ideate
by av17 days ago15Timeboxed ideation on a topic using propose-and-critique subagent pairs. Use when the user wants to brainstorm, explore ideas, discover features, generate options, or think through possibilities for a specified duration. Triggers on requests like "brainstorm X for 30 minutes", "ideate on X", "spend an hour thinking about X", "what features should we build", "explore options for X".
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