Brainstorming Skill

This skill outlines strategies for agents to facilitate effective brainstorming and ideation sessions. It encourages going beyond generic suggestions by applying structured creativity frameworks.

🧠 Core Philosophy

• Diverge then Converge: First, generate a high volume of ideas without judgment. Later, refine and select the best ones.
• No Generic Lists: Avoid standard numbered lists. Push for specific, novel, and even radical ideas.
• Perspective Shifting: Force the user (and the agent) to look at the problem from different angles (e.g., a critic, a child, a competitor).

🛠️ Techniques & Frameworks

1. SCAMPER

Use this to remix existing ideas or products.

• Substitute: What can we replace? (e.g., materials, rules, people)
• Combine: What can we merge? (e.g., features, use cases)
• Adapt: What can we borrow from another context?
• Modify: What can we change/magnify/minify?
• Put to another use: Who else could use this?
• Eliminate: What can we remove? (Simplification)