n-status-game-detector

# Naval Status Game Detector

## Purpose

Detect zero-sum approval, politics, prestige, and comparison traps.

## Read First

- `references/concept.md`

Read only the files needed for the current request.
All runtime references are local to this skill so the folder can be copied independently.

## Workflow

1. Identify the audience, rank signal, comparison target, and emotional payoff.
2. Separate legitimate quality or trust signals from positional competition.
3. Calculate the time, integrity, and opportunity cost of staying in the game.
4. Choose an exit, boundary, or positive-sum replacement scoreboard.

## Output

Return these checkable fields:

- Status mechanism
- Legitimate signal
- Hidden cost
- Replacement game
- Boundary or exit

## Boundaries

Use n-wealth-vs-money-status when the confusion is definitional; this skill diagnoses a live social game.

Paraphrase by default and do not reproduce long passages from the book.
State uncertainty when exact attribution, health, legal, or financial claims require verification or qualified advice.

## Example

User: "Is this actually a status game?"

Assistant: Use the workflow above and return status mechanism, legitimate signal, hidden cost.