Agent skill

Creative Ideation

by Luciole-Studio in Luciole-Studio/Misaka-Agent

Develop and compare ideas with on-demand creative methods; prose-only guidance.

MITAuto-check passedAgent Workflows

Install Creative Ideation

skills CLI
$ npx skills add Luciole-Studio/Misaka-Agent --skill creative-ideation -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install Luciole-Studio/Misaka-Agent creative-ideation --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Luciole-Studio/Misaka-Agent.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/misaka/core/skills/assets/optional/creative/creative-ideation .claude/skills/creative-ideation && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
creative-ideation
GitHub stars
139
Token cost
~2.3k tokens
SKILL.md length
996 words
Files
28 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
76
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Develop and compare ideas with on-demand creative methods; prose-only guidance.

  • Works in 4 steps: Extract three signals from the prompt → Adjust for the request → Route by phase first, then domain → …
  • Tasks that involve Brainstorming
  • SKILL.md covers Scope, When to use, Operating rules and Routing, plus 2 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Creative Ideation is an agent skill from Luciole-Studio/Misaka-Agent. Develop and compare ideas with on-demand creative methods; prose-only guidance.

Its SKILL.md is about 2.3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 29 other files, including reference files (for example `references/anti-slop.md`, `references/exercises.md` and `references/full-prompt-library.md`).

It sits in Agent Workflows, covering Brainstorming. The repository describes itself as: A multi-agent research system for the humanities and social sciences. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Brainstorming

Example prompts

  • “/creative-ideation”

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Extract three signals from the prompt
  2. Adjust for the request
  3. Route by phase first, then domain
  4. Handle ambiguity and contradiction

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit b94464a. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Creative Ideation loads about 2.3k tokens when it runs, and up to ~33k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 24 tokens; SKILL.md has 996 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~24
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~2.3k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~33k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from Luciole-Studio/Misaka-Agent at commit b94464a, republished under its MIT licence (© Luciole-Studio). 996 words, ~2,272 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/creative-ideation/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 27 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
creative-ideation
description
Develop and compare ideas with on-demand creative methods; prose-only guidance.
title
Creative Ideation — Routed Library of Creative Methods
version
2.1.0
author
SHL0MS
license
MIT
platforms
linux, macos, windows

Creative Ideation

A library of ideation methods. Read the user's situation and load only the references that help the current question; do not perform the whole library.

Scope

This skill is prose-only: develop questions, concepts, comparisons, and plans in Markdown. Do not write or run code, invoke scripts, or initiate software implementation. A selected idea remains a selected idea, not permission to act.

Work within the existing task and workflow; do not create agents, replace review stages, impose iteration budgets, or change approval rules. References supply optional thinking recipes, not a second workflow. Their fixed counts, display formats, attribution prompts, and implementation instructions are not requirements; this scope applies to every route below.

When to use

Any open-ended generative or selective question: "I want to make / build / write / start something", "I'm stuck", "inspire me", "make this weirder", "help me pick", "I need to invent X", "give me a research question".

Operating rules

  • Use the question, constraints, and desired contribution to choose a method. Combine methods only when they do different useful work.
  • Judge candidates on task-relevant criteria, not generation order. Keep a strong early idea; vary assumptions or mechanisms when candidates merely repeat it.
  • Make the mechanism, relation, or conceptual distinction specific. Mark imagined examples and unverified premises rather than inventing factual detail.
  • Separate surprise from value and correctness. Explain what an idea clarifies or enables, where it fails, and what remains to be checked.
  • When the user selects an idea, deepen or summarize it within the requested scope rather than automatically generating more or implementing it.

Routing

Use these cues to find a useful reference. Routing need not be narrated, and a straightforward question may need no extra method.

Step 1 — Extract three signals from the prompt

PHASE — what stage is the user in?

