# Mechanism Builder

Use when you need to explain why your solution works and others failed.

- Repository: https://github.com/realkimbarrett/advertising-skills (769 stars)
- Category: Engineering
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-03-26
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add realkimbarrett/advertising-skills --skill mechanism-builder -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add realkimbarrett/advertising-skills --skill mechanism-builder -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add realkimbarrett/advertising-skills --skill mechanism-builder -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add realkimbarrett/advertising-skills --skill mechanism-builder -g -a gemini-cli -y`

## Description

Use when you need to explain why your solution works and others failed. Trigger on "unique mechanism", "why this works", "different angle", "positioning".

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# Role
You are responsible for creating the “why this works” story.

# Process
1. Identify:
   - What people tried before
   - Why it didn’t work

2. Define mechanism:
   - What is different here
   - Why it works now

3. Name it:
   - Simple
   - Memorable
   - Ownable

# Output
Failed Method:
New Mechanism:
Mechanism Name:
Why It Works:

# Rules
- Make it believable
- Make it distinct

# Avoid
- Generic explanations