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Description

Create on-demand deep instruction file for Method 4: Brainstorming (dt-method-04-deep.instructions.md). This file extends the method-tier's Ideation Facilitator and Convergence Guide coaching hats with:

  • Advanced Facilitation Techniques (5 techniques): Brainwriting Protocol (6-3-5), Morphological Analysis, Provocation Technique (Po), Attribute Listing and Modification, Round-Robin Forced Connections
  • Creative Block Recovery (4 techniques): Assumption Reversal, Random Input Technique, Constraint Manipulation, Cross-Domain Perspective Adoption
  • Advanced Convergence Frameworks (4 frameworks): Impact/Effort Matrix, Dot Voting with Constraints, Concept Clustering with Gap Analysis, Weighted D/F/V Scoring
  • Cross-Pollination from Analogous Industries (4 subsections): Manufacturing→Software, Healthcare→Manufacturing, Energy→Healthcare, Analogy Mining Protocol

Includes solo/AI-coach adaptations for brainwriting and dot voting techniques. Differentiates cross-domain perspective adoption from method-tier's in-domain perspective shifting.

4 H2 sections, 17 H3 subsections, 17 coaching prompts, ~214 lines.

Related Issue(s)

Closes #600

Type of Change

Select all that apply:

Code & Documentation:

  • New feature (non-breaking change adding functionality)

AI Artifacts:

  • Reviewed contribution with prompt-analyze agent and addressed all feedback
  • Copilot instructions (.github/instructions/*.instructions.md)

Sample Prompts (for AI Artifact Contributions)

User Request:
"I'm coaching a brainstorming session and my team has run out of ideas after only generating 8 concepts. The three basic techniques from the method-tier aren't producing enough variety."

Execution Flow:

  1. DT coach detects Method 4 brainstorming context from .copilot-tracking/dt/**/method-04* artifacts
  2. Coach loads dt-method-04-deep.instructions.md for advanced guidance
  3. Coach identifies creative block scenario → navigates to Creative Block Recovery section
  4. Coach applies Assumption Reversal technique with coaching prompt: "What are you assuming must be true here? What solutions appear if that assumption is reversed?"
  5. If block persists, coach escalates through Random Input, Constraint Manipulation, then Cross-Domain Perspective Adoption

Output Artifacts:
Additional divergent ideas captured in .copilot-tracking/dt/{project-slug}/method-04-brainstorming/divergent-ideas.md, documented with the technique that generated each idea.

Success Indicators:

  • Ideation momentum recovers and team exceeds 15-idea minimum target
  • Ideas span 4-6 different solution categories
  • Coaching prompts produce actionable responses, not confusion
  • Solo users with AI coach can apply brainwriting and dot voting using the adaptation guidance

Testing

  • Executed prompt-analyze workflow: 21/23 pass, 2 warnings (resolved)
  • Addressed F-02 (major): added solo/AI-coach adaptations for Brainwriting and Dot Voting
  • Addressed F-06 (minor): renamed "Perspective Shifting" to "Cross-Domain Perspective Adoption"
  • Validation rerun: all 9 regression checks pass

Checklist

Required Checks

  • Documentation is updated (if applicable)
  • Files follow existing naming conventions
  • Changes are backwards compatible (if applicable)
  • Tests added for new functionality (if applicable)

AI Artifact Contributions

  • Used /prompt-analyze to review contribution
  • Addressed all feedback from prompt-builder review
  • Verified contribution follows common standards and type-specific requirements

Required Automated Checks

The following validation commands must pass before merging:

  • Markdown linting: npm run lint:md — ✅ 233 files, 0 errors
  • Spell checking: npm run spell-check — ✅ 162 files, 0 issues (added "brainwriting" to .cspell.json dictionary)
  • Frontmatter validation: npm run lint:frontmatter — ✅ 0 errors, 0 warnings
  • Skill structure validation: npm run validate:skills — ✅ 2 skills, 0 errors
  • Link validation: npm run lint:md-links⚠️ Pre-existing: ESM incompatibility
  • PowerShell analysis: npm run lint:ps⚠️ Pre-existing: 3 warnings in gitignored sandbox script
  • Plugin freshness: npm run plugin:generate — ✅ 11 plugins generated, 125 artifacts

