/biomimetic-transfer

name: biomimetic-transfer
description: "Reframe a problem in biological functional terms, discover organisms/systems solving analogous functions, extract the causal biological strategy, and transfer the mechanism back into the target domain."

biomimetic-transfer

Purpose

Translate a target problem into biological functions, find analogous living systems, extract causal strategies, and transfer them back.

Input contract

mode_contracts:
  biologize-and-discover: &biomimetic_input
    required: [target_problem, target_function]
    optional: [biological_search_space, compatibility_constraints]
    constraints: [function_must_be_stated_independently_of_the_target_implementation]
  BioTRIZ: *biomimetic_input

Execution protocol

Do not perform called SOP operations inline; each loaded SOP owns its contract and thresholds.

1. You MUST load skill `biologize-problem` to biologize the problem. 2. You MUST load skill `discover-biological-analog` to discover biological analogs. 3. You MUST load skill `extract-biological-strategy` to extract the causal strategy. 4. You MUST load skill `instantiate-transfer` to instantiate the target transfer. 5. You MUST load skill `evaluate-compatibility` to check compatibility. If a viable transfer requires composing mechanisms from multiple biological analogs rather than applying one causal strategy, consider `conceptual-blending` as the next tactic. Deviation: BioTRIZ mode may branch during strategy extraction, but all five checks remain required.

Mode branches

• `biologize-and-discover`: translate function, search biological analogs, then extract mechanism.
• `BioTRIZ`: use biological contradiction/principle framing during strategy extraction before transfer.

Output contract

mode_contracts:
  biologize-and-discover:
    produces: [biological_question, biological_candidate_set, biological_strategies, design_principles, technical_solutions]
    delta_fields: [findings, hypothesis_updates, uncertainties, decisions, open_questions]
  BioTRIZ:
    produces: [contradiction, biotriz_principles, biological_case_mapping, biological_strategies, design_principles, technical_solutions]
    delta_fields: [findings, hypothesis_updates, uncertainties, decisions, open_questions]

Thresholds and quality gates

• B: analogs solve the same function; strategy includes mechanism and conditions; target compatibility is explicit.

Failure and counterexamples

Reject organism-by-appearance analogies, transfers without mechanism, and proposals violating target constraints.

Provenance map

• `creative-ideation/biomimicry`, `biologize-and-discover`, `biotriz`, `biological-analogy`: resolved/concept only when exact v3 node is found.
• Status: `creative-ideation/biomimicry`, `biologize-and-discover` resolved; `biotriz`, `biological-analogy` concept.

Preserved source criteria ledger

• Preserve biologize -> discover -> extract strategy -> transfer workflow and BioTRIZ branching.

Context checkpoint / Delta notes

Append function translation, analog evidence, mechanism, transfer assumptions, and compatibility failures.