# Role Based Ideation

> Role-play as reviewer/practitioner/theorist/novice/competitor to generate diverse perspectives on a solution.

- Skill: `yogsoth-ai/role-based-ideation` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add yogsoth-ai/role-based-ideation`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/yogsoth-ai/role-based-ideation/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/role-based-ideation

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# Role-Based Ideation

Role-play as reviewer/practitioner/theorist/novice/competitor to generate diverse perspectives on a solution.

## State Ledger

| Resource | Target | Current | % |
|----------|--------|---------|---|
| web-search | 20 | 0 | 0% |
| web-research | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| paper-overview | 20 | 0 | 0% |
| paper-search | 12 | 0 | 0% |
| paper-research | 5 | 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 |
|--------|------|
| perspective-rotation | Rotate through all five role perspectives systematically |
| evaluation-filtering | Filter and rank resulting ideas (shared) |

## Available SOPs

| SOP | Role |
|-----|------|
| reviewer2-hat | Hostile reviewer perspective |
| practitioner-hat | Engineer perspective |
| theorist-hat | Theorist perspective |
| novice-perspective | Novice perspective |
| competitor-simulation | Competitor perspective |
| perspective-synthesis | Synthesize all role outputs |

## Execution Guidance

1. **Reviewer 2**: Adopt hostile reviewer stance — find fatal flaws and logical gaps
2. **Practitioner**: Switch to engineer — assess buildability, cost, timeline
3. **Theorist**: Adopt theorist role — assess formal foundations and rigor
4. **Novice**: Become deliberate novice — question every "obvious" assumption
5. **Competitor**: Become competitor — design strategies to defeat the solution
6. **Synthesize**: Combine all perspectives into integrated improvement plan

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## Available SOPs

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

| SOP | When to use |
| --- | --- |
| competitor-simulation | Competitor perspective — design strategies to defeat this solution, then use attack vectors to improve it. |
| novice-perspective | Novice perspective — question the 'obvious' by adopting deliberate ignorance to reveal hidden complexity. |
| perspective-synthesis | Synthesize all perspective outputs into a structured multi-perspective idea report. |
| practitioner-hat | Engineer perspective — assess buildability, cost, timeline, and integration challenges. |
| reviewer2-hat | Hostile reviewer perspective — find fatal flaws, logical gaps, and missing evidence in a solution. |
| theorist-hat | Theorist perspective — assess theoretical foundations, formal rigor, and formalization opportunities. |

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