Creative Ideation
NousResearch/hermes-agent
Generate ideas via named methods from creative practice. An agent skill from NousResearch/hermes-agent.
A skill your agent uses when a defined problem needs diverse ideas, cross-domain combinations, and cheap experiments instead of a single untested answer.
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Install Creativity Engine
$ npx skills add Mark393295827/third-brain-v7-skills --skill creativity-engine -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install Mark393295827/third-brain-v7-skills creativity-engine --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Mark393295827/third-brain-v7-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/creativity-engine .claude/skills/creativity-engine && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "creativity-engine" agent skill from https://github.com/Mark393295827/third-brain-v7-skills/tree/main/skills/creativity-engine into .claude/skills/creativity-engine/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "creativity-engine", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/Mark393295827/third-brain-v7-skills/tree/main/skills/creativity-engineType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add Mark393295827/third-brain-v7-skills --skill creativity-engine -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install Mark393295827/third-brain-v7-skills creativity-engine --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Mark393295827/third-brain-v7-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/creativity-engine .agents/skills/creativity-engine && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "creativity-engine" agent skill from https://github.com/Mark393295827/third-brain-v7-skills/tree/main/skills/creativity-engine into .agents/skills/creativity-engine/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "creativity-engine", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add Mark393295827/third-brain-v7-skills --skill creativity-engine -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install Mark393295827/third-brain-v7-skills creativity-engine --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Mark393295827/third-brain-v7-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/creativity-engine .cursor/skills/creativity-engine && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "creativity-engine" agent skill from https://github.com/Mark393295827/third-brain-v7-skills/tree/main/skills/creativity-engine into .cursor/skills/creativity-engine/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "creativity-engine", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/Mark393295827/third-brain-v7-skills.git --path skills/creativity-engine--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add Mark393295827/third-brain-v7-skills --skill creativity-engine -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install Mark393295827/third-brain-v7-skills creativity-engine --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Mark393295827/third-brain-v7-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/creativity-engine .gemini/skills/creativity-engine && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "creativity-engine" agent skill from https://github.com/Mark393295827/third-brain-v7-skills/tree/main/skills/creativity-engine into .gemini/skills/creativity-engine/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "creativity-engine", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install Mark393295827/third-brain-v7-skills creativity-engineInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add Mark393295827/third-brain-v7-skills --skill creativity-engine -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Mark393295827/third-brain-v7-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/creativity-engine .github/skills/creativity-engine && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "creativity-engine" agent skill from https://github.com/Mark393295827/third-brain-v7-skills/tree/main/skills/creativity-engine into .github/skills/creativity-engine/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "creativity-engine", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add Mark393295827/third-brain-v7-skills --skill creativity-engine -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install Mark393295827/third-brain-v7-skills creativity-engine --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Mark393295827/third-brain-v7-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/creativity-engine .opencode/skills/creativity-engine && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "creativity-engine" agent skill from https://github.com/Mark393295827/third-brain-v7-skills/tree/main/skills/creativity-engine into .opencode/skills/creativity-engine/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "creativity-engine", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
creativity-engine- GitHub stars
- 141
- Token cost
- ~1k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 449 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 21
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
A skill your agent uses when a defined problem needs diverse ideas, cross-domain combinations, and cheap experiments instead of a single untested answer.
- Works in 6 steps: Generate 10-20 combinations across at… → Include inversion, subtraction,… → Cluster duplicates by underlying… → …
- A defined problem needs diverse ideas
- SKILL.md covers Usage Template, Workflow, Failure Protocol and Output Contract, plus 3 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Creativity Engine is an agent skill from Mark393295827/third-brain-v7-skills. Use when a defined problem needs diverse ideas, cross-domain combinations, and cheap experiments instead of a single untested answer.
Its SKILL.md is about 1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.
The repository describes itself as: agent wiki +engineering skills. The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- A defined problem needs diverse ideas
- Cross-domain combinations
- Cheap experiments instead of a single untested answer
Example prompts
- “/creativity-engine”
Workflow steps
6 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Generate 10-20 combinations across at least three mechanisms or domains.
- Include inversion, subtraction, constraint removal, and one distant analogy.
- Cluster duplicates by underlying mechanism, not wording.
- Score survivors on expected value, test difficulty, distinctiveness, reversibility, and evidence gap.
- Select three non-equivalent options.
- For each, define a minimum experiment: hypothesis, smallest artifact, target participant, success threshold, budget, stop rule, and…
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 5a64514. 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
Creativity Engine loads about 1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 38 tokens; SKILL.md has 449 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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 Mark393295827/third-brain-v7-skills at commit 5a64514, republished under its MIT licence (© Mark393295827). 449 words, ~1,030 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/creativity-engine/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- creativity-engine
- description
- Use when a defined problem needs diverse ideas, cross-domain combinations, and cheap experiments instead of a single untested answer.
- metadata.version
- 8.1.0
- metadata.updated
- 2026-08-18
- metadata.profile
- one-shot
- metadata.assumes
- A problem, target user, and at least one meaningful constraint can be stated.
- metadata.conflicts_with
- Unbounded brainstorming, novelty without utility, or treating generated ideas as validated opportunities.
Creativity Engine
<skill_contract>
<input>Defined problem, target user, desired change, constraints, prior attempts, and experiment budget.</input>
<output>Three non-equivalent options with scored mechanisms and falsifiable minimum experiments.</output>
<done>Each selected option has a hypothesis, smallest artifact, participant, threshold, budget, stop rule, and failure learning.</done>
<non_goals>Unbounded brainstorming, novelty without utility, polished prose before diversity, or presenting ideas as validated demand.</non_goals>
Create option value by combining mechanisms, constraints, and analogies, then convert the strongest options into minimum experiments.