Security Considerations

  • This PR does not contain any sensitive or NDA information
  • Any new dependencies have been reviewed for security issues
  • Security-related scripts follow the principle of least privilege

Additional Notes

  • Structural precedent: dt-method-02-deep.instructions.md (most recent merged deep file)
  • Collection manifests updated: design-thinking.collection.yml, hve-core-all.collection.yml, design-thinking.collection.md
  • Plugins regenerated via npm run plugin:generate
  • applyTo: '**/.copilot-tracking/dt/**/method-04*' per reviewer feedback pattern from prior PRs
Add on-demand deep instruction file for Method 4: Brainstorming
with advanced facilitation techniques (brainwriting, morphological
analysis, provocation, attribute listing, round-robin forced
connections), creative block recovery, advanced convergence
frameworks (impact/effort matrix, dot voting, gap analysis, weighted
D/F/V scoring), and cross-pollination from analogous industries.

Includes solo/AI-coach adaptations for brainwriting and dot voting.
Differentiates cross-domain perspective adoption from method-tier
in-domain perspective shifting.

Update collection manifests and regenerate plugins.

Closes microsoft#600
@manasagudimella manasagudimella requested a review from a team as a code owner February 20, 2026 22:05
@WilliamBerryiii WilliamBerryiii merged commit 1fa1af1 into microsoft:main Feb 23, 2026
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WilliamBerryiii pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Feb 28, 2026
## Pre-Release 3.1.44

### ✨ Features

- add Docusaurus 3 documentation site with GitHub Pages deployment
(#680)
- add workflow permissions validation for OpenSSF Scorecard compliance
(#759)
- add DT coach return path handoff to task-researcher (#591) (#758)
- add DT subagent handoff workflow instructions (#592) (#757)
- create dt-method-06-deep.instructions.md (#602) (#748)
- create dt-method-05-deep.instructions.md (#747)
- add DT-aware task-implementor context instructions (#755)
- extract embedded PowerShell from workflows into testable scripts
(#738)
- add gitleaks binary-based secret scanning as PR gate (#734)
- add SBOM generation, attestation, and diff tooling to release pipeline
(#730)
- add dt-learning-tutor agent for DT education (#662)
- add DT image prompt generation guidance for Method 5 (#726)
- add DT-aware task-reviewer review context (#714)
- add dt-method-next routing prompt (#713)
- create dt-method-04-deep.instructions.md (#709)
- add Implementation Space exit handoff prompt for DT workflows (#708)
- add Write-CIStepSummary markdown table to Test-SHAStaleness github
output (#660)
- add dt-handoff-solution-space prompt for Solution Spac… (#707)

### 🐛 Bug Fixes

- update sidebar link color to meet WCAG AA contrast requirements (#814)
- harden even/odd versioning against regression and syntax errors (#816)
- replace even/odd versioning with SemVer -rc.N suffixes (#811)
- ensure prerelease label exists before PR creation (#806)
- replace Docusaurus favicons with Microsoft logo (#808)
- add missing subagents and shared instructions to collection manifests
(#804)
- standardize file path conventions for copilot-tracking output (#784)
- enforce project-scoped artifact isolation across DT files (#766)
- add top-level permissions to copilot-setup-steps.yml (#760)
- update broken file directives and markdown links after collection
directory reorg (#743)
- add pre-release companion pipeline with even/odd versioning (#735)
- exclude auto-generated CHANGELOG.md from spell check (#756)
- add job-level permissions to extension-publish.yml (#729)
- resolve handoff dependencies using display names (#727)
- add job-level permissions to validate-version in
extension-publish-prerelease (#731)
- replace parent-directory VS Code settings paths with per-subdirectory
enumeration (#732)

