Cross Domain Discovery

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name: cross-domain-discovery
description: Cross-Domain Discovery Campaign — find transferable mechanisms from unrelated fields via bisociation, analogical transfer, random stimulus, and forced bridging
execution: campaign
used-by: creative-ideation
---

# Cross-Domain Discovery

Find transferable mechanisms from unrelated fields via bisociation, analogical transfer, random stimulus, and forced bridging.

## Strategy Routing

| Strategy | Signal Keywords |
|----------|----------------|
| facet-bisociation | bisociation, two matrices, Koestler, collision, unrelated frames |
| analogical-transfer | analogy, structure-mapping, Gentner, source domain, relational similarity |
| random-stimulus-entry | random, stimulus, serendipity, unexpected entry, lateral input |
| forced-bridge-construction | force connection, bridge, unrelated technologies, deliberate link |
| design-by-analogy | DBA, problem reframe, analogical design, bio-inspired, nature-inspired |

## Manifest

### Strategies

| Strategy | Description |
|----------|-------------|
| facet-bisociation | Bridge two unrelated thinking matrices via Koestler bisociation |
| analogical-transfer | Systematic structure-mapping from source to target domain (Gentner) |
| random-stimulus-entry | Random word/paper/concept as thinking entry point |
| forced-bridge-construction | Force connections between unrelated technologies |
| design-by-analogy | Complete DBA process: problem reframe → source search → map → transfer → adapt |

### Tactics

| Tactic | Description |
|--------|-------------|
| analogy-extraction | Extract transferable structural principles from source domains (shared) |
| domain-divergence | Scan and select maximally diverse source domains |
| bridge-validation | Validate analogy depth and transfer viability |

### SOPs

| SOP | Description |
|-----|-------------|
| abstraction-extraction | Extract abstract principles from concrete domain cases |
| structural-mapping | Map source→target structural correspondences |
| random-paper-entry | Select random paper facet as creative stimulus |
| forced-connection | Force connection between two unrelated concepts |
| transfer-adaptation | Adapt transferred principle to target problem constraints |
| analogy-quality-assessment | Assess analogy depth (surface/structural/systemic) |
| bisociation-network-construction | Build multi-domain bridging concept network |
| cross-domain-synthesis | Synthesize all cross-domain findings |

## Budget Table

| Strategy | web-search | web-research | paper-overview | paper-search | paper-research |
|----------|-----------|-------------|---------------|-------------|---------------|
| facet-bisociation | 30 | 10 | 25 | 15 | 5 |
| analogical-transfer | 25 | 10 | 30 | 20 | 8 |
| random-stimulus-entry | 20 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 3 |
| forced-bridge-construction | 25 | 8 | 20 | 12 | 5 |
| design-by-analogy | 30 | 10 | 30 | 20 | 10 |

## MCP Tools

| Tool | Server | Purpose |
|------|--------|---------|
| brave_web_search | brave-search | General web search for cross-domain solutions |
| brave_llm_context | brave-search | Deep content extraction from web pages |
| apify/rag-web-browser | apify | Full page scraping for detailed content |
| get_paper_content | alphaxiv | Read academic paper content |
| discover_papers | alphaxiv | Find research papers in distant domains |
| relevanceSearch | semantic-scholar | Search academic literature across fields |
| paper | semantic-scholar | Get paper details |
| citations | semantic-scholar | Trace citation networks across domains |

## Context Management

- Each strategy tracks its own budget via State Ledger
- Strategies MUST NOT exceed allocated budget
- Campaign monitors cumulative spend across all strategies
- If a strategy exhausts budget before meeting yield, escalate to campaign level for reallocation
- Prefer paper-overview over paper-research for initial exploration (lower cost)
- Domain diversity is a campaign-level constraint: strategies should not overlap source domains

## Available Tactics

| Tactic | Role |
|--------|------|
| analogy-extraction | Extract transferable structural principles (shared, from campaign 2) |
| domain-divergence | Ensure source domain diversity and maximize transfer potential |
| bridge-validation | Validate analogy depth before committing to transfer |

## Available SOPs

| SOP | Role |
|-----|------|
| abstraction-extraction | Extract abstract principles from concrete cases |
| structural-mapping | Map source→target structural correspondences |
| random-paper-entry | Random paper facet as creative stimulus |
| forced-connection | Force connection between unrelated concepts |
| transfer-adaptation | Adapt transferred principle to target constraints |
| analogy-quality-assessment | Assess analogy depth and transfer risk |
| bisociation-network-construction | Build multi-domain bridging network |
| cross-domain-synthesis | Synthesize all cross-domain findings into report |