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Creative Thinking Skill
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A structured protocol that shifts an agent's cognitive mode mid-task using semantic temperature control. Three phases that take any problem from obvious to breakthrough. **The 3 phases:** 1. **Ground** - Surface every assumption. What are you taking for granted? What "everyone knows" that might be wrong? 2. **Explode** - 5-level Depth Ladder for escalating creativity, from obvious variations to absurd leaps 3. **Forge** - Stress-test the best ideas. Eliminate ruthlessly. Synthesize what survives. **The Depth Ladder:** - Level 1: Obvious variations (warm-up) - Level 2: Assumption destroyers (violate each assumption from Phase 1) - Level 3: Cross-domain theft (steal solutions from unrelated fields) - Level 4: The inversion (flip the worst possible approach) - Level 5: The absurd leap (the idea you'd normally filter out) Activates on "brainstorm," "think creatively," "explore options," or "think outside the box." Works with any soul - the soul provides creative flavor, this skill provides creative structure.
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Creative Thinking Skill
Structured creative thinking protocol with semantic temperature control.
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A structured protocol that shifts an agent's cognitive mode mid-task using semantic temperature control. Three phases that take any problem from obvious to breakthrough.
The 3 phases:
- Ground - Surface every assumption. What are you taking for granted? What "everyone knows" that might be wrong?
- Explode - 5-level Depth Ladder for escalating creativity, from obvious variations to absurd leaps
- Forge - Stress-test the best ideas. Eliminate ruthlessly. Synthesize what survives.
The Depth Ladder:
- Level 1: Obvious variations (warm-up)
- Level 2: Assumption destroyers (violate each assumption from Phase 1)
- Level 3: Cross-domain theft (steal solutions from unrelated fields)
- Level 4: The inversion (flip the worst possible approach)
- Level 5: The absurd leap (the idea you'd normally filter out)
Activates on "brainstorm," "think creatively," "explore options," or "think outside the box." Works with any soul - the soul provides creative flavor, this skill provides creative structure.
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- Shifts your agent's cognitive mode mid-conversation
- Explores divergent ideas before converging on solutions
- Breaks past pattern-matching with structured brainstorming
- Controls creative temperature through semantic cues
- Installs as a skill on any OpenClaw agent
// skill.md preview
# Creative Thinking Protocol A three-phase cognitive protocol that uses language to widen and narrow the token probability distribution at targeted moments. The analysis phase anchors rigorous thinking. The divergence phase semantically raises "temperature" through escalating creative prompts. The synthesis phase returns to precision. This is not a checklist. Going through the motions produces nothing. Each phase requires genuine cognitive effort to shift how you're thinking. ## Phase 1: Ground Before creating, understand. Surface every invisible wall. 1. **State the problem in one sentence.** If you can't, it's not clear yet.
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Mar 4, 20261.3 MBRenamed compound-engineer to nightly-compound. Added Phase 5: RESTRUCTURE. BOOTSTRAP: QMD auto-setup, opt-in nightly compound. SOUL.md: universal rules added. CHANGELOG.md and README version badges.
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