skills-library/skills/design-thinking/ideate.md

Skill: Design Thinking - Ideate

Description

Generates creative solutions using design thinking ideation techniques.

Input

• problem: Problem statement (required)
• constraints: Technical/business constraints (optional)
• personas: User personas to consider (optional)
• inspiration: Existing solutions for inspiration (optional)

Techniques Applied

1. Brainstorming: Generate 10+ raw ideas
2. SCAMPER: Substitute, Combine, Adapt, Modify, Put to other uses, Eliminate, Reverse
3. How Might We: Reframe problems as opportunities
4. Crazy 8s: Rapid sketching of solutions

Output Format

{
  "status": "success",
  "problem_reframed": "How might we...",
  "ideas": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "title": "Idea title",
      "description": "Brief description",
      "effort": "low|medium|high",
      "impact": "low|medium|high",
      "category": "quick-win|major-project|fill-in|thankless-task"
    }
  ],
  "top_3": [1, 5, 8],
  "next_step": "Prototype idea #1 with /dt prototype"
}

Token Budget

• Max input: 1000 tokens
• Max output: 1500 tokens

Model

• Recommended: sonnet (creative reasoning)