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Brainstorming Help

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BRAINSTORM HELP

Commands:
  /brainstorm:start [topic]  - Start a new brainstorming session
  /brainstorm:fork <topic>   - Branch into a tangent or sub-topic
  /brainstorm:back           - Return to parent thread
  /brainstorm:status         - See current thread, open forks, top ideas
  /brainstorm:done           - End session with summary
  /brainstorm:help           - Show this help

Techniques Available:
  - Free Association    Wild ideas, no filter
  - SCAMPER             Substitute, Combine, Adapt, Modify, Put to other uses, Eliminate, Reverse
  - Six Thinking Hats   Facts, Emotions, Caution, Benefits, Creativity, Process
  - Reverse Brainstorm  "How could we fail?" then flip the answers
  - Analogy Hunt        Steal solutions from other domains
  - Constraint Play     "What if no budget?" / "What if infinite time?"

How It Works:
  1. Start a session with /brainstorm:start
  2. Select one or more techniques
  3. Ideas are generated in batches and logged to a session file
  4. Fork into tangents anytime, return with /brainstorm:back
  5. Claude will suggest forks when promising tangents emerge
  6. Claude proactively searches the web for inspiration and analogies
  7. End with /brainstorm:done to get a summary

Session Files:
  - Full session: brainstorm-[topic]-[timestamp].md
  - Summary: brainstorm-[topic]-[timestamp]-summary.md (compact version for follow-up)
  - Located in current working directory

After Help

Use the AskUserQuestion tool to offer next steps:

{
  "questions": [
    {
      "question": "What would you like to do?",
      "header": "Next",
      "multiSelect": false,
      "options": [
        {"label": "Start brainstorming", "description": "Begin a new session with /brainstorm:start"},
        {"label": "Learn more about techniques", "description": "Get detailed explanation of a technique"},
        {"label": "Continue", "description": "Go back to what I was doing"}
      ]
    }
  ]
}