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brainstorming-research-ideas

Guides researchers through structured ideation frameworks to discover high-impact research directions. Use when exploring new problem spaces, pivoting between projects, or seeking novel angles on existing work.

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Content

77%

Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

A well-structured, highly actionable ideation guide with clear workflows and concrete templates. Its weaknesses are token efficiency (verbose for a SKILL.md) and progressive disclosure (a large monolithic body with no reference files to split out the per-framework detail).

Suggestions

Tighten the conceptual prose: trim the narrative intros under each of the ten frameworks to one line and let the workflow/tables carry the substance.

Split the per-framework detail into one-level-deep reference files (e.g., references/frameworks.md) and keep SKILL.md as a concise overview pointing to them.

Consider moving the source-field, tension-pair, and stakeholder tables into a reference file so the main body stays a lean index plus the integrated workflow.

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Conciseness

The ~375-line body is accurate and substantive but verbose: conceptual intros and prose explanations under each framework could be tightened without losing the operational value, so it earns the 'mostly efficient but could be tightened' anchor.

2 / 3

Actionability

Each framework supplies concrete numbered workflows, self-check checklists, fill-in templates (e.g., the two-sentence pitch), and tables of specific tensions/stakeholders, giving specific executable guidance for an instruction-only skill.

3 / 3

Workflow Clarity

The integrated Diverge -> Converge -> Refine workflow is clearly sequenced with explicit checkpoints, a filter table with kill criteria, and a completion checklist; no destructive/batch operations require feedback loops.

3 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

No bundle files exist, so all ~375 lines of framework detail, tables, and examples sit inline in a single monolithic file rather than being split into one-level-deep references; sections are well-organized but content that should be separate remains inline.

2 / 3

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Description

90%

Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

A concise, third-person description that clearly states what the skill does and when to use it with natural trigger terms. Its only weakness is specificity: it describes the activity abstractly rather than enumerating concrete actions.

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Specificity

Names the domain and action ('structured ideation frameworks to discover high-impact research directions') but stays at an abstract level rather than enumerating multiple concrete actions like the score-3 anchor.

2 / 3

Completeness

Explicitly answers both what ('Guides researchers through structured ideation frameworks...') and when ('Use when exploring new problem spaces...'), with an explicit trigger clause.

3 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

'Use when exploring new problem spaces, pivoting between projects, or seeking novel angles' covers several natural phrases a researcher would actually say.

3 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The research-ideation niche and its distinct triggers ('new problem spaces', 'novel angles') are unlikely to fire for execution, methodology, or literature-review skills.

3 / 3

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Validation

93%

Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation15 / 16 Passed

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