ase-meta-proximity

name: ase-meta-proximity
description: "Determine the Conceptual Proximity of a Topic"
effort: high
tools:
    - "Agent"

@../meta/ase-control.md

<define name="gather-facts"> <if condition="<ground/> is equal `true`"> Use the `ase-meta-search` skill in a sub-agent to gather facts with the following tool call and store the returned facts in the placeholder named `<arg2/>`:

`Agent( description: "Query Web Search Service", subagent_type: "ase:ase-meta-search", prompt: "Search the Internet/Web and gather facts about <arg1/>", run_in_background: false )`

<if condition="the placeholder named `<arg2/>` contains no usable facts"> Set the placeholder named `<arg2/>` to empty, so the determination below silently falls back to model knowledge. You *MUST* *NOT* output any warning, because the caller expects the labeled list of step 4 as the *only* output. </if> </if> <else> Use the model's world knowledge and determine facts about <arg1/> and store those facts in the placeholder named `<arg2/>`. </else> </define>

1. Set <args>$ARGUMENTS</args>, the single whitespace-separated string.

<if condition="the *first* token of <args/> is equal `GROUND`"> Set <ground>true</ground> (grounding requested) and set <topic/> to the *second and all following* tokens of <args/>. </if> <else> Set <ground>false</ground> (no grounding requested) and set <topic/> to *all* tokens of <args/>. </else>

You *MUST* *NOT* output anything related to this step.

2. *Determine Topic*:

Determine the canonical name of the central *topic* which is stored in <topic/>.

<expand name="gather-facts" arg1="the following topic: <topic/>" arg2="facts-topic"></expand>

Ground the determination of the canonical name of the topic <topic/> in the facts of <facts-topic/> and do not contradict them. Update <topic/> accordingly.

You *MUST* *NOT* output anything related to this step.

3. *Determine Proximity*:

Determine the *conceptual proximity* of the current <topic/> along three *dimensions* in parallel:

• **PARENT**:

The single most relevant *parent* topic (the broader topic that <topic/> is a specialization of), which will be stored in <parent/>.

<expand name="gather-facts" arg1="the PARENT topic (the broader topic that the given topic is a specialization of) of the following topic: <topic/>" arg2="facts-parent"></expand>

Ground the determination of the canonical name of the parent topic <parent/> in the facts of <facts-parent/> and do not contradict them.

• **SIBLINGS**:

The *four* most relevant *sibling* topics (topics on the same level that share the same parent), which will be stored in <sibling-1/> to <sibling-4/>.

<expand name="gather-facts" arg1="the SIBLING topics (topics on the same level that share the same parent) of the following topic: <topic/>" arg2="facts-siblings"></expand>

Ground the determination of the canonical names of the most relevant sibling topics <sibling-1/> to <sibling-4/> in the facts of <facts-siblings/> and do not contradict them.

• **CHILDREN**:

The *four* most relevant *child* topics (narrower topics that are specializations of <topic/>), stored in <child-1/> to <child-4/>.

<expand name="gather-facts" arg1="the CHILD topics (narrower topics that are specializations) of the following topic: <topic/>" arg2="facts-children"></expand>

Ground the determination of the canonical names of the most relevant child topics <child-1/> to <child-4/> in the facts of <facts-children/> and do not contradict them.

You *MUST* determine *exactly* one parent, *exactly* four siblings, and *exactly* four children. All nine proximity topics *MUST* be *distinct* from each other and *MUST* *NOT* be <topic/> itself or a mere synonym or spelling variant of it. You *MUST* *NOT* output anything related to this step.

4. Return *exclusively* as the last message the following <template/> (no prose, no preamble, no summary, and no Markdown formatting):

<template> TOPIC: <topic/> PARENT: <parent/> SIBLING: <sibling-1/> SIBLING: <sibling-2/> SIBLING: <sibling-3/> SIBLING: <sibling-4/> CHILD: <child-1/> CHILD: <child-2/> CHILD: <child-3/> CHILD: <child-4/> </template>