{"slug":"brainstorming-ideas","title":"brainstorming-ideas","summary":"Imported from alexei-led/cc-thingz/dist/claude/discovery/skills/brainstorming-ideas.","platform":"Claude","tags":[],"authorName":"LLM Mart","authorSlug":"llm-mart","score":0,"source":"github","price":null,"verified":false,"createdAt":"2026-10-01T19:34:59.949717Z","repo":{"url":"https://github.com/alexei-led/cc-thingz","stars":36,"forks":5,"license":"MIT","updatedAt":"2026-09-30T10:11:40Z"},"bodyHtml":"<hr>\n<h2>{\"allowed-tools\":[\"AskUserQuestion\",\"Task\",\"TaskCreate\",\"TaskUpdate\",\"TaskList\",\"Read\",\"Grep\",\"Glob\",\"Write\",\"Edit\",\"mcp__perplexity-ask__perplexity_ask\",\"WebFetch\",\"Bash(git status *)\",\"Bash(git log *)\",\"Bash(git diff *)\",\"Bash(git show *)\"],\"argument-hint\":\"[idea|plan|grill|debate] \\u003ctopic-or-plan\\u003e\",\"context\":\"fork\",\"description\":\"Brainstorm ideas and stress-test draft plans before coding. Use when brainstorming, exploring approaches, designing a feature/API/flow, grilling or debating a bounded plan, challenging assumptions, or resolving design-blocking terminology. NOT for implementation task breakdown. NOT for generic technology comparisons or best-practice research; use researching-web. NOT for docs updates; use documenting-code.\",\"name\":\"brainstorming-ideas\",\"user-invocable\":true}</h2>\n<h1>Brainstorming Ideas</h1>\n<p>Turn a vague idea or draft plan into a chosen design before coding. Done when the\nuser picks or defers an approach with its trade-offs known, decisions and open\nquestions recorded, and no implementation task list produced.</p>\n<h2>Session rules</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Ask one question at a time, with a recommendation. Use the runtime's\ninteractive question tool when available (single-select, multi-select, or\nfree text) or short labeled options otherwise; always include an Other choice.</li>\n<li>Read code and docs before asking what they answer; cite the paths that shape\na recommendation.</li>\n<li>Cut speculative features at every step.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Domain context</h2>\n<p>Before design questions, read whichever exist: <code>CONTEXT.md</code>, <code>CONTEXT-MAP.md</code>,\n<code>docs/adr/</code>, and the nearest <code>*/CONTEXT.md</code> or <code>*/docs/adr/</code>. Use their terms, and\ncreate or change them only with user approval, for a resolved term or decision.</p>\n<h2>Modes</h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Explore an idea.</strong> If no topic was given, ask for one. Narrow until the problem\nfits one sentence: trigger, actor, what it builds on or replaces, non-goals, and\nthe strongest constraint. State assumptions and ask which are wrong. As soon as\nthe problem is stated, propose 2-3 approaches, each with what it is, its\ntrade-offs, risks, and when it wins; name the decision criteria and mark one\nrecommendation. Refine the chosen design only as far as the problem needs\n(architecture, data flow, interface, error handling, testing), confirming with\nthe user as you go.</li>\n<li><strong>Grill or debate.</strong> A draft plan, a named trade-off such as \"X vs Y\", or a set\nof assumptions is already bounded; ask for a plan only when nothing concrete was\nnamed. For a named trade-off, lead with a side-by-side comparison and your take,\ngrounded in the project's code, then continue into <code>references/grill-protocol.md</code>'s\nresolve-or-defer loop through GRILL COMPLETE; do not invent opposing positions.\nFor a plan or an assumption set, skip the comparison and go straight to\n<code>references/grill-protocol.md</code>: no rewritten plan.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Research externally only when asked. If the idea conflicts with domain docs, quote\nand resolve the conflicting terms first. If a constraint blocks every approach,\nname it and ask which to relax.</p>\n<h2>Capture the outcome</h2>\n<p>When the result is more than a short answer, offer a design note at\n<code>docs/plans/YYYY-MM-DD-&lt;topic&gt;-design.md</code> with only Problem, Chosen approach,\nTrade-offs, Open questions, and Testing strategy.</p>\n<p>If a domain term crystallized, propose a <code>CONTEXT.md</code> entry and write it only with\nuser approval:</p>\n<pre><code>Term:\nOne-sentence definition.\nAvoid: overloaded synonym\n</code></pre>\n<p>Offer an ADR only for a decision that is hard to reverse, surprising without\ncontext, and the result of a real trade-off.</p>\n<h2>Output</h2>\n<pre><code>BRAINSTORM COMPLETE | BRAINSTORM PAUSED\nTopic: &lt;topic&gt;\nApproach chosen: &lt;name or none&gt;\nKey decisions: &lt;bullets&gt;\nOpen questions: &lt;bullets or none&gt;\nDesign note: &lt;path or none&gt;\nDomain docs: &lt;updates or none&gt;\n</code></pre>\n<h2>Platform additions</h2>\n<h3>Claude tools</h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Ask each question in its own <code>AskUserQuestion</code> call: single-select for one path, multi-select for several risks, constraints, or goals, and <code>allowOther</code> for custom answers.</li>\n<li>Track sessions longer than two steps with <code>TaskCreate</code> and <code>TaskUpdate</code>.</li>\n<li>For a broad scan, spawn one read-only subagent: \"Quick scan only. Find structure, conventions, and tests for: </li>\n<li>For research the user asked for, use <code>mcp__perplexity-ask__perplexity_ask</code> or <code>WebFetch</code> with a scoped query. If neither works, say so and continue from local context.</li>\n<li>Use <code>Write</code> or <code>Edit</code> only after the user approves the exact design note, <code>CONTEXT.md</code> entry, or ADR.</li>\n<li>At the end, offer the next step: create a worktree, create a plan, save the design note, or stop.</li>\n</ul>\n","files":[{"path":"references/grill-protocol.md","sizeBytes":1185,"isText":true},{"path":"SKILL.md","sizeBytes":4671,"isText":true}],"reviewScore":null,"reviewSummary":null,"trust":{"provenance":"trusted-source-unreviewed","notice":"Community-authored content, reproduced verbatim and not vetted as instructions. 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