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Sideways

com.usesideways/sideways
Design & Creative Public & reachable MCP 2025-11-25

What this MCP does

Provides randomized lateral-thinking and creative problem-solving strategies for reframing ideas, reducing complexity, exploring possibilities, and overcoming mental blocks.

Capabilities

Tools

6 tools
get-sideways-strategy-category-disrupt
Sideways: Disrupt
Get a random Disrupt strategy. Use when stuck in safe patterns, avoiding risk, or when work feels too polished or predictable. Best for injecting energy and unpredictability. Use this when: break patterns, embrace chaos, make destructive moves, honor mistakes. Returns a labeled strategy card to help shift your perspective and break through blocks.
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{'type': 'object', 'properties': {}}
get-sideways-strategy-category-embody
Sideways: Embody
Get a random Embody strategy. Use when too much in your head, experiencing physical tension, or disconnected from intuition. Best for grounding abstract work in physical reality. Use this when: physical, sensory, body-based approaches to creative problems. Returns a labeled strategy card to help shift your perspective and break through blocks.
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{'type': 'object', 'properties': {}}
get-sideways-strategy-category-expand
Sideways: Expand
Get a random Expand strategy. Use when solutions feel too minimal, when avoiding decisions, or when there's room to explore more possibilities. Best for breaking self-imposed limitations. Use this when: add more, elaborate, embrace abundance, do both. Returns a labeled strategy card to help shift your perspective and break through blocks.
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{'type': 'object', 'properties': {}}
get-sideways-strategy-category-pause
Sideways: Pause
Get a random Pause strategy. Use when rushing, feeling frantic, or unable to see the forest for the trees. Best for gaining clarity through distance and reflection. Use this when: rest, reflect, step back, examine, take breaks. Returns a labeled strategy card to help shift your perspective and break through blocks.
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{'type': 'object', 'properties': {}}
get-sideways-strategy-category-reduce
Sideways: Reduce
Get a random Reduce strategy. Use when overwhelmed by complexity, dealing with too many options, or when clarity is needed. Best for cutting through noise and finding the core. Use this when: simplify, subtract, remove, clarify, focus on essentials. Returns a labeled strategy card to help shift your perspective and break through blocks.
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{'type': 'object', 'properties': {}}
get-sideways-strategy-category-reframe
Sideways: Reframe
Get a random Reframe strategy. Use when stuck in a single way of thinking, facing opposition, or need to see the problem from a completely different angle. Best for breaking out of mental ruts. Use this when: change your perspective, reverse assumptions, adopt alternative viewpoints. Returns a labeled strategy card to help shift your perspective and break through blocks.
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{'type': 'object', 'properties': {}}
History

Recent tool changes

Changed
get-sideways-strategy-category-pause
Sept. 21, 2026, 3:01 a.m.
Changed
get-sideways-strategy-category-embody
Sept. 21, 2026, 3:01 a.m.
Changed
get-sideways-strategy-category-disrupt
Sept. 21, 2026, 3:01 a.m.
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get-sideways-strategy-category-expand
Sept. 21, 2026, 3:01 a.m.
Changed
get-sideways-strategy-category-reduce
Sept. 21, 2026, 3:01 a.m.
Changed
get-sideways-strategy-category-reframe
Sept. 21, 2026, 3:01 a.m.
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get-sideways-strategy-category-pause
Sept. 17, 2026, 12:38 p.m.
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get-sideways-strategy-category-embody
Sept. 17, 2026, 12:38 p.m.
Added
get-sideways-strategy-category-disrupt
Sept. 17, 2026, 12:38 p.m.
Added
get-sideways-strategy-category-expand
Sept. 17, 2026, 12:38 p.m.
Added
get-sideways-strategy-category-reduce
Sept. 17, 2026, 12:38 p.m.
Added
get-sideways-strategy-category-reframe
Sept. 17, 2026, 12:38 p.m.
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