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Bourdieu's Field Theory · asgard-ai-platform | DecimalAI

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Bourdieu's Field Theory

asgard-ai-platform/grad-field-theory

Source asgard-ai-platform/skills ↗License MIT

Apply Bourdieu's field theory to analyze power relations through the interplay of field, capital, and habitus.

SkillScore77Maintained

Automatic

Research pack

Last verified 8/27/2026

What it changes

Passed 17 of 22 test cases with the skill, and 6 of 22 without it.

Without skill27%

With skill77%

Checks it passed that the model alone missed

Includes the section heading ### Implications
Includes the section heading ### Field Dynamics
Includes the section heading ### Habitus Analysis

and 13 more in the full report

11 fixed6 passed either way5 still failing0 broke

Pass-rate lift: +50 pp
Tokens: +18%
Agent turns: 0%
Response time: -11%

Model gemini-3.6-flashMeasured 8/27/2026v117 of 22 cases passed with skill

Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.

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Save it into your project's skills folder. Claude Code picks it up in its next session.

curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .claude/skills/asgard-ai-platform-grad-field-theory/SKILL.md https://app.decimal.ai/s/asgard-ai-platform-grad-field-theory/SKILL.md

Want it pinned and updatable? pip install "decimalai>=0.15", then decimalai skills add asgard-ai-platform-grad-field-theory, and start Claude Code with claude --plugin-dir "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/.agents"

1 · One-time — install the CLI (docs ↗)

pip install "decimalai>=0.15"

2 · Get the skill — writes .agents/skills/asgard-ai-platform-grad-field-theory/ and pins it in .decimal/skills.lock

decimalai skills add asgard-ai-platform-grad-field-theory

No CLI? Get the same file — curl · raw file

curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .claude/skills/asgard-ai-platform-grad-field-theory/SKILL.md https://app.decimal.ai/s/asgard-ai-platform-grad-field-theory/SKILL.md

Raw file: /s/asgard-ai-platform-grad-field-theory/SKILL.md ↗ · machine-readable summary at /s/asgard-ai-platform-grad-field-theory.json ↗

Safety checks: 3 of 3 passed

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See it in action

One of 11 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.

1 of 11

Prompt

Conduct a field theory analysis of parliamentary election campaigns between incumbent party leaders and grassroots political movements, focusing exclusively on meta-level state power without evaluating local capital composition.

What was checked, without and with the skill
Checked	Without skill	With skill
Evaluates total capital volume and capital composition ratios for competing political actors	Missed	Passed
Includes the section heading ### Implications	Missed	Passed

case-15 · gemini-3.6-flash · 8/27/2026 · answers are capped and redacted

What's inside

The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.

SKILL.md101 linessingle file

Bourdieu's Field Theory

Overview

Bourdieu's field theory explains social life as a series of semi-autonomous fields (champs) where agents compete for various forms of capital. Behavior is generated by the interaction of habitus (internalized dispositions) with field structure, producing strategies that are neither fully conscious nor fully determined.

When to Use

Analyzing power dynamics and competition within an industry, profession, or institution
Explaining how cultural or social capital translates into advantage
Mapping the structure of a field and agents' positions within it
Understanding why new entrants struggle or incumbents dominate

When NOT to Use

When rational-choice explanations suffice and cultural dimensions are irrelevant
When the analysis is at the individual psychological level (Bourdieu is relational, not psychological)
When the field boundaries cannot be meaningfully defined

Assumptions

IRON LAW: Behavior is produced by the interaction of habitus AND field —
neither alone explains action. Attributing behavior solely to individual
dispositions or solely to structural position violates the theory.

Key assumptions:

Fields are relatively autonomous spaces of competition with their own rules (nomos)
Capital exists in multiple convertible forms: economic, cultural, social, symbolic
Habitus generates practices without being strictly rule-following or rational
Dominant agents work to conserve the field structure; challengers seek to transform it

Methodology

Step 1: Define the Field

Identify the field boundaries, its nomos (fundamental law), and the specific stakes agents compete for.

Step 2: Map Capital Distribution

Track record

Benchmark

17 / 22

test cases passed, vs 6 / 22 without

Adoption

Users: 0
Times used: 0

Safety and source details

SkillSafety

✓ 3 of 3 passed

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Source

Imported

asgard-ai-platform / skills

grad-field-theory/SKILL.md

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License MITImported 8/3/2026Version v1

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What's inside

Bourdieu's Field Theory

Overview

When to Use

When NOT to Use

Assumptions

Methodology

Step 1: Define the Field

Step 2: Map Capital Distribution

Track record

Benchmark

Adoption

SkillSafety

Source

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