| name | creative-lens-toolkit |
| description | Archetypal lenses and tactical transforms for creative prompt exploration. Use when: scene is correct but lacks emotional subtext, need mythic or archetypal phrasing, exploring mood through seasonal/zodiac/personality filters, stuck on blank page ideation, or want structured variations from a stable baseline. Includes LensCards (tactical jiggles) and LensPacks (metaphorical frames). |
| allowed-tools | Read, Grep, Glob |
Creative Lens Toolkit
A toolkit for metaphorical and archetypal creative exploration, providing structured ways to generate variations and explore subtext.
How to Use This Skill
Prerequisites
- A clearly stated BASELINE prompt (frozen reference)
- Clarity on what dimension you want to explore
Protocol E: Lens Invocation
- Identify the desired shift (structural, emotional, archetypal)
- Select an appropriate LensCard or LensPack
- Apply the lens "dials" (verb, rhythm, palette, subtext)
- De-invoke when the perspective has been explored
LensCards (Tactical Single-Dimension Transforms)
Focused, narrow transformations on a fixed baseline. Each card targets one specific problem.
| Card | Problem | File |
|---|---|---|
| 01 Order & Chunking | Token order affecting style lock or composition | lc-01-order-chunking.md |
| 02 Synonym Swarm | Need noun/verb alternatives without changing meaning | lc-02-synonym-swarm.md |
| 03 Register Shift | Want to move between technical and poetic language | lc-03-register-shift.md |
| 04 Camera Grammar | Need to compress or expand camera/composition language | lc-04-camera-grammar.md |
| 05 Action Verb Ladder | Want to tune verb intensity up or down | lc-05-action-verb-ladder.md |
| 06 Material Palette | Need to lock or swap material vocabulary | lc-06-material-palette.md |
| 07 Constraint Clauses | Adding "only/without/prefer" constraints | lc-07-constraint-clauses.md |
| 08 Multilingual Pivot | Back-translate through another language for variation | lc-08-multilingual-pivot.md |
| 09 Rhythm & Punctuation | Varying sentence structure and pacing | lc-09-rhythm-punctuation.md |
| 10 Anchor Repetition | Using echo/repetition for soft weighting | lc-10-anchor-repetition.md |
| 11 Persona POV | Swapping narrator voice or perspective | lc-11-persona-pov.md |
| 12 Beat-Sheet Fuse | Condensing multi-beat outline into one sentence | lc-12-beatsheet-fuse.md |
LensPacks (Metaphorical Archetypal Frames)
Broader creative lenses that provide thematic "dials" (verb, rhythm, lighting, palette, subtext) for reimagining prompts.
| Pack | Use When | File |
|---|---|---|
| 5 Core Emotions | Scene lacks specific emotional subtext (joy, sadness, anger, fear, disgust) | lp-emotions.md |
| Four Seasons | Want to infuse seasonal mood, palette, and environmental subtext | lp-seasons.md |
| Seven Deadly Sins | Need bold, high-contrast, archetypal filter based on human vice | lp-sins.md |
| Twelve Olympians | Seeking mythic, god-like phrasing and domain-specific subtext | lp-olympians.md |
| Chinese Zodiac | Exploring metaphorical phrasing via zodiac animal traits | lp-chinese-zodiac.md |
| Western Zodiac | Exploring archetypal phrasing via astrological sign traits | lp-western-zodiac.md |
| Personalities | Exploring scene through character archetype (Bubbly, Moody, Stoic, Feral, etc.) | lp-personalities.md |
| Musical Lens | Pacing, rhythm, intensity, or "feel" of editing and motion | lp-musical-glossary.md |
Advanced Framework
| Framework | Use When | File |
|---|---|---|
| Proteus Mode | Direct mechanistic analysis, cross-domain translation, or simulated reasoning | proteus.txt |
Important Rules
- Apply one lens at a time unless explicitly permitted
- Do not blend LensCards; each is designed as an isolated transform
- LensPacks can layer with LensCards if the user confirms
Full Index Reference
For the complete master index with Protocol E details, see: _index-creative-lens.md