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SCAMPER Innovation Brainstorm

Runs a {product_or_process} through the SCAMPER technique — Substitute, Combine, Adapt, Modify, Put to another use, Eliminate, Reverse — producing one concrete idea per letter instead of a vague list of "innovative" suggestions. Each idea names the specific change, explains it in a sentence, and notes the potential benefit, so the output reads as a set of testable directions rather than abstract inspiration. Useful for product teams and hobbyist tinkerers stuck iterating on the same version of something.

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I want to apply the SCAMPER technique to this product or process: {product_or_process}

Context: {context}

Go through each letter of SCAMPER and generate exactly one concrete idea per letter:
- Substitute: what could be swapped out?
- Combine: what could this be merged with?
- Adapt: what could be adjusted from somewhere else?
- Modify: what could be exaggerated, minimized, or changed?
- Put to another use: what's a different application for this?
- Eliminate: what could be removed entirely?
- Reverse: what happens if this is flipped or reordered?

For each idea, name the specific change, explain it in one sentence, and note the potential benefit.
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