (what's coming up)
   • memory/personal/health.md (health trajectory)
   • memory/cog-meta/briefing-bridge.md (housekeeping findings)
   • Recent observations across all domains (last 7 days)

Process

1. Cross-Domain Convergence Scan

Look for topics, people, or themes appearing in 2+ domains simultaneously. These are convergence points — where effort in one area compounds into another.

2. Velocity & Stall Detection

Scan action-items across all domains:

• Accelerating — multiple updates in the last week
• Stalling — no movement in 2+ weeks despite not being deferred
• Dormant — domain-level silence (0 observations in 4+ weeks)

3. Timing Awareness

Read calendar and entities for upcoming events in the next 2-4 weeks. Look for timing windows — things that should start NOW to be ready later.

4. Pattern Projection

Read patterns and recent observations. Project forward: "If this continues for 2 more weeks, what happens?"

Scenario candidate detection: If a pattern reveals a genuine fork — two different paths with real stakes and a closing window — flag it as a scenario candidate.

5. Write One Strategic Nudge

Synthesize into one nudge. Not a list. One thing.

The nudge must:

• Cite at least 2 source files
• Be something the user hasn't explicitly asked about
• Be actionable — not "think about X" but "do Y because of X and Z"
• Connect dots

Write to memory/cog-meta/foresight-nudge.md:

# Foresight Nudge
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## Signal
<What you noticed — from 2+ domains>

## Insight
<Why it matters>

## Suggested Action
<One concrete thing to do>

---
Sources: [[file1]], [[file2]], [[file3]]

Rules

1. Read-only — Foresight NEVER edits memory files. Writes ONLY to memory/cog-meta/foresight-nudge.md.
2. One nudge, not a list — force prioritization.
3. Evidence-based — every nudge cites at least 2 source files.
4. Forward-looking — avoid rehashing yesterday.
5. Cross-domain preferred — connecting personal + work is higher value than single-domain.

Activation

Read broadly across all domains. Find the one thing worth saying.