Constraint Protocol

Inject constraints → force creative response → extract transferable principles.

Stages

Stage 1: Constraint Injection

Generate extreme constraints across multiple types (resource, time, scale, audience, material, inversion, context). Each constraint should make the current approach impossible, forcing genuinely new thinking.

Stage 2: Constraint Response

For each constraint, generate a creative solution that satisfies both the original problem AND the constraint. No "impossible" — find a way. Use constraint-response SOP.

Stage 3: Extract Transferable Principles

From each constrained solution, extract the underlying principle that made it work. Identify which principles apply even WITHOUT the constraint — these are the creative gold.

Minimum Yield