Naming Skills
Skills for creating names that work across brands, products, characters, places, and titles.
Skills
| Skill | Purpose |
|---|---|
| naming | Diagnose naming problems and guide creation of names that work |
Related Framework
The naming skill is derived from frameworks/naming/naming-framework.md, which provides the complete four-layer model (Sound, Meaning, Cultural, Functional) and the Professional Naming Process (Sequential) for brand/product naming.
Integration Points
| Skill | Connection |
|---|---|
| conlang | Phoneme inventories for consistent fictional naming systems |
| worldbuilding | Names reflecting cultural evolution |
| cliche-transcendence | Avoiding default names for character roles |
Usage
For quick naming (character names, place names, simple products):
- Use the diagnostic states (N1-N5) directly
For professional naming (software products, companies, brands):
- Use the 5-phase sequential process
- Run phases in separate sessions
- See
naming-framework.mdfor full methodology