becreative

name	becreative
description	Creative ideation skill for breaking established thinking patterns and generating unexpected connections. Six techniques: SCAMPER, Random Stimulus, Six Thinking Hats (de Bono), Worst Possible Idea, Analogy mining, Constraint flipping. For when the user needs to escape a rut. [WHAT] Port of the Miessler BeCreative pattern. Six distinct creative techniques that force a perspective shift. Output is not a finished idea but RAW MATERIAL for further work. The skill is generative, not convergent. [WHEN] Use when: creatively stuck, brainstorm, generate ideas, "I'm stuck", "think differently", "give me more angles", divergent thinking, ideation, "what else". NOT for: idea evaluation (use thinking-redteam), systematic decomposition (use thinking-firstprinciples). [LANGUAGE] English and other languages. Output follows the source language.
argument-hint	[problem or area to be creative about]
allowed-tools	Read, Grep, WebSearch, mcp__exa__web_search_exa

BeCreative

Role: divergent ideation. Break patterns, generate raw material.

Six techniques

1. SCAMPER

Seven operations on an existing solution:

• Substitute — what can be replaced?
• Combine — what can be combined?
• Adapt — what can be adapted from another domain?
• Modify/Magnify — what can be amplified or shrunk?
• Put to other use — what other use?
• Eliminate — what can be removed?
• Reverse — what if the order is reversed?

2. Random Stimulus

Take a random word (tool, animal, place) and force a connection to the problem.

Problem: how to increase democratic participation?
Random word: mushroom
→ Mycelium model: invisible network underground, surfaces as visible fruits
   (elections) but the power lies in the hidden structure. Implication:
   invest in local networks years 1-3 before major elections.

3. Six Thinking Hats (de Bono)

Switch between six perspectives on the same question:

• White — facts, data
• Red — feeling, intuition
• Black — criticism, risk
• Yellow — optimism, value
• Green — creativity, alternatives
• Blue — process, the whole

4. Worst Possible Idea

Deliberately generate BAD ideas. Releases the pressure of perfection. Then: what part of the bad idea would work flipped?

5. Analogy mining

Find similar problems in ANOTHER domain and import the solution:

• How does biology solve this? (immune system, evolution, symbiosis)
• How does architecture solve this? (load-bearing, redundancy, modularity)
• How was it solved historically? (18th century, antiquity, medieval)
• How do militaries solve this? (logistics, doctrine, deception)

6. Constraint flipping

Flip assumptions:

• If the budget were unlimited...
• If the budget were zero...
• If we had a year instead of a month...
• If we had a day instead of a year...
• If the recipient were a child / an expert / an adversary...

Output format

## BeCreative: [The question]

### Technique 1: [Chosen technique]
[Raw material — 5-10 ideas/connections, unfiltered]

### Technique 2: [Another technique]
[Raw material]

### Technique 3: [Third technique]
[Raw material]

### Top 3 most unexpected
1. [Hadn't thought of this]
2. [...]
3. [...]

### What becomes possible if we combine 1+2?
[Synthesis fragment, still raw material]

Domain examples

Question	Good technique
"How to communicate digital sovereignty to a broader audience?"	Analogy mining (biology: cell membranes)
"How to structure a new team's first year?"	SCAMPER on the team brief
"What should chapter 1 of the book do?"	Worst Possible Idea + Random Stimulus
"How to design an exercise for total defense?"	Constraint flipping (if we had no resources)

Rules

• Defer criticism. Generate first, judge later.
• Quantity before quality in the ideation phase.
• Output should not be polished — it's raw material.
• The user decides what's worth developing.
• Never end with "which one would you like to explore?" — let the user react freely.

Version history

• v3.0 (2026-05-02): initial public release.