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Break fixation by surfacing assumptions and applying deliberate provocation modes (reversal, negation, random entry, exaggeration, extreme/zero-resource constraint, distortion), then extract constructive movement and synthesize candidate directions.

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$ npx -y skills add yogsoth-ai/de-anthropocentric-research-engine --skill destructive-ideation --agent claude-code

How it fires

How this skill gets triggered: by you, by Claude, or both.

  • Fires itselfAuto-invocation. Claude auto-loads it when your prompt matches the work.Auto-invocation is when the right skill fires by itself at the right moment, driven by a FLOW.md router and a hook, instead of you invoking it by name. It is the difference between a skill being installed and a skill actually getting used.Read the full definition →
  • You can call itInvoke it directly when you want it.
  • Slash command/destructive-ideation

Context preview

The summary Claude sees to decide when to auto-load this skill.

Break fixation by surfacing assumptions and applying deliberate provocation modes (reversal, negation, random entry, exaggeration, extreme/zero-resource constraint, distortion), then extract constructive movement and synthesize candidate directions.

SKILL.md

destructive-ideation.SKILL.md
name: destructive-ideation
description: "Break fixation by surfacing assumptions and applying deliberate provocation modes (reversal, negation, random entry, exaggeration, extreme/zero-resource constraint, distortion), then extract constructive movement and synthesize candidate directions."

destructive-ideation

Purpose

Break fixation with explicit provocation modes, then extract constructive movement and candidate directions.

Input contract

mode_contracts:
  reverse: &destructive_input
    required: [current_frame, target_problem]
    optional: [load_bearing_assumptions, constraints]
    constraints: [provocation_must_name_the_frame_or_assumption_it_attacks]
  negation: *destructive_input
  random-entry: *destructive_input
  extreme-constraint: *destructive_input
  sacred-cow: *destructive_input
  distortion: *destructive_input

Execution protocol

Do not perform called SOP operations inline; each loaded SOP owns its contract and thresholds.

1. You MUST load skill `surface-assumptions` to surface assumptions. 2. You MUST load skill `generate-provocation` to generate the mode-specific provocation. 3. You MUST load skill `extract-constructive-movement` to extract constructive movement. 4. You MUST load skill `synthesize-idea` to synthesize an idea. 5. You MUST load skill `build-concept-fan` to expand the concept fan. If the idea now requires explicit component transformation, consider `structural-transformation`. If it exposes a technical or physical contradiction, consider `resolve-inventive-contradiction`. Deviation: mode may be reverse, negation, random-entry, extreme-constraint, sacred-cow, or distortion; record the selected mode.

Mode branches

  • `reverse`: invert the current desired/undesired relation.
  • `negation`: negate a load-bearing assumption or axiom.
  • `random-entry`: introduce an explicitly recorded external/random concept.
  • `extreme-constraint`: force zero-resource or boundary conditions.
  • `sacred-cow`: challenge an explicitly protected convention.
  • `distortion`: exaggerate, compress, or otherwise perturb a salient feature.

Output contract

mode_contracts:
  reverse: &assumption_attack_output
    produces: [assumption_targets, provocations, constructive_movements, idea_set]
    delta_fields: [findings, hypothesis_updates, assumption_updates, decisions, recommended_jumps]
  negation: *assumption_attack_output
  random-entry: &provocation_output
    produces: [provocations, constructive_movements, idea_set]
    delta_fields: [findings, hypothesis_updates, assumption_updates, decisions, recommended_jumps]
  extreme-constraint: *assumption_attack_output
  sacred-cow: *assumption_attack_output
  distortion: *provocation_output

Thresholds and quality gates

  • B: selected mode is explicit; each provocation has a constructive movement; candidate ideas retain a trace to the attacked frame.

Failure and counterexamples

Reject unbounded randomness, provocation without a target, and ideas that cannot state what constructive movement they preserve.

Provenance map

  • `assumption-destruction`, `axiom-negation`, `provocation-and-movement`, `provocation-generation`, `movement-extraction`: resolved/concept per exact v3 lookup.
  • Status: `assumption-destruction`, `axiom-negation`, `provocation-and-movement`, `movement-extraction` resolved; `provocation-generation` concept (only package-prefixed variants found).

Preserved source criteria ledger

  • Preserve reversal, negation, random entry, exaggeration/extreme constraint, distortion, and movement extraction.

Context checkpoint / Delta notes

Append mode, attacked assumptions, provocations, movements, and selected directions.

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