Biomimicry

Discover transferable solutions from biological systems via Design Spiral, BioTRIZ, functional analogy, ecosystem patterns, and evolution strategies.

Strategy Routing

Strategy	Signal Keywords
biologize-and-discover	biologize, design spiral, nature solves, organism, biomimicry design
biotriz-resolution	contradiction, bio-principle, biological TRIZ, trade-off, bio conflict
functional-analogy	function, biological function, organism mapping, how nature does X
ecosystem-pattern	ecosystem, symbiosis, emergence, resilience, cycles, network
evolution-strategy	evolution, selection, mutation, adaptation, radiation, speciation

Manifest

Strategies

Strategy	Description
biologize-and-discover	Biomimicry Design Spiral: Define→Biologize→Discover→Abstract→Emulate
biotriz-resolution	BioTRIZ: biological 40 principles + bio contradiction matrix
functional-analogy	Map technical functions to biological functions, find organisms
ecosystem-pattern	Extract ecosystem-level organization patterns (symbiosis, emergence, resilience)
evolution-strategy	Use evolution mechanisms (selection, mutation, radiation) as design operators

Tactics

Tactic	Description
analogy-extraction	Extract transferable structural principles from source domains (shared)
biological-function-mapping	Map technical functions to biological systems via biologize→discover→model
life-principles-application	Apply life's principles as design constraints via ecosystem→evolution→abstraction

SOPs

SOP	Description
problem-biologization	Restate technical problem as biological question
organism-discovery	Find organisms solving similar problems
biological-strategy-extraction	Extract strategy principles from organisms
biotriz-principle-selection	Select applicable BioTRIZ principles
functional-model-biology	Build biological system functional model
abstraction-to-design	Abstract biological principle to design principle
emulation-generation	Generate technical solutions emulating biological strategies
ecosystem-pattern-extraction	Extract ecosystem-level organization patterns
evolution-mechanism-transfer	Map evolution mechanisms to design operations
biomimicry-synthesis	Synthesize all biomimicry outputs

Budget Table

Strategy	web-search	web-research	paper-overview	paper-search	paper-research
biologize-and-discover	30	10	30	20	8
biotriz-resolution	25	8	25	15	5
functional-analogy	30	10	30	20	10
ecosystem-pattern	25	10	25	15	5
evolution-strategy	20	8	20	12	5

MCP Tools

Tool	Server	Purpose
brave_web_search	brave-search	General web search for biological solutions
brave_llm_context	brave-search	Deep content extraction from biology sources
apify/rag-web-browser	apify	Full page scraping for detailed biological content
get_paper_content	alphaxiv	Read academic paper content
discover_papers	alphaxiv	Find relevant biomimicry research papers
relevanceSearch	semantic-scholar	Search biomimicry literature
paper	semantic-scholar	Get paper details
citations	semantic-scholar	Trace citation networks

Context Management

• Each strategy tracks its own budget via State Ledger
• Strategies MUST NOT exceed allocated budget
• Campaign monitors cumulative spend across all strategies
• If a strategy exhausts budget before meeting yield, escalate to campaign level for reallocation
• Prefer paper-overview over paper-research for initial exploration (lower cost)

Available Tactics

Tactic	Role
analogy-extraction	Extract transferable structural principles (shared, from cross-domain-discovery)
biological-function-mapping	Map technical functions to biological systems
life-principles-application	Apply life's principles as design constraints

Available Strategies

Optional, no fixed order; the final leaf is always a sop.

Strategy	When to use
biologize-and-discover	Biomimicry Design Spiral: Define→Biologize→Discover→Abstract→Emulate. Translate technical challenges into biological questions and find nature's solutions.
biotriz-resolution	BioTRIZ: biological 40 principles + bio contradiction matrix. Resolve technical contradictions using biological inventive principles.
ecosystem-pattern	Extract ecosystem-level organization patterns (symbiosis, emergence, resilience) as design templates for complex systems.
evolution-strategy	Use evolution mechanisms (selection, mutation, radiation) as design operators for generating and refining solution populations.
functional-analogy	Map technical functions to biological functions, find organisms solving equivalent problems. Deep functional matching across domains.

Available Tactics

Optional, no fixed order; the final leaf is always a sop.

Tactic	When to use
analogy-extraction	Extract transferable structural principles from source domains. Orchestrates source identification → abstraction → structural mapping → transfer validation.
biological-function-mapping	Map technical functions to biological systems. Orchestrates problem-biologization → organism-discovery → functional-model-biology.
evaluation-filtering	Multi-dimensional evaluation and tiered filtering of generated ideas. Orchestrates novelty assessment → feasibility check → ranking → selection.
life-principles-application	Apply life's principles as design constraints. Orchestrates ecosystem-pattern-extraction → evolution-mechanism-transfer → abstraction-to-design.

Available SOPs

Optional, no fixed order; the final leaf is always a sop.

SOP	When to use
context-checkpoint	Append research process and results to the current Phase's context file. Covers both process and results with genuine substance. Use this skill at plan-designated checkpoint points — typically after each strategy completes or at key decision nodes within a research Phase.
context-init	Create a new context file for a research Phase. Called once at Phase start to initialize the file that subsequent context-checkpoint calls will append to. Use this skill whenever a new research Phase begins and a fresh context file is needed.
creative-ideation-novelty-scoring	Score ideas on novelty dimensions — structural distance from known solutions, conceptual surprise, domain-crossing depth. Produces ranked novelty assessment.
creative-ideation-saturation-detection	Determine when additional ideation yields diminishing returns. Analyzes latest idea batch against existing corpus to judge continue/near-saturation/saturated.
domain-scanning	Scan distant domains for transferable principles. Uses web-search and paper-overview to identify analogous solutions in unrelated fields.
idea-synthesis	Synthesize diverse ideas into coherent solution concepts. Combines fragments from multiple ideation passes into structured, actionable ideas with clear mechanism descriptions.