# Sideways

> Use this tool when you need to overcome creative obstacles and think outside the box. Sideways provides unexpected questions and lateral thinking prompts across six categories to help you approach problems from different angles, breaking through mental blocks and fostering innovative solutions. Ideal for developers, writers, and problem-solvers, Sideways offers a privacy-first interface for secure and private brainstorming sessions.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/sideways  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/sideways

## Description

Provides unexpected questions and lateral thinking prompts to help break through mental blocks and approach problems from different angles. Draws inspiration from Oblique Strategies, offering strategy-based prompts across six thinking categories: Reframe, Reduce, Expand, Disrupt, Embody, and Pause. Privacy-first design ensures your code and conversations remain private.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.50
- **Verification tier:** unverified

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** cloud-infra
- **Updated:** 2026-04-25

## Source

- **Source listing:** [PulseMCP](https://www.pulsemcp.com/servers/sideways)

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "sideways"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/sideways` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/sideways/pull`

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