biologize-problem

Purpose

Translate an implementation-specific problem into biological function and constraint language for mechanism-directed analogy search.

Input contract

required: [target_problem, target_function]
optional: [materials, environment, performance_constraints]
constraints: [function must be implementation-independent and testable]

Procedure

1. Remove target-domain nouns and restate the desired function.
2. State environmental pressures, resources, and failure constraints.
3. Produce biological search terms at function, process, and adaptation levels.

If the problem has been expressed as biological functions and constraints, consider discover-biological-analog as the next tactic.

Output contract

produces: [biological_problem_statement, function_terms, constraint_terms]
delta_fields: [findings, hypothesis_updates, uncertainties]

Quality gates

• The biological formulation preserves the target function and names constraints without prescribing a target technology.

Failure and counterexamples

Reject keyword-only translations that retain the original implementation vocabulary.

Provenance map

• biomimicry/biologize: concept (no exact pool entry; biologize-and-discover is a distinct name).