comparative-state-analysis

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Lets your agent compare rival states or powers step by step, weighing resources, leadership, and intangibles like popular support.

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

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Then ask your AI: use the comparative-state-analysis skill

About this capability

Use when comparing competing states or explaining why weaker parties prevail. Analyzes material resources, leadership quality, and intangible factors like popular support, governance quality, moral legitimacy, and application of benevolence (仁义).

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by baojie/shiji-kb in kg/ontology/ontology-v1/skus/procedural/skill_039/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

Overview

A method for analyzing why outcomes differ from what raw power comparisons would predict, focusing on intangible factors.

Steps

1. Material Comparison

Compare quantifiable resources:

  • Territory size
  • Population/military numbers
  • Geographic advantages
  • Equipment quality
  • Wealth

2. Leadership Comparison

Evaluate:

  • Strategic ability
  • Reputation and prestige
  • Access to talented advisors

3. Identify Discrepancies

When outcomes contradict material predictions, investigate:

  • Popular support levels
  • Governance quality
  • Moral legitimacy
  • Unity vs. fragmentation

4. Root Cause Analysis

Key question: Why did the weaker party succeed?

  • Examine treatment of subjects/people
  • Assess whether governance style matches current phase
  • Check for application of benevolence (仁义)

Expected Outcomes

  • Understanding that power is not purely material
  • Recognition that governance quality determines outcomes
  • Identification of critical intangible factors

Validation

  • Verify that both material (territory, population, wealth) and intangible (popular support, governance quality) factors were assessed
  • Confirm that discrepancies between material predictions and actual outcomes were investigated for root causes
  • Check that the analysis addresses whether governance style matches the current phase and whether benevolence (仁义) was applied

Signals

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Source
github.com/baojie/shiji-kb