ideatelisted
Install: claude install-skill mthines/agent-skills
# Ideate
Turns a problem statement into a small set of validated, evolved ideas by simulating a nominal group of independent generators, scoring with independent judges, and breeding the winners — instead of asking one context for a list and polishing it.
> **This `SKILL.md` is a thin index.** Phase procedures live in `rules/*.md` and load on demand.
> The evidence behind every numerical default lives in [`references/ideation-research.md`](./references/ideation-research.md) — section references below (§) point there, and its defaults tables flag which numbers are study values vs the skill's own operationalizations.
## Contents
- [Mode Detection](#mode-detection)
- [Workflow](#workflow)
- [Quick vs deep](#quick-vs-deep)
- [Composition](#composition)
- [Core Principles](#core-principles)
- [Self-Improvement](#self-improvement)
- [Anti-patterns](#anti-patterns)
- [Definition of Done](#definition-of-done)
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## Mode Detection
Parse `$ARGUMENTS`:
| Mode | Default | Trigger |
| ------- | ------- | ---------------------------------------------------- |
| `quick` | | `quick` token, or auto-triage says small. |
| `deep` | | `deep` token, or auto-triage says open-ended. |
| auto | **yes** | No mode token — run the depth triage table below. |
| Flag | Default | Meaning |
| -------------- | ------- | --------------------------------