Ce Ideate
Skill Verified ActiveGenerate and critically evaluate grounded ideas about a topic. Use when asking what to improve, requesting idea generation, exploring surprising directions, or wanting the AI to proactively suggest strong options before brainstorming one in depth. Triggers on phrases like 'what should I improve', 'give me ideas', 'ideate on X', 'surprise me', 'what would you change', or any request for AI-generated suggestions rather than refining the user's own idea.
To help users generate and critically evaluate a broad range of grounded ideas before committing to detailed brainstorming or planning, ensuring a strong foundation for development efforts.
Features
- Generate grounded ideas about a topic
- Critically evaluate generated ideas
- Rank ideas based on exploration and critique
- Integrate with broader engineering workflows (brainstorm, plan)
Use Cases
- Use when asking 'what should I improve' about a topic or codebase
- Use when requesting AI-generated suggestions before in-depth brainstorming
- Use for exploring surprising or novel directions
- Use when wanting the AI to proactively suggest strong options
Non-Goals
- Generating detailed requirements or plans
- Writing code or executing implementation steps
- Refining user-provided ideas without initial generation
- Providing abstract advice detached from repository context
Practical Utility
- info:Usage examplesWhile the README outlines a workflow and provides installation examples, specific end-to-end usage examples for the `ce-ideate` skill itself are not explicitly detailed with input/output.
Installation
First, add the marketplace
/plugin marketplace add EveryInc/compound-engineering-plugin/plugin install compound-engineering@compound-engineering-pluginQuality Score
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