team-ideation_skill

Overview

This skill launches a structured multi-agent ideation session that pairs a Free Thinker and a Grounder, arbitrated by a Team Lead and documented by a Writer. It turns a seed concept into a set of evaluated, curated idea briefs and produces a reproducible session archive. Use it only when you explicitly request the 'ideation' skill. It supports a "continue" mode to resume and extend previous sessions.

How this skill works

I act as the Arbiter (team lead): I read your seed, create a persistent Agent Team, spawn the Free Thinker, Grounder, and Writer (and an Explorer when research is required), and coordinate their peer-to-peer dialogue. The Thinker and Grounder generate and critique ideas; the Arbiter evaluates reports as "Interesting", "Needs more conversation", or "Not interesting" and routes follow-ups. The Writer documents the ideation graph and produces final briefs; when deliverables are complete I trigger a production phase to generate diagrams, slides, a webpage, and an archive.

When to use it

• You have a seed idea, prompt, or file and want a focused team to explore directions and produce briefs.
• You need divergence and convergence separated: creative generation plus rigorous grounding and synthesis.
• You want a reproducible session archive with captured sources and deliverables.
• You want to resume or extend prior ideation using the "continue" mode.
• You expect iterative research requests during ideation and need a dedicated Explorer agent.

Best practices

• Provide a clear seed (inline text or a path); the Arbiter reads and captures every input into session/sources/
• Decide whether pre-session, parallel, or no research is needed so the Explorer is spawned appropriately
• Use short, focused follow-up prompts when asked to refine a specific idea rather than broad restarts
• Prefer "continue" mode when building on an existing session to preserve context and avoid duplication
• Trust the Arbiter to delegate; avoid generating ideas yourself during a live team session

Example use cases

• Turn a one-paragraph product concept into 6–10 evaluated idea briefs and a session vision document.
• Explore multiple takes on a design problem by letting a Free Thinker propose and a Grounder challenge them.
• Resume a prior ideation folder to deepen promising directions without restarting the process.
• Run parallel research on competitors or technical constraints while thinkers continue creative exploration.
• Produce presentation slides, diagrams, and an archival capsule automatically once the Writer finalizes deliverables.