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creative-thinking-for-research

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Applies cognitive science frameworks for creative thinking to CS and AI research ideation. Use when seeking genuinely novel research directions by leveraging combinatorial creativity, analogical reasoning, constraint manipulation, and other empirically grounded creative strategies.

When to use

• Generating genuinely novel ideas, not incremental extensions of prior work
• Feeling trapped in a local optimum of thinking within a single subfield
• Wanting to systematically apply creativity heuristics rather than waiting for inspiration
• Preparing for a research retreat or PhD-level ideation session
• Bridging between fields and seeking structural (not superficial) connections
• You need structured project-level brainstorming workflows (use `brainstorming-research-ideas`)
• You have a well-defined problem and need execution help (use domain-specific skills)
• You need a literature survey (use `scientific-skills:literature-review`)

When not to use

• Structured project-level brainstorming workflows
• Execution help for well-defined problems
• Literature surveys

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