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name: idea-storm description: "Generate a big, wide spread of ideas for anything by running the prompt through many different lenses at once, then clustering and picking. Use when asked to brainstorm ideas for, give me lots of options, help me come up with, or I need ideas for. Produces a high-volume, deliberately varied idea list generated across multiple angles (safe, wild, cheap, ambitious, weird, opposite), grouped into themes, and a shortlist of the most promising — maximizing range so you're not choosing from three obvious options."

Idea Storm

A short brainstorm gives you the three obvious ideas everyone gets. This maximizes range instead: it runs your prompt through many different generative lenses — the safe idea, the wild idea, the cheapest idea, the most ambitious, the weirdest, the opposite — to produce a genuinely wide spread, then clusters and shortlists so the volume is usable. Wide first, then narrow.

What This Skill Produces

• A high-volume idea list — many ideas, deliberately varied, generated without early judgment
• Multiple lenses applied — safe / wild / cheap / ambitious / weird / opposite / adjacent-industry angles, so the range is real
• Theme clusters — the ideas grouped so the volume is navigable
• A shortlist — the most promising handful, flagged for a next step
• A wildcard — at least one genuinely out-there option worth a second look

Required Inputs

Ask for these if not provided:

• The prompt — what you need ideas for (a name, a gift, a solution, a plan, a project)
• Any constraints — budget, time, must-haves (applied lightly — this is generation)
• The vibe — practical, creative, or anything-goes
• How many — a rough target (more than you think)

Framework: Many Lenses, Then Cluster

1. Generate across lenses, not one. Run the prompt through varied angles — safe, wild, cheap, ambitious, weird, opposite, from-another-field — so ideas differ in kind, not just wording.
2. Chase volume, defer judgment. Aim high and don't evaluate mid-generation; quantity and range are the job here.
3. Include the wildcards. Deliberately produce a few genuinely strange ideas — they're often where the good ones hide or get sparked.
4. Cluster into themes. Group the flood into a few themes so it's usable, not overwhelming.
5. Shortlist the promising. Pick the handful worth pursuing and flag one wildcard to keep — the narrowing comes after the widening.

Output Format

Ideas for: [the prompt]

The storm (by lens)

• Safe: […] · Wild: […] · Cheap: […] · Ambitious: […] · Weird: […] · Opposite: […] · From another field: […]

Clustered

• [Theme]: [ideas]. [Theme]: [ideas].

Shortlist: [the most promising few]. Wildcard to keep: [one out-there option].

Quality Checks

• High volume with genuine variety (ideas differ in kind)
• Multiple distinct lenses were applied
• Judgment was deferred during generation
• Ideas are clustered into usable themes
• A shortlist plus a wildcard is provided

Anti-Patterns

• Three obvious ideas and stopping.
• Ideas that are all variations of one concept.
• Judging mid-generation and narrowing too early.
• A flat wall of ideas with no clustering or shortlist.

Example Trigger Phrases

• "Brainstorm ideas for my startup's name."
• "Give me lots of options for a 40th birthday gift."
• "I need ideas for content to post this month."
• "Help me come up with ways to use this spare room."
• "Idea-storm solutions to my team's meeting overload."