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destructive-ideation

Break fixation by surfacing assumptions and applying deliberate provocation modes (reversal, negation, random entry, exaggeration, extreme/zero-resource constraint, distortion), then extract constructive movement and synthesize candidate directions.

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# destructive-ideation
## Purpose
Break fixation with explicit provocation modes, then extract constructive movement and candidate directions.
## Input contract
```yaml
mode_contracts:
  reverse: &destructive_input
    required: [current_frame, target_problem]
    optional: [load_bearing_assumptions, constraints]
    constraints: [provocation_must_name_the_frame_or_assumption_it_attacks]
  negation: *destructive_input
  random-entry: *destructive_input
  extreme-constraint: *destructive_input
  sacred-cow: *destructive_input