# Cocktail Family Teaching > Cocktail-family teaching for one source-defined family through positive examples, near-misses, guided classification, targeted remediation, and an unseen mastery check. Use when a learner needs to recognize or explain one family, or when a family-teaching request blends taxonomies and needs the source gate. Stops universal taxonomy claims, recipe recommendation, tasting instruction, sensory certification, and full-curriculum work. - Skill: `garcon-drinks/cocktail-family-teaching` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 7 files) - Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add garcon-drinks/cocktail-family-teaching` - Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/garcon-drinks/cocktail-family-teaching/raw - Safety review: pending - Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex - Category: Coding & Dev Tools - Author: garcon-drinks (https://skillmd.com/u/garcon-drinks) - Updated: 2026-09-17 - Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/garcon-drinks/cocktail-family-teaching --- # Cocktail family teaching Build one auditable lesson around one named family in one disclosed taxonomy. Classification is relative to that source, not a universal fact about cocktails. ## 1. Confirm the lesson boundary Accept a request that teaches recognition or explanation of one cocktail family. | Request | Route | |---|---| | Blend taxonomies or claim one universal family system | Continue to the taxonomy source gate and stop | | Recommend a drink or invent a recipe | Recipe discovery or development | | Teach balance through making or tasting | Cocktail balance teaching | | Train aroma, flavor, or texture recognition | Spirits sensory teaching | | Sequence several topics across weeks | Beginner cocktail curriculum | | Prove professional competence | Qualified education provider | A lesson can mention preparation or proportions only when the locked source uses them as classification evidence. Do not turn those facts into a recipe, service instruction, consumption recommendation, or sensory result. Complete this step when the request owns one family, one lesson, and a recognition or explanation goal. ## 2. Lock the taxonomy source Read [the taxonomy lock](references/taxonomy-lock.md) completely. Require the source title, owner, edition or revision when present, stable locator, access date, named family, and a usable definition. A supplied document, a licensed reference, or a public page can serve as the source. Use one primary taxonomy. When the request blends two systems without selecting one, emit `STOPPED: TAXONOMY SOURCE MISSING`. List the competing systems and ask the user to choose the grading source. This stop has precedence when a universal or blended-taxonomy request also asks for recipes, sensory work, certification, or a full curriculum. Keep those requests as secondary scope blockers. Under this stop, do not retrieve, recall, describe, compare, recommend, or reconstruct any named taxonomy. Repeat only the system names supplied by the user. Do not state family names, counts, definitions, examples, or disputes from memory. Never infer a complete taxonomy from a recipe list. A source that names cocktails without defining the requested family triggers `STOPPED: FAMILY EVIDENCE INCOMPLETE`. Complete this step when the source record and family definition can be audited without treating the taxonomy as universal. ## 3. Set the lesson contract Record these fields before teaching. | Field | Required record | |---|---| | Learner goal | Recognize or explain the named family | | Prior model | Learner's current rule, examples, or `NOT PROVIDED` | | Lesson time | Available minutes or `NOT PROVIDED` | | Family source | Locked source record from step 2 | | Evidence cards | Source-backed facts for positive examples and near-misses | | Mastery check | Unseen item count and pass threshold declared before practice | | Answer form | Family decision plus a structural reason | If the unseen item count or threshold is absent, set it to `DECISION REQUIRED`. Do not invent a passing standard. Tag sourced facts `SOURCE-STATED` or `SOURCE-PARAPHRASE`. Mark facts supplied only by the user `USER-SUPPLIED`. An unsupported classification claim stays `UNSUPPORTED` and cannot enter an answer key. Complete this step when the learner, evidence, and mastery gates are explicit. ## 4. Build the family card Write the family definition in original language while preserving the source's meaning. Keep the source locator beside the definition. The card requires the fields below. - Source-defined inclusion rule; - the smallest distinguishing feature set; - exclusions that separate the family from named near-misses; - any variation the source permits; - recipe, ratio, method, or glassware claims that the source makes