Enter a body of material — research, code, transcripts, a day's events — with no question, no target, and no problem statement, and wander: juxtapose, invert, analogise, follow surprise, and see what connections appear. The divergent partner to concept-exploration's convergence. Use when material deserves an unpremeditated encounter, when the owner invokes play, or when no decision or contribution is yet nameable. Returning empty-handed is a valid outcome; seeds that appear are routed onward ...
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name: oak-free-play
description: "Enter a body of material — research, code, transcripts, a day's events — with no question, no target, and no problem statement, and wander: juxtapose, invert, analogise, follow surprise, and see what connections appear. The divergent partner to concept-exploration's convergence. Use when material deserves an unpremeditated encounter, when the owner invokes play, or when no decision or contribution is yet nameable. Returning empty-handed is a valid outcome; seeds that appear are routed onward as associations, never asserted as findings."
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# Free Play (Cross-tool)
Read and follow `.agent/skills/cognition/free-play/SKILL-CANONICAL.md`.
