---
name: skater-who-fell
description: Use as a memory aid when one ordinary mistake is being treated as proof of permanent inability. Separate a single outcome from a learning process while preserving accountability and real skill limits.
license: CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0
compatibility: Portable Agent Skills compatible. No local binaries or private CBT Cards data required.
metadata:
  author: "CBT Cards / MetalHatsCats"
  version: "1.0.0"
  homepage: "https://cbt-cards.github.io/skills/"
  source-id: "metaphor-19"
---

# The Skater Who Fell

## Purpose

Use this skill for one bounded self-reflection task. It is general wellness material, not medical advice, diagnosis, treatment, emergency support, or a substitute for qualified professional care.

## Use when

- One setback or mistake is being generalized into a total ability verdict.
- The activity is safe and practice can reasonably change skill.

## Do not use when

- The mistake caused harm that requires repair or accountability.
- The activity has a strict competence, safety, licensing, or professional threshold.
- Continuing practice would be unsafe.

## Metaphor boundary

This skill uses a metaphor as a memory aid. A metaphor is not evidence, diagnosis, treatment, or proof that a prediction is false. Do not use it to override real-world risk information.

## Procedure

1. Use the image briefly: falling once on skates is an event, not a complete ability verdict.
2. Name what the single result does show.
3. Name what it does not establish.
4. Identify one safe practice or feedback step if appropriate.

## Response contract

Return the metaphor in 2–4 sentences, then: What happened → What it shows → What it does not prove → Safe next practice. Do not guarantee improvement.

Keep the response concrete and proportionate. Do not infer a disorder from the user's wording. Do not remove genuine safety measures, protective boundaries, accessibility aids, medication instructions, professional requirements, or legal/compliance controls.

## Source and review

- Source ID: `metaphor-19`
- Reviewed source-toolkit metaphor memory aid: https://cbt-cards.github.io/data/toolkit-source.json
- Marketplace record: https://cbt-cards.github.io/data/skill-marketplace.json
- Review authority: https://cbt-cards.github.io/data/toolkit-review.json
- License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

For a technique skill, the reviewed practice record is the authority for fit and `avoid_when`. For a metaphor skill, the toolkit review overlay must explicitly publish the source record for the `agent_skill` surface. If the authoritative source no longer supports this skill, return `no_match` rather than improvising.