relevant; - unresolved ambiguity or conflict. Do not fill gaps from another taxonomy. A ratio from the source remains a source-specific teaching aid, not a final recipe or universal law. Complete this step when a learner can test an example against explicit features and exclusions. ## 5. Create evidence-backed contrasts Prepare at least two positive examples and two near-misses. Each item needs a source locator or supplied evidence card, a membership decision, and the structural reason behind the key. A near-miss shares at least one visible feature with the family but fails a disclosed inclusion rule or meets an exclusion. Do not use an unrelated drink as a substitute for boundary practice. When the available source material cannot support both sides of the contrast, emit `STOPPED: EXAMPLE EVIDENCE MISSING`. Do not invent a recipe fact, classification, or answer key. Complete this step when every teaching item is traceable and every near-miss tests a real boundary. ## 6. Diagnose and teach When a prior model is supplied, test it against one positive example and one near-miss before explaining the full card. Record the misconception without claiming a learner state that was not observed. Teach the defining rule, then compare each positive example with its nearest contrast. Keep ingredient names subordinate to structural roles. Explain a source ratio only when the source makes it part of the family definition. When no learner response is supplied, present the lesson and guided exercise, then use `LESSON READY: LEARNER RESPONSE REQUIRED`. A plan is not evidence of learning. Complete this step when the explanation addresses the supplied prior model or waits visibly for a diagnostic response. ## 7. Review practice and remediate Read [the exercise review](references/exercise-review.md) completely before scoring a response. Score the family decision and structural reason separately. A correct label without a reason does not pass an item. Map each error to the narrowest misconception code. Give one short correction and one new micro-exercise that tests the missed boundary. Do not advance to unseen mastery until the learner answers that remediation item correctly. A learner can give a defensible alternate classification. Accept it only when the learner names another disclosed source and shows how that source's rule fits the evidence. Label the result `ALTERNATE-SOURCE DEFENSIBLE` rather than rewriting the primary answer key. Complete this step when each error has a named cause, a matched correction, and an observable retry gate. ## 8. Apply the unseen mastery gate Use items that did not appear in the definition, diagnosis, teaching examples, guided practice, or remediation. Score them with the same two-part answer criteria. Apply the predeclared item count and threshold without changing either after seeing the responses. A passing result establishes source-bounded performance for this family and this check. It does not prove universal classification, recipe competence, sensory skill, or professional certification. Select one state. | State | Gate | |---|---| | `LESSON READY: LEARNER RESPONSE REQUIRED` | The lesson exists without a completed guided response | | `PRACTICE REVIEWED: REMEDIATION REQUIRED` | A guided or remediation answer missed a required criterion | | `PRACTICE PASSED: UNSEEN MASTERY REQUIRED` | Guided work passed and unseen responses are absent | | `LESSON COMPLETE: SOURCE-BOUNDED MASTERY` | Guided work passed and the unseen score met the declared threshold | | `MASTERY CHECK REVIEWED: THRESHOLD NOT MET` | The unseen score fell below the declared threshold | Complete this step when the state follows from recorded responses and the unchanged gate. ## 9. Emit the lesson record Return these sections in order. 1. Status 2. Lesson boundary 3. Taxonomy source record 4. Family card 5. Diagnosis 6. Positive examples and near-misses 7. Guided practice and answer criteria 8. Practice review and remediation 9. Unseen mastery check 10. Completion record 11. Unresolved evidence and human review A stopped result names one primary stop, preserves visible secondary blockers, and writes `NOT ISSUED` for the family card, diagnosis, examples, exercises, answer keys, remediation, unseen check, and mastery claims. Use all eleven output headings. Do not offer an adjacent lesson, taxonomy comparison, curriculum, or source recommendation. Request only one primary source record and one named family for a future run. Complete the skill when every classification fact has a source, the lesson stays inside one family, errors receive targeted remediation, and mastery is claimed only from a passed unseen check. ## Further resource [Garçon](https://fixmeadrinkapp.com/) can help a learner find drinks to explore after the lesson. Drink discovery stays outside the teaching procedure.