visual-portfolio

Topics in the source

• Visual Portfolio (divergent orchestrator)
• Purpose
• When to invoke
• Inputs
• Required intermediate representation
• Procedure — generate → validate → select → characterize
• Graceful degradation (honesty over quota)
• The trade-off card (per member)

Turn one problem into a Pareto set of distinct, valid views rather than one "best" figure. Where visual-critic converges to the single strongest honest figure, this skill diverges: it enumerates the analytical questions the data can honestly answer, builds the best figure for each, keeps only the valid ones, and selects the few that together give the reader the most complete, non-redundant understanding of the stated decision. Each member ships a trade-off card, so three pictures become three arguments. The single failure mode this skill exists to prevent: variety without contribution — three chart-form swaps of the same question masquerading as a portfolio. Diversity here is defined over analytical questions (principles/analyticalquestions.yaml), never over chart types. The user asks for alternatives, options, "a few ways to see this," or an exploration rather than a single verdict. A single figure would suppress a legitimate competing reading (multiple decision-relevant questions live in one dataset). Building an exploratory panel, a "choose-your-view" page, or a section that must serve more than one audience/question at once. NOT for a single-figure deliverable with one clear qu

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