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metamedium

This skill should be used when the user is building, planning, or strategizing and the key question is whether to optimize content (what) or change form (how/medium). Trigger on "내용 vs 형식", "content vs form", "metamedium", "형식을 바꿔볼까", "새로운 포맷", "관점 전환", "perspective shift", "다른 방법 없을까", "같은 방식이 안 먹혀", "diminishing returns". Applies Alan Kay's metamedium concept to surface form-level alternatives. For requirement clarification use vague; for strategy blind spots use unknown.

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# Metamedium: Content vs Form Lens

Distinguish **content** (what is being said/built) from **form** (the medium/structure it's delivered through) to surface whether the real leverage is in optimizing content or inventing a new form. Based on Alan Kay's metamedium concept.

> "A change of perspective is worth 80 IQ points." — Alan Kay

## Core Concept

Most people only change **content** — what they say, write, or build. The real leverage comes from changing **form** — the medium, format, or structure itself.

| | Content (what) | Form (how/medium) |
|--|----------------|-------------------|
| Example | Writing a LinkedIn post | Building a tool that generates posts from client work |
| Example | Writing unit tests manually | Building a test generator from type signatures |