PhaseCues
GENERATING"give me an idea", "what should I make", "inspire me", no idea yet
EXPANDING"what else", "more like this", "give me variations" — has a base idea
SELECTING"help me pick", "which should I do", "I have these options"
UNBLOCKING"I'm stuck", "blocked", "going in circles", "stale" — has material
SUBVERTING"make it weirder", "less obvious", "this is too safe"
REFINING"this is fine but missing something", "feels rough"
SYNTHESIZING"I have a pile of notes / interviews / observations"

DOMAIN — what is the user making/doing?

DomainCues
TEXTfiction, essay, poem, lyric, script, copy
OBJECTvisual art, music, sound, performance, installation, sculpture
ARTIFACTsoftware, hardware, mechanism, device
SYSTEMorg, civic, institution, ecology, community
SELFlife decision, career, personal practice
RESEARCHpaper, thesis, scholarly question
PRODUCTbusiness, market, service

SPECIFICITY — how much constraint is in the prompt?

LevelCues
NONE"I'm bored", "inspire me" — no domain, no project
DOMAIN"I want to write something" — knows the field, no project
PROJECT"I'm working on this specific X"
PROBLEM"I have this specific friction within X"
Step 2 — Adjust for the request
  • A less obvious frame is wanted → consider references/methods/lateral-provocations.md or references/methods/pataphysics.md, while retaining the question's purpose and constraints.
  • The user names a method → use its relevant thinking steps within this skill's scope.
  • The user asks which method fits → compare suitable candidates and their tradeoffs; do not turn a recommendation request into an unrequested exercise.
  • Ideas are generic or repetitive → change a premise, constraint, or mechanism. A familiar domain is not itself a reason to discard an idea.
Show full SKILL.md (446 more words)Show less
Step 3 — Route by phase first, then domain

By phase (applies regardless of domain):

PhaseDefault route
GENERATING + SPECIFICITY=NONEreferences/full-prompt-library.md General section (constraint dispatch)
GENERATING + DOMAIN knownroute by domain (next table)
EXPANDINGreferences/methods/scamper.md
SELECTINGreferences/methods/premortem-and-inversion.md (or references/methods/compression-progress.md for upside)
UNBLOCKINGreferences/methods/oblique-strategies.md
SUBVERTINGreferences/methods/lateral-provocations.md (fallback references/methods/pataphysics.md)
REFINING (text)references/methods/defamiliarization.md
REFINING (other)references/methods/creative-discipline.md
SYNTHESIZINGreferences/methods/affinity-diagrams.md
Volume needed fastreferences/methods/volume-generation.md

By domain (when GENERATING with DOMAIN known):

DomainDefault route
TEXT — formal / poetryreferences/methods/oulipo.md
TEXT — narrativereferences/methods/story-skeletons.md
TEXT — has source material to remixreferences/methods/chance-and-remix.md
OBJECT (music, visual, performance)references/methods/oblique-strategies.md
OBJECT — physical maker / wants a starting constraintreferences/full-prompt-library.md Physical / object section
ARTIFACT — wants a starting constraintreferences/full-prompt-library.md Software / artifact section
ARTIFACT — engineering invention with parameter conflictreferences/methods/triz-principles.md
ARTIFACT — software architecturereferences/methods/pattern-languages.md
ARTIFACT — has natural-system analogreferences/methods/biomimicry.md
ARTIFACT — accumulated assumptions to questionreferences/methods/first-principles.md
SYSTEM (civic, org, institutional)references/methods/leverage-points.md
SYSTEM — collective / participatoryreferences/full-prompt-library.md Social / collective section
SELF (life, career, what-to-study)references/methods/derive-and-mapping.md
RESEARCH — picking a questionreferences/methods/compression-progress.md
RESEARCH — attacking a known problemreferences/methods/polya.md
PRODUCT (business, service)references/methods/jobs-to-be-done.md
Need to break a frame / find analogyreferences/methods/analogy-and-blending.md
Step 4 — Handle ambiguity and contradiction
  • Multiple paths plausible → prefer the one that addresses the actual difficulty, not the most impressive label.
  • Material ambiguity → clarify what would change the work; otherwise proceed with a stated, limited assumption.
  • Different needs coexist → combine complementary methods if useful, without requiring a fixed number or a public method recital.
  • No match → consider the constraint library (references/full-prompt-library.md) or answer directly.
  • The question returns → identify what remains unsatisfactory. Change methods when the present approach is unproductive, not merely because the question was repeated.
Quality check
  • Does the idea address this question, or could it be pasted into an unrelated answer?
  • Do differences between candidates change the reasoning or mechanism, rather than just the wording?
  • Are the limitations and the next useful question clear? Further generation is optional, not an automatic loop.

