BeCreative

How This Skill Approaches It

Apply Verbalized Sampling (Zhang et al., 2024) combined with extended thinking. The model generates five internally diverse candidates with probability below 0.10 each — low-probability options it would normally never surface — then evaluates them and returns the strongest one. Seven workflows cover the range from quick brainstorming (StandardCreativity, IdeaGeneration) to boundary-pushing (MaximumCreativity), structured multi-path exploration (TreeOfThoughts), and domain-specific work. TechnicalCreativityGemini3 routes engineering problems to Gemini 3 Pro. SyntheticDataExpansion runs VS-Multi for growing a small seed corpus into a diverse N-example dataset for evals or training — useful when you have 5-20 examples and need 50-200 with genuine variety. The research shows 1.6-2.1x diversity increase and 25.7% quality improvement over standard sampling under controlled conditions.

In Action

What you say to your DA, and what the BeCreative skill actually does.

• You say "be creative — i need a name for this security tool"
  → Runs MaximumCreativity: generates five internally diverse naming candidates (p<0.10 each) via Verbalized Sampling during extended thinking, then returns the strongest option with brief reasoning.
• You say "i have 10 eval examples, expand them to 50 with real variety"
  → Runs SyntheticDataExpansion (VS-Multi): takes the seed corpus, generates batches via low-probability sampling across the distribution, and returns a diverse N-example dataset that doesn't cluster around the originals.

Inside the Skill

The thinking, frameworks, and architecture that distinguish this skill from a generic version of the same task.

User: "Brainstorm products we could build from a patent portfolio"
→ IdeaGeneration
→ The most breakthrough of five approaches that rest on different assumptions, with why it beats the conventional answer

User: "Divergent scene concepts for a blog header illustration"
→ DomainSpecific
→ A scene concept that breaks a real editorial-illustration convention, chosen on that domain's criteria and justified against them

User: "Evolve ideas for a new featured content collection over a few rounds"
→ HillClimb Ideate (not this skill)
→ Generations from a code-drawn roster across bands and vendors, judge-scored with spread since there is no metric, the stopping condition named, each generation persisted

Workflows & Routing · 7

Each workflow is one job the skill runs. The trigger phrases route your request to the right one — this is the skill's routing table.

1. 01
   StandardCreativity Intents/StandardCreativity.md

   be creative, think creatively, default creative tasks

2. 02
   MaximumCreativity Intents/MaximumCreativity.md

   maximum creativity, most creative, radically different

3. 03
   IdeaGeneration Intents/IdeaGeneration.md

   brainstorm, ideas for, solve this problem

4. 04
   TreeOfThoughts Intents/TreeOfThoughts.md

   complex problem, multi-factor, explore paths

5. 05
   DomainSpecific Intents/DomainSpecific.md

   artistic, business innovation, domain-specific

6. 06
   TechnicalCreativity Intents/TechnicalCreativity.md

   technical creativity, algorithm or architecture ideas

7. 07
   SyntheticDataExpansion Intents/SyntheticDataExpansion.md

   expand corpus, synthetic data, generate diverse examples, create test set from these

Tools · 1

Deterministic executables the workflows call — the code that does the real work, not prompt scaffolding.

• Diversity.ts

How to Invoke

Say any of these to your DA and LifeOS activates the BeCreative skill automatically:

• "be creative"
• "brainstorm"
• "divergent ideas"
• "creative solutions"
• "maximum creativity"
• "tree of thoughts"
• "radically different"
• "name this"
• "creative angle"
• "technical creativity"
• "novel ideas"
• "expand this corpus"
• "synthetic data"
• "generate diverse examples"

Or invoke explicitly:

Skill("BeCreative")

References · 2

Auxiliary files the skill loads at runtime — frameworks, guides, configs.

• ResearchFoundation
• Setup

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