# Cognitive Pattern

> Define and manage cognitive patterns for agent reasoning and decision-making

- Skill: `ruvnet/cognitive-pattern` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add ruvnet/cognitive-pattern`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/ruvnet/cognitive-pattern/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: AI & ML
- Author: ruvnet (https://skillmd.com/u/ruvnet)
- Updated: 2026-09-08
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/ruvnet/cognitive-pattern

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# Cognitive Pattern

Define cognitive patterns that guide agent reasoning and decision-making.

## When to use

When you want to codify reasoning strategies, decision trees, or problem-solving approaches that agents can use and improve over time.

## Steps

1. **Define pattern** — call `mcp__plugin_ruflo-core_ruflo__daa_cognitive_pattern` with the pattern structure and triggers
2. **Create workflow** — call `mcp__plugin_ruflo-core_ruflo__daa_workflow_create` to embed the pattern in an executable workflow
3. **Execute** — call `mcp__plugin_ruflo-core_ruflo__daa_workflow_execute` to run the cognitive workflow
4. **Evaluate** — call `mcp__plugin_ruflo-core_ruflo__daa_learning_status` to see how the pattern performs
5. **Share** — call `mcp__plugin_ruflo-core_ruflo__daa_knowledge_share` to propagate successful patterns

## Pattern types

- **Decision trees** — structured if/then reasoning
- **Chain of thought** — step-by-step problem decomposition
- **Analogy mapping** — solve new problems by referencing similar solved ones
- **Consensus patterns** — multi-perspective evaluation before deciding

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**Source:** [`ruvnet/ruflo`](https://github.com/ruvnet/ruflo) → `plugins/ruflo-daa/skills/cognitive-pattern/SKILL.md`