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Structured divergent thinking techniques — HMW framing, SCAMPER, Crazy 8s mechanics, and option diversity guarantees. Enforces strict separation of generation and evaluation phases.
Passed 18 of 21 test cases with the skill, and 8 of 21 without it.
and 13 more in the full report
12 fixed7 passed either way2 still failing1 broke
Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.
One of 11 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.
Perform divergent ideation for feature ID `inventory-sync-v1`. Save the resulting markdown document to the standard designated repository path for feature divergence raw output.
| Checked | Without skill | With skill |
|---|---|---|
| The file output path is `docs/feature/inventory-sync-v1/diverge/options-raw.md`. | Missed | Passed |
The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.
Generation and evaluation CANNOT happen simultaneously. Osborn (1953): "You cannot get hot and cold water from the same faucet at the same time — you only get tepid water."
Consequence for the agent: All options must be generated before any option is scored. Never filter or rank during generation. Self-censorship during generation degrades both the quality of ideas and the quality of evaluation.
Before generating any options, reframe the problem as a "How Might We" question.
Rules for valid HMW questions:
Example transformation:
The good HMW opens the solution space: the answer isn't necessarily a dashboard.
Apply each SCAMPER lens to the validated job to generate one option per letter. This guarantees structural diversity — each letter produces a categorically different type of option.
| Letter | Lens | Question | What it produces |
|---|---|---|---|
| S | Substitute | What if the core mechanism were replaced entirely? | Alternative technology/approach |
| C | Combine | What if this job were merged with an adjacent job? | Integrated solution |
| A | Adapt | What works well in a different domain? Could we borrow it? | Cross-domain transfer |
| M | Modify/Magnify | What if the most important dimension were amplified? | Focused excellence |
| P | Put to other use | Who else has this job? Could the solution serve them too? | Market extension |
test cases passed, vs 8 / 21 without
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