Generate novel research ideas with iterative refinement and novelty checking against literature. Score ideas on Interestingness, Feasibility, and Novelty. Use when brainstorming research directions or validating idea novelty.

Idea Generation Generate and refine novel research ideas with literature backed novelty assessment. Input $0 — Research area, task description, or existing codebase context $1 — Optional: additional context (e.g., "for NeurIPS", constraints) Scripts Novelty check against Semantic Scholar Performs iterative literature search to assess if an idea is novel. References Ideation prompts (generation, reflection, novelty): ~/.claude/skills/idea generation/references/ideation prompts.md Workflow Step 1: Generate Ideas Given a research area and optional code/paper context: 1. Generate 3 5 diverse research ideas 2. For each idea, provide: Name, Title, Experiment plan, and ratings 3. Use the ideation prompt templates from references Step 2: Iterative Refinement (up to 5 rounds per idea) For each idea: 1. Critically evaluate quality, novelty, and feasibility 2. Refine the idea while preserving its core spirit 3. Stop when converged ("I am done") or max rounds reached Step 3: Novelty Assessment For each promising idea: 1. Run novelty check.py or manually search Semantic Scholar / arXiv 2. Use the novelty checking prompts from references 3. Multi round search: generate queries, review results, decide 4. Binary decision: Novel / Not Novel with justification Step 4: Rank and Select Score each idea on three dimensions (1 10): Interestingness, Feasibility, Novelty Be cautious and realistic on ratings Select the top idea(s) for development Output Format Rules Ideas must be feasible with available resources (no requiring new datasets or massive compute) Do not overfit ideas to a specific dataset or model — aim for wider significance Be a harsh critic for novelty — ensure sufficient contribution for a conference paper Each idea should stem from a simple, elegant question or hypothesis Always check novelty before committing to an idea Related Skills Upstream: [literature search](../literature search/), [deep research](../deep research/) Downstream: [research planning](../research planning/), [experiment design](../experiment design/) See also: [novelty assessment](../novelty assessment/)

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