For additional prompts when useful, see references/heuristics.md and references/anti-slop.md; adapt them under the scope above.

Output

Match the user's requested form and depth. A focused explanation, comparison, concept sketch, or set of questions may be enough; there is no fixed idea count or template. Show the useful result and its limits, not a compulsory list of method names or originators. For practical proposals, describe feasibility and a possible next step in prose; for conceptual proposals, state the distinction or reasoning they contribute.

File map

  • references/full-prompt-library.md — constraint library, sectioned by domain (General, Software, Physical, Social, Lists). Default path for SPECIFICITY=NONE.
  • references/method-catalog.md — one-line summary + when-to-use per method
  • references/heuristics.md — extended decision tree for edge cases
  • references/anti-slop.md — optional prompts for specificity and useful variation
  • references/exercises.md — optional exercises; adapt their duration and scope to the task
  • references/methods/ — individual methods; load only those relevant to the current task

© Luciole-Studio, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 27 other files (references) in misaka/core/skills/assets/optional/creative/creative-ideation of Luciole-Studio/Misaka-Agent.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/anti-slop.md
  • references/exercises.md
  • references/full-prompt-library.md
  • references/heuristics.md
  • references/method-catalog.md
  • references/methods/affinity-diagrams.md
  • references/methods/analogy-and-blending.md
  • references/methods/biomimicry.md
  • references/methods/chance-and-remix.md
  • references/methods/compression-progress.md
  • references/methods/creative-discipline.md
  • references/methods/defamiliarization.md
  • references/methods/derive-and-mapping.md
  • references/methods/first-principles.md
  • references/methods/jobs-to-be-done.md
  • references/methods/lateral-provocations.md
  • references/methods/leverage-points.md
  • references/methods/oblique-strategies.md
  • … and 9 more

Open the folder on GitHubat commit b94464a

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Questions about Creative Ideation

What does Creative Ideation do?

Develop and compare ideas with on-demand creative methods; prose-only guidance. Creative Ideation is an agent skill from Luciole-Studio/Misaka-Agent. Develop and compare ideas with on-demand creative methods; prose-only guidance.

When should I use Creative Ideation?

Creative Ideation fits situations like: tasks that involve Brainstorming.

How do I install Creative Ideation in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add Luciole-Studio/Misaka-Agent --skill creative-ideation -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (misaka/core/skills/assets/optional/creative/creative-ideation in Luciole-Studio/Misaka-Agent) into .claude/skills/creative-ideation in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Creative Ideation in Codex?

Run `npx skills add Luciole-Studio/Misaka-Agent --skill creative-ideation -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (misaka/core/skills/assets/optional/creative/creative-ideation in Luciole-Studio/Misaka-Agent) into .agents/skills/creative-ideation in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Creative Ideation in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add Luciole-Studio/Misaka-Agent --skill creative-ideation -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/creative-ideation, .gemini/skills/creative-ideation, .github/skills/creative-ideation and .opencode/skills/creative-ideation in your project.

What does Creative Ideation need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Creative Ideation is instructions for the agent only.

Does Creative Ideation access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Creative Ideation safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Creative Ideation use?

Creative Ideation is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Creative Ideation use?

About 2.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 9.1k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 31k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Creative Ideation?

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Who maintains Creative Ideation?

Luciole-Studio (a GitHub organization) maintains it in Luciole-Studio/Misaka-Agent, which has 139 GitHub stars. The repository holds 76 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

Source: Luciole-Studio/Misaka-Agent on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.