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Generates ideas the way silent parallel brainwriting does, producing several independent idea streams that build on each other without anchoring on the first voice, then consolidates them into a shortlisted idea pool. Use when you need breadth of options and want to avoid the anchoring and conformity that make ordinary brainstorming underperform.
product-on-purpose/thinking-framework-skills · ★ 1 · AI & Automation · score 77
Install: claude install-skill product-on-purpose/thinking-framework-skills
<!-- thinking-framework-skills | https://github.com/product-on-purpose/thinking-framework-skills | Apache-2.0 --> # Brainwriting Verbal group brainstorming reliably underperforms: only one person talks at a time (production blocking), and the room anchors on the first speaker. Brainwriting removes those losses by generating ideas silently and in parallel, then building on each other's written ideas. This skill adapts that for solo-plus-AI: produce several genuinely independent idea streams (distinct angles, generated without contaminating each other), then run a build-on round and consolidate into a shortlist. The output is an **idea pool**. The key is keeping the streams independent first; collapsing into one stream throws away the mechanism that does the work. ## When to Use - You need breadth of options and want to avoid premature convergence. - Anchoring or conformity would otherwise narrow the ideas (a single brainstorm). - Early divergent generation, before any selection. ## When NOT to Use - When you need to converge, rank, or decide (use a decision skill). - When deep single-expert reasoning beats breadth. - If the result would be volume with no build-on and no selection. ## Instructions When asked to brainwrite, follow these steps: 1. **State the prompt** for ideation in one line. 2. **Generate independent streams.** Produce 3 to 4 separate idea streams, each from a distinct angle, persona, or constraint, generated as if blind to the others. Keep them visibly