Brainstorm high-signal options

Standard LLM brainstorming fails in four ways:

1. Greedy mode collapse: In a single pass, token weights pull every idea toward the most common textbook answer. Options two and three become minor edits of option one.
2. Box-checking filler: Fixed domain templates force the agent to write one real answer and pad the rest with weak decoys.
3. Parallel rail lock: When parallel workers share fixed buckets, every worker walks down the same rails and returns near-twin ideas.
4. Checklist poisoning: When the framing step dumps raw examples or topic lists into Hard limits, workers cram every prompt noun into the output instead of abstracting the core idea.

brainstorm solves this with essence-first framing, six symmetry-breaking steps, and same-prompt parallel dispatch via brainstorm(N). Instead of sorting ideas into fixed buckets or reciting a topic list, each run strips one-off details, burns the obvious default, and flips hidden premises. It then breaks the core bottleneck and frames 3 high-conviction testable bets.

🔬 The 6 symmetry-breaking algorithms

Every brainstorm agent runs these six steps to break out of local maxima: