# ce-ideate

> Claude/Codex skill by [@everyinc](https://omgskills.com/library/everyinc/index.md) · 25k stars · Updated 2026-08-31

Generate and evaluate grounded ideas. Use when the user wants ideas, improvements, or surprising directions before choosing one to develop. Not for refining an idea they already have (ce-brainstorm) or judging one already on the table (ce-pov).

Tags: compound, engineering

## Install

```sh
git clone https://github.com/EveryInc/compound-engineering-plugin /tmp/compound-engineering-plugin && ln -s /tmp/compound-engineering-plugin/skills/ce-ideate ~/.claude/skills/ce-ideate
```

## From README

Generate Improvement Ideas The current year is 2026 — use it when dating documents and checking recent artifacts. ce-ideate runs before ce-brainstorm. This skill answers "which ideas are worth exploring?" ce-brainstorm then answers what one chosen idea should mean. ce-plan answers how it gets built. Done: a ranked ideation artifact is written to /ideation/ when that root is present, else to a CE temp path. Every idea generated has been critiqued, and the survivors are explained. The user is left holding the next-steps menu. No requirements, plans, or code. Boundaries Ground before ideating. No advice detached from the repo. Generate many, critique all, explain survivors only. Generate the full candidate list before critiquing any of it. Rejection is explicit and carries a reason; this is not optimistic ranking. Route action into brainstorming. Never skip from ideation output to planning. Never dispatch on an unidentified subject.

## Links

- HTML page: https://omgskills.com/skills/everyinc/compound-engineering-plugin/ce-ideate/
- GitHub: https://github.com/EveryInc/compound-engineering-plugin
- Author: [@everyinc](https://omgskills.com/library/everyinc/index.md)

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- [ce-brainstorm](https://omgskills.com/skills/everyinc/compound-engineering-plugin/ce-brainstorm/index.md) — Explore vague or ambitious ideas into a right-sized requirements-only unified plan.
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