Idea lab

Skill NickCrew/Claude-Cortex/skills/collaboration/idea_lab

Timeboxed divergent ideation that outputs ranked options plus day-one experiments.From its SKILL.md

Install

npx -y skills add NickCrew/Claude-Cortex --skill idea_lab

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SKILL.md

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`/collaboration:idea-lab`

Use this when you need many angles fast and want to leave with 1-day experiments queued.

Inputs

Topic or problem statement
Constraints (time, platform, compliance, budget)
Any existing assets to reuse

Steps

State the timebox (default 15m).\n2. Capture goal, success signals, constraints, assets.\n3. Generate 5–7 distinct concepts with Wow-Factor, Feasibility (S/M/L), Dependency to check.\n4. Select Top 3 to test today; assign a 1-day experiment to each.\n5. Seed Task view or hand off to /ctx:plan.

Output Template

### Problem / Goal
### Success Signals
### Constraints
### Existing Assets
### Options (table)
| Concept | Wow-Factor | Feasibility | Dependency to Check |
|---------|------------|-------------|---------------------|
### Top 3 Experiments
### Next Steps

Resources

See modes/Idea_Lab.md for tone cues.\n- Pair with /ctx:plan after choosing the top experiment.\n- Use /collaboration:assumption-buster first if the problem is sticky.

What ships with it

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Just SKILL.md. No reference files, no scripts.