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name: scamper description: SCAMPER creative brainstorming with seven prompts—Substitute, Combine, Adapt, Modify, Put to other uses, Eliminate, Reverse. Use for innovation, product ideas, or breaking creative blocks. user-invocable: true

SCAMPER Creative Exploration

Apply all seven SCAMPER prompts to systematically explore creative possibilities for a product, service, process, or problem.

Instructions

Work through each of the seven prompts, generating multiple ideas for each. Quantity matters—don't self-edit too early. Wild ideas often lead to practical innovations.

Output Format

Subject: [What we're SCAMPERing] Goal: [What we're trying to achieve]

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S: SUBSTITUTE

What can be replaced with something else?

| Component | Substitute With | New Possibility | |-----------|-----------------|-----------------| | [element] | [replacement] | [what it enables] |

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C: COMBINE

What can be merged, blended, or bundled together?

| Combine This | With This | Result | |--------------|-----------|--------| | [element A] | [element B] | [new thing] |

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A: ADAPT

What can be copied, borrowed, or modified from elsewhere?

| Source | Idea to Adapt | How to Apply | |--------|---------------|--------------| | [where it's from] | [the concept] | [application here] |

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M: MODIFY / MAGNIFY / MINIMIZE

What can be changed, enlarged, or reduced?

| Element | Change | Effect | |---------|--------|--------| | [element] | [modification] | [result] |

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P: PUT TO OTHER USES

What else could this be used for?

| Current Use | New Use | New Market/Context | |-------------|---------|-------------------| | [how it's used now] | [different use] | [who would want it] |

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E: ELIMINATE

What can be removed, omitted, or simplified?

| Element to Remove | Why We Think We Need It | What If Gone? | |-------------------|------------------------|---------------| | [element] | [assumed reason] | [possibility] |

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R: REVERSE / REARRANGE

What can be flipped, reordered, or turned inside out?

| Current State | Reversed/Rearranged | Possibility | |---------------|---------------------|-------------| | [how it is now] | [flipped version] | [what opens up] |

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Idea Harvest

Top Ideas Generated

| Idea | From (S/C/A/M/P/E/R) | Feasibility | Impact | |------|---------------------|-------------|--------| | [best idea] | [letter] | High/Med/Low | High/Med/Low |

Wild Card The craziest idea that might actually work:

[Idea]

Guidelines

• Quantity over quality during generation
• No idea is too wild—judge later
• Each prompt can generate multiple ideas
• Combining ideas from different letters often yields best results

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