creative-ideation-provocation-generation

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Generate PO provocations and extract constructive movement. Orchestrates assumption surfacing → provocation creation → movement extraction → idea formation.

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Provocation Generation

Generate PO provocations and extract constructive movement.

Stages

Stage 1: Assumption Surfacing

Identify the dominant assumptions and patterns in the current thinking using assumption-surfacing SOP. Prioritize paradigmatic assumptions with high disruption potential.

Stage 2: Provocation Creation

Apply PO operators (escape, reversal, exaggeration, distortion, wishful thinking) to the surfaced assumptions using po-provocation SOP. Generate ≥10 provocations across all 5 types.

Stage 3: Movement Extraction

For each promising provocation, extract constructive movement using movement-operation SOP (if available) or direct reasoning. Four movement types:

Moment-to-moment: follow the provocation step by step
Principle extraction: what principle does this suggest?
Focus: what aspect does this highlight?
Positive: what's the positive in this absurdity?

Stage 4: Idea Formation

Convert movement directions into concrete ideas using idea-synthesis SOP. Each idea must have a clear mechanism, not just a vague direction.

Minimum Yield

Metric	Floor
Assumptions surfaced	≥5
Provocations generated	≥10
Movement directions extracted	≥6
Concrete ideas formed	≥4

Available SOPs

SOP	Role
assumption-surfacing	Stage 1 — enumerate assumptions
po-provocation	Stage 2 — generate PO statements
random-word-stimulus	Stage 2 — alternative stimulus source
movement-operation	Stage 3 — extract movement (if available)
idea-synthesis	Stage 4 — form concrete ideas
novelty-scoring	Post — score resulting ideas
saturation-detection	Post — check if more provocations needed