Usage Template
Provide: problem, target user, desired change, constraints, existing attempts, and experiment budget. Optional: domains or concepts to combine.
Workflow
<intake>Rewrite the request as For [user], change [state] under [constraints], measured by [signal]. Extract reusable building blocks: actors, assets, mechanisms, channels, incentives, and constraints.
</intake><unknowns_gate>
If no user, problem, or constraint is available, return NEEDS_INPUT with one discriminating probe. Treat market demand, technical feasibility, and user behavior as testable unknowns, not assumptions to hide.
</unknowns_gate>
<execute>- Generate 10-20 combinations across at least three mechanisms or domains.
- Include inversion, subtraction, constraint removal, and one distant analogy.
- Cluster duplicates by underlying mechanism, not wording.
- Score survivors on expected value, test difficulty, distinctiveness, reversibility, and evidence gap.
- Select three non-equivalent options.
- For each, define a minimum experiment: hypothesis, smallest artifact, target participant, success threshold, budget, stop rule, and learning captured on failure.
Do not optimize prose before option diversity. A useful failed experiment is better than an impressive concept with no falsifier.
</execute><evaluate>Check that the top three differ in mechanism, fit constraints, expose their largest unknown, and can be tested cheaply. Remove ideas that are only features, slogans, or unsupported scale claims. Recombine once if all finalists share the same failure mode.
</evaluate>Show full SKILL.md (165 more words)Show less
Failure Protocol
NEEDS_INPUT: the problem frame lacks a user or constraint.INSUFFICIENT_EVIDENCE: ranking depends on unavailable market or technical facts; mark provisional and probe.VERIFY_FAILED: finalists are duplicates or have no falsifiable test; regenerate around different mechanisms.BUDGET_STOP: no experiment fits the budget; return the cheapest information-gathering action.
Output Contract
Return status, result (idea clusters and top-three experiments), evidence (inputs and scoring basis), unknowns, and next_action.
Edge Cases
- The requester supplies a favored solution: include it as one candidate, then generate alternatives from different mechanisms before ranking.
- The domain is regulated or safety-critical: make approval and compliance discovery part of the experiment; do not test on live users without authorization.
Success Metrics
- At least three materially different mechanisms survive evaluation.
- Every finalist has a bounded, falsifiable experiment.
- The next experiment reduces the largest decision-relevant unknown.
Quality Gates
- Problem, user, constraint, and signal are explicit.
- Idea count and diversity thresholds are met.
- Rankings state assumptions and evidence gaps.
- Experiments include threshold, budget, and stop rule.
</skill_contract>
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Files
Just SKILL.md in skills/creativity-engine of Mark393295827/third-brain-v7-skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 5a64514
Compare with similar skills
Creativity Engine next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creativity Engine this skillMark393295827/third-brain-v7-skills | 141 | — | ~1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Creative IdeationNousResearch/hermes-agent | 252k | 1 repos | ~2.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Generate Creative Ideaskapishdima/soundcn | 856 | — | ~2.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Playbook Creative Ideasgrowthenginenowoslawski/coldoutboundskills | 740 | — | ~2.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Is This A Problemanthropics/claude-for-legal | 9.6k | 2 repos | ~2.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Marketing Ideasphuryn/pm-skills | 27k | — | ~545 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Creativity Engine
What does Creativity Engine do?
A skill your agent uses when a defined problem needs diverse ideas, cross-domain combinations, and cheap experiments instead of a single untested answer. Creativity Engine is an agent skill from Mark393295827/third-brain-v7-skills. Use when a defined problem needs diverse ideas, cross-domain combinations, and cheap experiments instead of a single untested answer.
When should I use Creativity Engine?
Creativity Engine fits situations like: A defined problem needs diverse ideas; cross-domain combinations; cheap experiments instead of a single untested answer.
How do I install Creativity Engine in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add Mark393295827/third-brain-v7-skills --skill creativity-engine -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/creativity-engine in Mark393295827/third-brain-v7-skills) into .claude/skills/creativity-engine in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Creativity Engine in Codex?
Run `npx skills add Mark393295827/third-brain-v7-skills --skill creativity-engine -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/creativity-engine in Mark393295827/third-brain-v7-skills) into .agents/skills/creativity-engine in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Creativity Engine 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 Mark393295827/third-brain-v7-skills --skill creativity-engine -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/creativity-engine, .gemini/skills/creativity-engine, .github/skills/creativity-engine and .opencode/skills/creativity-engine in your project.
What does Creativity Engine need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Creativity Engine is instructions for the agent only.
Does Creativity Engine 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 Creativity Engine 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 Creativity Engine use?
Creativity Engine is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Creativity Engine use?
About 1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.1k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
What are the alternatives to Creativity Engine?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Creativity Engine: Creative Ideation (NousResearch/hermes-agent, 252k stars), Generate Creative Ideas (kapishdima/soundcn, 856 stars), Playbook Creative Ideas (growthenginenowoslawski/coldoutboundskills, 740 stars) and Is This A Problem (anthropics/claude-for-legal, 9.6k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Creativity Engine?
Mark393295827 (a GitHub user) maintains it in Mark393295827/third-brain-v7-skills, which has 141 GitHub stars. The repository holds 21 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 19, 2026.
Source: Mark393295827/third-brain-v7-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.