Four-Dimensional Deep Reading
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About this skill
Problem
Reading a book often fails at the reuse stage: the main claims, methods, failure conditions, counterexamples, and comparative context stay mixed in memory. four-dimensional-deep-reading turns a book title, file, or link into a structured deep-reading report for engineers and researchers, reducing ad hoc summaries and fragmented notes.
How It Works
It first enriches the input with background data, then runs four roles in parallel:
- Axiom Analyst: reduces viewpoints to atomic propositions and marks falsifiable assumptions such as A1 and A2.
- Structured Note Taker: outputs chapter tables, relationship networks, key turning points, and compresses the result into Logic, Method, and Summary.
- Professional Contrarian: looks for black-swan cases, boundary conditions, and failure modes so conclusions are not accepted uncritically.
- Random Role: samples one identity from a preset pool to add a cross-domain angle missed by the first three roles.
The report usually includes book-review search, publication metadata, chapter structure, horizontal comparison, and diachronic timeline. With only a title, the skill routes by language to sources such as Douban, Goodreads, Amazon, Booklog, and Yes24. With a local file, it attempts to parse txt, pdf, epub, mobi, and md, then cleans chapter markers.
Boundaries
It fits long-form books, documents, or chaptered materials where deep decomposition is useful. It is not ideal for pure code review, live fact-checking, or scholarly writing that requires verbatim citations. External reviews and metadata depend on platform accessibility, so treat the report as an analytical draft rather than a definitive source.
Use Cases
- After getting a new management book, quickly assess core assumptions, reusable methods, and failure boundaries.
- Turn a local PDF into a chapter table, L-M-S notes, and contrarian checks for a weekly review meeting.
- When only the title is known, retrieve publication data, reader reviews, and comparable books to make a reading decision.
- Use speed-read mode to get a one-sentence summary and core premises in about 30 seconds before choosing to read deeply.
Best For
- Training leads who need to turn management or product books into training outlines and case points
- Engineering leads who need to judge a technical book's methods, boundaries, and time cost before a weekly review
- Book-club or knowledge editors who need reviews, publication data, chapter structure, and contrarian views
- Individual researchers who need to compress local PDF or EPUB books into reusable knowledge cards
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