### 📚 Documentation

- add Design Thinking documentation and DT-to-RPI handoff (#789)
- add customization guides for HVE Core artifacts (#772)
- reconcile documentation against implementation (#771)
- document accepted Token-Permissions risks and add
lint:dependency-pinning (#763)
- add Design Thinking section to hve-core-all collection description
(#762)

### ♻️ Refactoring

- move collection scripts from plugins to collections (#728)
- remove duplicate git diff logic in frontmatter validator (#473)

### 🔧 Maintenance

- bump basic-ftp from 5.0.5 to 5.2.0 (#780)
- standardize script path references in SKILL.md files (#768)
- bump the github-actions group across 1 directory with 2 updates (#752)

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*Managed automatically by pre-release workflow.*

Co-authored-by: github-actions[bot] <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
WilliamBerryiii pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Feb 28, 2026
## Pre-Release 3.1.46

### ✨ Features

- add Docusaurus 3 documentation site with GitHub Pages deployment
(#680)
- add workflow permissions validation for OpenSSF Scorecard compliance
(#759)
- add DT coach return path handoff to task-researcher (#591) (#758)
- add DT subagent handoff workflow instructions (#592) (#757)
- create dt-method-06-deep.instructions.md (#602) (#748)
- create dt-method-05-deep.instructions.md (#747)
- add DT-aware task-implementor context instructions (#755)
- extract embedded PowerShell from workflows into testable scripts
(#738)
- add gitleaks binary-based secret scanning as PR gate (#734)
- add SBOM generation, attestation, and diff tooling to release pipeline
(#730)
- add dt-learning-tutor agent for DT education (#662)
- add DT image prompt generation guidance for Method 5 (#726)
- add DT-aware task-reviewer review context (#714)
- add dt-method-next routing prompt (#713)
- create dt-method-04-deep.instructions.md (#709)
- add Implementation Space exit handoff prompt for DT workflows (#708)
- add Write-CIStepSummary markdown table to Test-SHAStaleness github
output (#660)
- add dt-handoff-solution-space prompt for Solution Spac… (#707)

### 🐛 Bug Fixes

- update prerelease publish to use even/odd convention (#822)
- update sidebar link color to meet WCAG AA contrast requirements (#814)
- harden even/odd versioning against regression and syntax errors (#816)
- replace even/odd versioning with SemVer -rc.N suffixes (#811)
- ensure prerelease label exists before PR creation (#806)
- replace Docusaurus favicons with Microsoft logo (#808)
- add missing subagents and shared instructions to collection manifests
(#804)
- standardize file path conventions for copilot-tracking output (#784)
- enforce project-scoped artifact isolation across DT files (#766)
- add top-level permissions to copilot-setup-steps.yml (#760)
- update broken file directives and markdown links after collection
directory reorg (#743)
- add pre-release companion pipeline with even/odd versioning (#735)
- exclude auto-generated CHANGELOG.md from spell check (#756)
- add job-level permissions to extension-publish.yml (#729)
- resolve handoff dependencies using display names (#727)
- add job-level permissions to validate-version in
extension-publish-prerelease (#731)
- replace parent-directory VS Code settings paths with per-subdirectory
enumeration (#732)

### 📚 Documentation

- add Design Thinking documentation and DT-to-RPI handoff (#789)
- add customization guides for HVE Core artifacts (#772)
- reconcile documentation against implementation (#771)
- document accepted Token-Permissions risks and add
lint:dependency-pinning (#763)
- add Design Thinking section to hve-core-all collection description
(#762)

### ♻️ Refactoring

- move collection scripts from plugins to collections (#728)
- remove duplicate git diff logic in frontmatter validator (#473)

### 🔧 Maintenance

- pre-release 3.1.44 (#819)
- bump basic-ftp from 5.0.5 to 5.2.0 (#780)
- standardize script path references in SKILL.md files (#768)
- bump the github-actions group across 1 directory with 2 updates (#752)

---
*Managed automatically by pre-release workflow.*

Co-authored-by: github-actions[bot] <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
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