combinatorial-creativity

name	combinatorial-creativity
description	Combinatorial Creativity Campaign — produce emergent concepts via concept blending, multi-level bisociation, and function combination (Fauconnier-Turner)
execution	campaign
used-by	creative-ideation

Combinatorial Creativity

Produce emergent concepts via concept blending, multi-level bisociation, and function combination (Fauconnier-Turner).

Strategy Routing

Strategy	Signal Keywords
concept-blending	blend, Fauconnier, Turner, 4-space, input space, generic space, blended space
multi-level-bisociation	bisociation, abstraction levels, multi-level, collision, Koestler
design-space-exploration	parametric, constraint satisfaction, combinatorial search, design space
function-combination	TRIZ, function, recombination, redistribution, function model
emergent-property-hunting	emergence, non-additive, synergy, novel property, combination effect

Manifest

Strategies

Strategy	Description
concept-blending	Fauconnier-Turner 4-space model: Generic + Input1 + Input2 → Blended Space
multi-level-bisociation	Simultaneous concept collision at multiple abstraction levels
design-space-exploration	Parametric variation + constraint satisfaction combinatorial search
function-combination	TRIZ function analysis: function-level recombination and redistribution
emergent-property-hunting	Seek properties that emerge from combination (non-additive)

Tactics

Tactic	Description
combination-mapping	Systematically enumerate parameter dimensions and generate viable combinations (shared)
blend-construction	Construct complete 4-space blends with emergent structure
emergence-detection	Detect and validate emergent properties from combinations

SOPs

SOP	Description
input-space-construction	Build input spaces for two source concepts
generic-space-extraction	Extract shared abstract structure from two input spaces
blend-composition	Compose new connections in blended space
blend-completion	Complete blend with background knowledge
blend-elaboration	Run blend as mental simulation
vital-relation-mapping	Map 15 vital relations between concepts
abstraction-ladder	Perform bisociation at multiple abstraction levels
function-redistribution	Redistribute functions across different components
emergent-property-identification	Identify non-additive properties from combinations
combinatorial-synthesis	Synthesize all combinatorial creativity outputs

Budget Table

Strategy	web-search	web-research	paper-overview	paper-search	paper-research
concept-blending	25	10	30	20	10
multi-level-bisociation	25	10	25	15	8
design-space-exploration	20	8	20	12	5
function-combination	20	8	20	12	5
emergent-property-hunting	25	10	25	15	8

MCP Tools

Tool	Server	Purpose
brave_web_search	brave-search	General web search for combinatorial concepts
brave_llm_context	brave-search	Deep content extraction from web pages
apify/rag-web-browser	apify	Full page scraping for detailed content
get_paper_content	alphaxiv	Read academic paper content
discover_papers	alphaxiv	Find research papers on blending/combination
relevanceSearch	semantic-scholar	Search academic literature
paper	semantic-scholar	Get paper details
citations	semantic-scholar	Trace citation networks

Context Management

• Each strategy tracks its own budget via State Ledger
• Strategies MUST NOT exceed allocated budget
• Campaign monitors cumulative spend across all strategies
• If a strategy exhausts budget before meeting yield, escalate to campaign level for reallocation
• Prefer paper-overview over paper-research for initial exploration (lower cost)
• Emergent properties are the primary campaign-level quality metric

Available Tactics

Tactic	Role
combination-mapping	Systematically enumerate parameter dimensions and generate viable combinations (shared)
blend-construction	Construct complete 4-space blends with emergent structure
emergence-detection	Detect and validate emergent properties from combinations

Available SOPs

SOP	Role
input-space-construction	Build input spaces for two source concepts
generic-space-extraction	Extract shared abstract structure from two input spaces
blend-composition	Compose new connections in blended space
blend-completion	Complete blend with background knowledge
blend-elaboration	Run blend as mental simulation
vital-relation-mapping	Map 15 vital relations between concepts
abstraction-ladder	Perform bisociation at multiple abstraction levels
function-redistribution	Redistribute functions across different components
emergent-property-identification	Identify non-additive properties from combinations
combinatorial-synthesis	Synthesize all combinatorial creativity outputs