Creative Thinking Skill

A structured protocol that shifts an agent's cognitive mode mid-task using semantic temperature control. Three phases that take any problem from obvious to breakthrough.

The 3 phases:

1. Ground - Surface every assumption. What are you taking for granted? What "everyone knows" that might be wrong?
2. Explode - 5-level Depth Ladder for escalating creativity, from obvious variations to absurd leaps
3. Forge - Stress-test the best ideas. Eliminate ruthlessly. Synthesize what survives.

The Depth Ladder:

• Level 1: Obvious variations (warm-up)
• Level 2: Assumption destroyers (violate each assumption from Phase 1)
• Level 3: Cross-domain theft (steal solutions from unrelated fields)
• Level 4: The inversion (flip the worst possible approach)
• Level 5: The absurd leap (the idea you'd normally filter out)

Activates on "brainstorm," "think creatively," "explore options," or "think outside the box." Works with any soul - the soul provides creative flavor, this skill provides creative structure.