constraint-driven-ideation

name	constraint-driven-ideation
description	Inject extreme constraints to force innovation — impossibility breeds creativity.
execution	strategy
used-by	perspective-forcing

Constraint-Driven Ideation

Inject extreme constraints to force innovation — impossibility breeds creativity.

State Ledger

Resource	Target	Current	%
web-search	20	0	0%
web-research	8	0	0%
paper-overview	20	0	0%
paper-search	12	0	0%
paper-research	5	0	0%

HARD-GATE

Cannot exit strategy until ≥80% of each budget line is consumed OR yield targets are met with justification for remaining budget.

Available Tactics

Tactic	Role
constraint-protocol	Inject constraints → force response → extract principles
evaluation-filtering	Filter and rank resulting ideas (shared)

Available SOPs

SOP	Role
constraint-response	Generate solutions under extreme constraints
perspective-synthesis	Synthesize constraint-forced insights

Execution Guidance

1. Generate constraints: Create 5-7 extreme constraints across types (resource, time, scale, audience, material, inversion, context)
2. Apply sequentially: Force a solution for each constraint — no "impossible" allowed
3. Extract principles: From each constrained solution, identify the transferable principle
4. Combine: Look for principles that reinforce each other
5. Synthesize: Build unconstrained solutions that incorporate the best constrained insights

Minimum Yield

Metric	Floor
Constraints applied	≥5
Forced solutions generated	≥5
Transferable principles extracted	≥3
Novel unconstrained solutions	≥2