Scamper Agent Skill
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.
Install
one command, takes just this skill from the repositorynpx skills add https://github.com/neurofoo/agent-skills --skill scamperWhat comes with it
26 212 bytes besides the instructionThe instruction itself
12 sections, as written by the authorSCAMPER 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]
S: SUBSTITUTE
*What can be replaced with something else?*
| Component | Substitute With | New Possibility |
|-----------|-----------------|-----------------|
| [element] | [replacement] | [what it enables] |
C: COMBINE
*What can be merged, blended, or bundled together?*
| Combine This | With This | Result |
|--------------|-----------|--------|
| [element A] | [element B] | [new thing] |
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] |
M: MODIFY / MAGNIFY / MINIMIZE
*What can be changed, enlarged, or reduced?*
| Element | Change | Effect |
|---------|--------|--------|
| [element] | [modification] | [result] |
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] |
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] |
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] |
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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Take neurofoo/scamper from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal
use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.
The agent identifies a skill by the name field in its header. Two skills with the
same name cannot sit side by side — one of them will be ignored.