Generate Varied Ideas for Any Topic — Then Pick the Best
Takes a topic with audience and constraints, generates 15-20 genuinely different ideas across categories, narrows them to a top 5 with reasoning, and proposes one small experiment to start today.
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Generate ideas on the following topic using this exact format: ## Topic and Objective Topic: [your topic] Target audience: [who this is for] Constraints (time, budget, available tools, anything else): [constraints] Before generating, restate the topic, audience, and constraints in two lines so I can confirm you understood them correctly. ## Ideas (15-20) Split the ideas into 3-5 distinct categories (e.g. practical angle, creative angle, low-cost angle, long-term angle — choose categories that suit the topic). Under each category, list ideas as: - [idea name]: [one sentence explaining the angle] The ideas must be genuinely different from each other — not the same idea reworded. ## Top 5 Pick the strongest 5 from your list. For each one show: | # | Idea | Why it made the cut | ## Quick Experiment Propose one small, fast experiment for idea #1 that I could start today with minimal effort and resources, including a concrete first step. Additional notes (optional): [any approaches already rejected, or directions you don't want repeated]
Skips the blank-page stage entirely. You define the topic, audience, and constraints; you get back ideas that are actually distinct from each other — grouped by angle, ranked, and paired with something you can try immediately.
When to use it
- Facing a blank page at the start of a new project or piece of content
- Planning a campaign where you need several angles, not one recycled idea
- Working with limited time or budget and wanting the shortest path to a testable option
- Stress-testing an existing idea list for gaps you haven’t considered