| name | morphological-exploration |
| description | Morphological Exploration Campaign — systematic dimension-combination enumeration to discover unexplored solution spaces via Zwicky box, CCA, and GMA |
| execution | campaign |
| dependencies | {"tactics":["creative-ideation-combination-mapping","creative-ideation-consistency-checking","evaluation-filtering","white-space-identification"],"sops":["constraint-injection","context-checkpoint","context-init","creative-ideation-novelty-scoring","creative-ideation-saturation-detection","idea-synthesis","parameter-identification"],"strategies":["cross-consistency-analysis","design-space-mapping","general-morphological-analysis","parameter-variation","zwicky-box-construction"]} |
Morphological Exploration
Systematic dimension-combination enumeration to discover unexplored solution spaces via Zwicky box, CCA, and GMA.
Strategy Routing
| Strategy | Signal Keywords |
|---|
| zwicky-box-construction | Zwicky, morphological box, parameter matrix, value grid |
| cross-consistency-analysis | CCA, pairwise consistency, reduce combinations, filter inconsistent |
| general-morphological-analysis | GMA, Ritchey, iterative morphological, complete analysis |
| design-space-mapping | design space, coverage, explored regions, visualization |
| parameter-variation | one-factor, parameter sweep, sensitivity, variation |
Manifest
Strategies
| Strategy | Description |
|---|
| zwicky-box-construction | Classic Zwicky box: parameter identification → value enumeration → matrix construction |
| cross-consistency-analysis | CCA: pairwise consistency checking to reduce solution space 90-99% |
| general-morphological-analysis | Ritchey GMA: complete iterative morphological process |
| design-space-mapping | Visualize explored/unexplored regions of solution space |
| parameter-variation | Systematic one-factor-at-a-time parameter sweep |
Tactics
| Tactic | Description |
|---|
| combination-mapping | Systematically enumerate parameter dimensions and generate viable combinations (shared) |
| consistency-checking | Pairwise consistency evaluation to reduce solution space |
| white-space-identification | Identify unexplored viable regions in the morphological matrix |
SOPs
| SOP | Description |
|---|
| value-enumeration | Enumerate 3-5 values per parameter including extremes |
| matrix-construction | Build n-dimensional morphological matrix |
| consistency-pair-evaluation | Evaluate pairwise value consistency (logical/empirical/normative) |
| solution-space-reduction | Apply CCA to remove inconsistent combinations |
| path-generation | Generate combination paths through consistent space |
| white-space-detection | Identify matrix regions not covered by existing methods |
| combination-evaluation | Evaluate new combinations for feasibility and novelty |
| design-space-visualization | Generate structured description of design space |
| morphological-synthesis | Synthesize all morphological exploration outputs |
Budget Table
| Strategy | web-search | web-research | paper-overview | paper-search | paper-research |
|---|
| zwicky-box-construction | 25 | 8 | 25 | 15 | 5 |
| cross-consistency-analysis | 15 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 3 |
| general-morphological-analysis | 30 | 10 | 30 | 20 | 8 |
| design-space-mapping | 25 | 8 | 20 | 12 | 5 |
| parameter-variation | 20 | 5 | 20 | 12 | 5 |
MCP Tools
| Tool | Server | Purpose |
|---|
| brave_web_search | brave-search | General web search for morphological methods |
| 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 relevant research papers |
| 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)
Available Tactics
| Tactic | Role |
|---|
| combination-mapping | Enumerate parameter combinations (shared, from combinatorial-creativity) |
| consistency-checking | Pairwise consistency evaluation and space reduction |
| white-space-identification | Identify unexplored viable regions |
Available SOPs
| SOP | Role |
|---|
| value-enumeration | Enumerate parameter values with boundary extremes |
| matrix-construction | Build n-dimensional morphological matrix |
| consistency-pair-evaluation | Evaluate pairwise consistency |
| solution-space-reduction | Remove inconsistent combinations via CCA |
| path-generation | Generate paths through consistent space |
| white-space-detection | Detect uncovered matrix regions |
| combination-evaluation | Evaluate combinations for feasibility/novelty |
| design-space-visualization | Describe design space structure |
| morphological-synthesis | Final output synthesis |
Available Strategies
Optional, no fixed order; the final leaf is always a sop.
| Strategy | When to use |
|---|
| cross-consistency-analysis | CCA: pairwise consistency checking to reduce solution space 90-99% |
| design-space-mapping | Visualize explored/unexplored regions of solution space |
| general-morphological-analysis | Ritchey GMA: complete iterative morphological process |
| parameter-variation | Systematic one-factor-at-a-time parameter sweep |
| zwicky-box-construction | Classic Zwicky box: parameter identification → value enumeration → matrix construction |
Available Tactics
Optional, no fixed order; the final leaf is always a sop.
| Tactic | When to use |
|---|
| creative-ideation-combination-mapping | Systematically enumerate parameter dimensions and generate viable combinations. Orchestrates parameter extraction → value enumeration → compatibility assessment → synthesis. |
| creative-ideation-consistency-checking | Pairwise consistency evaluation to reduce solution space by identifying and removing inconsistent combinations. |
| evaluation-filtering | Multi-dimensional evaluation and tiered filtering of generated ideas. Orchestrates novelty assessment → feasibility check → ranking → selection. |
| white-space-identification | Identify unexplored viable regions in the morphological matrix where no existing methods operate. |
Available SOPs
Optional, no fixed order; the final leaf is always a sop.
| SOP | When to use |
|---|
| constraint-injection | Inject artificial constraints to force creative divergence. Generates and applies constraints (resource, time, material, audience, scale) to existing ideas to produce variants. |
| context-checkpoint | Append research process and results to the current Phase's context file. Covers both process and results with genuine substance. Use this skill at plan-designated checkpoint points — typically after each strategy completes or at key decision nodes within a research Phase. |
| context-init | Create a new context file for a research Phase. Called once at Phase start to initialize the file that subsequent context-checkpoint calls will append to. Use this skill whenever a new research Phase begins and a fresh context file is needed. |
| creative-ideation-novelty-scoring | Score ideas on novelty dimensions — structural distance from known solutions, conceptual surprise, domain-crossing depth. Produces ranked novelty assessment. |
| creative-ideation-saturation-detection | Determine when additional ideation yields diminishing returns. Analyzes latest idea batch against existing corpus to judge continue/near-saturation/saturated. |
| idea-synthesis | Synthesize diverse ideas into coherent solution concepts. Combines fragments from multiple ideation passes into structured, actionable ideas with clear mechanism descriptions. |
| parameter-identification | Identify the key parameters/dimensions of a problem space. Produces a structured parameter list with value ranges for morphological analysis. |