# Reverse Brainstorming

> How to make it worse? → reverse for solutions. Generate anti-solutions then invert to discover novel approaches.

- Skill: `yogsoth-ai/reverse-brainstorming` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add yogsoth-ai/reverse-brainstorming`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/yogsoth-ai/reverse-brainstorming/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: yogsoth-ai (https://skillmd.com/u/yogsoth-ai)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/yogsoth-ai/reverse-brainstorming

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# Reverse Brainstorming

How to make it worse? → reverse for solutions.

## State Ledger

| Resource | Target | Current | % |
|----------|--------|---------|---|
| web-search | 15 | 0 | 0% |
| web-research | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| paper-overview | 15 | 0 | 0% |
| paper-search | 10 | 0 | 0% |
| paper-research | 3 | 0 | 0% |

## HARD-GATE

Cannot exit strategy until ≥80% of each budget line is consumed OR yield targets are met with justification for remaining budget.

## Available Tactics

| Tactic | Role |
|--------|------|
| inversion-protocol | Reverse → extract → build constructive alternatives |

## Available SOPs

| SOP | Role |
|-----|------|
| reversal-generation | Generate "how to make it worse" statements |
| worst-case-design | Design deliberately bad solutions |
| inversion-extraction | Extract insights from reversed solutions |
| constructive-rebellion | Build positive solutions from negative insights |
| destruction-synthesis | Synthesize reverse brainstorming outputs |

## Execution Guidance

1. **Reframe**: Restate the problem as "How could we make this as bad as possible?"
2. **Generate anti-solutions**: Use reversal-generation to produce failure modes
3. **Elaborate worst cases**: Use worst-case-design to flesh out the worst approaches
4. **Invert**: Use inversion-extraction to flip each anti-solution into insight
5. **Build**: Use constructive-rebellion to form viable solutions from inversions
6. **Synthesize**: Produce structured output via destruction-synthesis

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## Available Tactics

Optional, no fixed order; the final leaf is always a sop.

| Tactic | When to use |
| --- | --- |
| inversion-protocol | Reverse statements → extract insights → build constructive alternatives. Systematic inversion pipeline from negation to innovation. |

## Available SOPs

Optional, no fixed order; the final leaf is always a sop.

| SOP | When to use |
| --- | --- |
| constructive-rebellion | Build constructive alternatives from destructive negation. Transform violated assumptions into viable innovation directions. |
| destruction-synthesis | Synthesize all assumption destruction outputs into structured destructive innovation report. |
| inversion-extraction | Extract constructive insights from worst solutions. Transform failure analysis into innovation directions. |
| reversal-generation | Systematically reverse positive statements to generate creative inversions. Produces reversed statements with initial associations. |
| worst-case-design | Design the worst possible solution. Deliberate failure engineering to reveal hidden constraints and inversion opportunities. |

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