functional-analogy

---
name: functional-analogy
description: "Map technical functions to biological functions, find organisms solving equivalent problems. Deep functional matching across domains."
execution: strategy
used-by: biomimicry
---

# Functional Analogy

Map technical functions to biological functions and find organisms that solve equivalent problems.

## State Ledger

| Resource | Target | Current | % |
|----------|--------|---------|---|
| web-search | 30 | 0 | 0% |
| web-research | 10 | 0 | 0% |
| paper-overview | 30 | 0 | 0% |
| paper-search | 20 | 0 | 0% |
| paper-research | 10 | 0 | 0% |

## HARD-GATE

Cannot exit strategy until ≥80% of each budget line is consumed OR yield targets are met with justification for remaining budget.

## Available Tactics

| Tactic | Role |
|--------|------|
| biological-function-mapping | Core tactic: map technical→biological functions |
| analogy-extraction | Extract transferable structural principles |

## Available SOPs

| SOP | Role |
|-----|------|
| problem-biologization | Translate technical function to biological function |
| organism-discovery | Find organisms performing the biological function |
| functional-model-biology | Build functional model of biological system |
| biological-strategy-extraction | Extract mechanism-level strategies |
| abstraction-to-design | Abstract to design principles |
| emulation-generation | Generate technical solutions |
| biomimicry-synthesis | Synthesize final output |

## Execution Guidance

1. **Functionalize**: Decompose technical system into functions (energy/matter/information flows)
2. **Biologize**: Use problem-biologization to find biological equivalents
3. **Discover**: Use organism-discovery to find champion organisms
4. **Model**: Use functional-model-biology to understand biological mechanisms
5. **Extract**: Use biological-strategy-extraction for transferable strategies
6. **Abstract**: Use abstraction-to-design for design principles
7. **Emulate**: Use emulation-generation for technical solutions