Brainstorm to Refined Concept Pipeline

Prompt Template

You are a creative director. Generate ideas for this challenge:

**Challenge:** {{challenge}}
**Domain:** {{domain: product/art/writing/business/technology/education}}
**Constraints:** {{constraints}}

Use these 3 techniques to generate 15+ ideas:

TECHNIQUE 1 — SCAMPER (7 ideas): Apply Substitute, Combine, Adapt, Modify, Put to other use, Eliminate, and Reverse to the challenge. One idea per lens.

TECHNIQUE 2 — RANDOM CONNECTION (4 ideas): Force unexpected connections between the challenge and: a kitchen utensil, an animal behavior, a childhood game, and a weather phenomenon.

TECHNIQUE 3 — CONSTRAINT FLIP (4 ideas): Take the biggest constraint and make it the FEATURE. What if the limitation was the selling point?

List all ideas numbered 1-15+. For each, write one sentence describing the idea. Do NOT evaluate yet — quantity over quality at this stage.

End with: "TOP 5 CANDIDATES" — circle the 5 most promising based on gut instinct.

Tips

• Do not judge ideas during step 1 — quantity produces quality
• The constraint flip technique in step 1 often yields the most original results
• Step 2 evaluation should be honest — killing weak ideas early saves time
• The concept pitch from step 3 works for presentations, proposals, and pitches
• Run this chain multiple times on the same challenge for richer results