# create-ideas

This skill makes the model return six candidate answers with probabilities: three likely ones and three pulled from the tails of the distribution.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1200 installs · ★ 1787
- Author: NeoLabHQ
- License: GPL-3.0 · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/NeoLabHQ/context-engineering-kit/tree/HEAD/skills/create-ideas/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-08-26
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/create-ideas

## What it does

\`create-ideas` changes the shape of a single answer. Instead of one reply, the agent returns a list of six items, each with text and a numeric probability. The first three aim high, above 0.80. The last three deliberately wander: each stays under 0.10 so you see genuinely different directions rather than restatements of the same one.

The skill is a single `SKILL.md` file holding the instruction. No scripts, no external services — the whole thing rides on prompt wording. The instruction also warns against overlapping answers, so if two of the six read alike, that is a signal to rephrase your request.

Worth installing where you want a spread of options early: naming, architecture forks, copy drafts. On tasks with one correct answer — fixing a specific failing test, say — the format gets in the way, because you still get six lines instead of the fix.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NeoLabHQ/context-engineering-kit --skill create-ideas -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/create-ideas/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/create-ideas/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NeoLabHQ/context-engineering-kit --skill create-ideas -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/create-ideas/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NeoLabHQ/context-engineering-kit --skill create-ideas -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/create-ideas/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install NeoLabHQ/context-engineering-kit create-ideas
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/create-ideas/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NeoLabHQ/context-engineering-kit --skill create-ideas -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/NeoLabHQ/context-engineering-kit --path skills/create-ideas
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/create-ideas/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NeoLabHQ/context-engineering-kit --skill create-ideas -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/NeoLabHQ/context-engineering-kit/tree/HEAD/skills/create-ideas/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- brainstorm names for a new project
- lay out an architecture fork as several paths
- draft copy in different tones
- pick an approach when the obvious one feels wrong
- widen a list of hypotheses before a discussion

## Example prompts
- Generate ideas for a CLI tool name in Rust
- Give me six options for the auth module structure
- Suggest ideas for rewriting this README

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From the same set: [neolabhq/context-engineering-kit](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/by/neolabhq/context-engineering-kit.md) — 64 cards

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