analyze

Multi-Perspective Analysis

General-purpose analysis engine. Any topic is seeded, researched, and analyzed from dynamically generated perspectives with Socratic verification.

All analysis processing is orchestrated by the MCP server internally. This skill is a thin wrapper that:

1. Collects user input (topic description)
2. Calls prism_analyze to start the analysis pipeline (ontology scope is auto-resolved from brownfield defaults by the MCP server)
3. Polls prism_task_status for progress updates
4. Retrieves results via prism_analyze_result when complete
5. Presents the final report to the user

Ontology Scope Resolution (Automatic)

The MCP server automatically resolves ontology scope using this priority:

1. Explicit ontology_scope parameter — if provided via config, used as-is
2. Brownfield default repositories — all repos with is_default=1 in prism.db are merged into scope sources
3. Error — if neither is available, the server returns an error asking the user to set up brownfield defaults first

No user interaction is required for ontology scope mapping. Use prism:brownfield to configure default repositories before running analysis.

Config-Based Customization

Wrapper skills (e.g., /prd) can customize analyze behavior by providing a config file. The config path is passed via $ARGUMENTS as --config <path>.

When this skill runs from Codex, pass adaptor: "codex" in the prism_analyze call. When it runs from Claude Code, pass adaptor: "claude". Do not rely on process-global runtime defaults when the caller knows the host runtime.

Config Schema

{
  "topic": "What to analyze (overrides description if provided)",
  "input_context": "Path to input file (e.g., PRD file path)",
  "report_template": "Path to custom report template (overrides default)",
  "seed_hints": "Additional guidance for seed analyst (e.g., 'Focus on policy domain extraction')",
  "session_id": "Pre-generated session ID (optional — task_id becomes analyze-{session_id})",
  "model": "Claude model override (default: claude-sonnet-4-6)"
}