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latent-space-engineering

Shapes agent behavior via instruction framing and style transfer. Use when composing dispatch prompts or writing skill instructions for parallel review agents.

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294
Source
athola/claude-night-market
Updated
2026-05-30
Slug
athola--claude-night-market--latent-space-engineering
View on GitHubRaw SKILL.md

// install — copy + paste into any project

mkdir -p .claude/skills && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/athola/claude-night-market/HEAD/plugins/imbue/skills/latent-space-engineering/SKILL.md -o .claude/skills/latent-space-engineering.md

Drops the SKILL.md into .claude/skills/latent-space-engineering.md. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any agent that loads SKILL.md files from .claude/skills/.

Latent Space Engineering

Shape agent behavior by framing instructions for optimal performance. Distinct from context engineering (packing the right information), this skill addresses HOW instructions are framed to put agents in productive mental states.

When To Use

  • Composing agent dispatch prompts
  • Writing skill instructions that guide behavior
  • Dispatching 3+ parallel review agents
  • Generating code or documentation that must match an existing style

When NOT To Use

  • Packing factual context (use context-optimization)
  • Simple single-shot tasks with no behavioral nuance
  • Tasks where instruction tone is irrelevant

Core Techniques

1. Emotional Framing

Replace threat-based prompting with calm, confident instructions. Fear-based prompts cause rushing and corner-cutting.

Load module: modules/emotional-framing.md

2. Style Gene Transfer

Inject exemplar code or prose into context before requesting output. Agents reproduce stylistic attributes from pre-loaded samples.

Load module: modules/style-gene-transfer.md

3. Competitive Review

Frame multi-agent review dispatch with competitive incentives to increase rigor and thoroughness.

Load module: modules/competitive-review.md

Quick Reference

Technique When Module
Emotional framing Any agent prompt emotional-framing
Style gene transfer Code/doc generation style-gene-transfer
Competitive review 3+ parallel reviewers competitive-review