1---2name: lateral-thinking-23description: Lateral Thinking Campaign — escape logical thinking tracks via PO/movement, random entry, concept fan, challenge, and six hats (de Bono)4---56# Lateral Thinking78Escape logical thinking tracks via PO/movement, random entry, concept fan, challenge, and six hats (de Bono).910## Strategy Routing1112| Strategy | Signal Keywords |13|----------|----------------|14| provocation-and-movement | PO, provocation, movement, escape pattern, lateral jump |15| random-entry | random word, random input, unrelated stimulus, entry point |16| concept-fan | purpose, concept levels, directions, fan out, broaden |17| challenge-operation | why, challenge, question practice, non-threatening |18| six-hats-ideation | green hat, creative hat, six hats, parallel thinking |1920## Manifest2122### Strategies2324| Strategy | Description |25|----------|-------------|26| provocation-and-movement | PO + Movement: generate provocations then extract useful directions (4 movement types) |27| random-entry | Random word/concept as thinking entry point (de Bono Random Entry) |28| concept-fan | Expand from purpose to concepts to directions to ideas (de Bono Concept Fan) |29| challenge-operation | Non-threatening 'Why?' questioning of current practices (de Bono Challenge) |30| six-hats-ideation | Green Hat focused creative thinking within Six Hats framework |3132### Tactics3334| Tactic | Description |35|--------|-------------|36| provocation-generation | Generate PO provocations using 5 techniques (shared) |37| movement-extraction | Extract constructive directions from provocations via 4 movement types |38| concept-hierarchy | Build concept levels from purpose through concepts to ideas |3940### SOPs4142| SOP | Description |43|-----|-------------|44| movement-operation | Extract constructive directions from PO provocations (4 movement types) |45| concept-fan-expansion | Expand concept fan from purpose through concepts to ideas |46| challenge-questioning | Non-threatening 'Why?' questioning of current practices |47| escape-technique | Identify dominant thinking pattern and escape it |48| stepping-stone | Use impractical ideas as stepping stones to practical ones |49| green-hat-session | Structured creative thinking in Six Hats Green Hat mode |50| fractionation | Split concepts into smaller units, recombine differently |51| alternatives-generation | Generate alternatives for every known approach |52| lateral-synthesis | Synthesize all lateral thinking outputs |5354## Budget Table5556| Strategy | web-search | web-research | paper-overview | paper-search | paper-research |57|----------|-----------|-------------|---------------|-------------|---------------|58| provocation-and-movement | 20 | 5 | 20 | 12 | 5 |59| random-entry | 15 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 3 |60| concept-fan | 20 | 8 | 20 | 12 | 5 |61| challenge-operation | 20 | 8 | 20 | 12 | 5 |62| six-hats-ideation | 15 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 3 |6364## MCP Tools6566| Tool | Server | Purpose |67|------|--------|---------|68| brave_web_search | brave-search | General web search for methods and examples |69| brave_llm_context | brave-search | Deep content extraction from web pages |70| apify/rag-web-browser | apify | Full page scraping for detailed content |71| get_paper_content | alphaxiv | Read academic paper content |72| discover_papers | alphaxiv | Find relevant research papers |73| relevanceSearch | semantic-scholar | Search academic literature |74| paper | semantic-scholar | Get paper details |75| citations | semantic-scholar | Trace citation networks |7677## Context Management7879- Each strategy tracks its own budget via State Ledger80- Strategies MUST NOT exceed allocated budget81- Campaign monitors cumulative spend across all strategies82- If a strategy exhausts budget before meeting yield, escalate to campaign level for reallocation83- Prefer paper-overview over paper-research for initial exploration (lower cost)8485## Available Tactics8687| Tactic | Role |88|--------|------|89| provocation-generation | Generate PO provocations (shared, from combinatorial-creativity) |90| movement-extraction | Extract constructive directions from provocations |91| concept-hierarchy | Build concept levels with ideas per level |9293## Available SOPs9495| SOP | Role |96|-----|------|97| movement-operation | 4 movement types extraction |98| concept-fan-expansion | Purpose → concepts → directions → ideas |99| challenge-questioning | Non-threatening challenge questioning |100| escape-technique | Dominant pattern escape |101| stepping-stone | Impractical → practical via stepping stones |102| green-hat-session | Pure creative output (judgment suspended) |103| fractionation | Split and recombine concepts |104| alternatives-generation | Generate alternatives per approach |105| lateral-synthesis | Final output synthesis |