Brainstorming: From Idea to Plan
Help turn ideas into fully formed plans through natural collaborative dialogue.
Works for: product features, business ideas, creative projects, process improvements, technical designs, or any new initiative.
Process
Explore context → Ask questions → Propose approaches → Get approval → Document plan
1. Understand the Idea
- Check any existing context first (files, docs, prior notes, recent work)
- Gather all clarifying questions upfront — use
ask_questions, ask, or questions tool if available; plain text otherwise
- Focus on: purpose, who it's for, constraints, success criteria, timeline
2. Clarify Context
- Timeline, budget, resources, technical constraints
- Who is the audience? What does success look like?
3. Explore Approaches
- Propose 2-3 different approaches with trade-offs
- Lead with your recommended option and explain why
4. Get Approval
- Present plan section by section, get approval before moving on
- Scale depth to complexity of the idea
- Cover dimensions relevant to the domain: structure, key decisions, risks, next steps
5. Document the Plan
- Create a clear, actionable plan based on the agreed direction
Principles
- Batch questions by dependency — Ask independent questions together in one round; hold dependent ones for the next round after getting answers
- Use question tools first — If
ask_questions, ask, or questions tools are available, use them; otherwise ask in plain text
- Multiple choice preferred — Easier to answer than open-ended when possible
- Start broad, then narrow — Understand the big picture first
- No assumptions — "Simple" ideas often have hidden complexity
- YAGNI ruthlessly — Remove unnecessary scope from all plans
- Explore alternatives — Always propose 2-3 approaches before settling
- Incremental validation — Present plan section by section, get approval before moving on
- Be flexible — Go back and clarify when something doesn't make sense
Cross-References
- Need research? → Invoke
skilless.ai-research to search the web, read pages, extract video transcripts, or conduct deep multi-source investigations
- Ready to document the plan? → Invoke
skilless.ai-writing to produce a professional, structured design doc or report from the approved plan
1---2name: skilless-ai-brainstorming3description: Help turn ideas into fully formed plans through collaborative dialogue. Use before starting any project - product features, business ideas, creative projects, or process improvements.4---56# Brainstorming: From Idea to Plan78**Help turn ideas into fully formed plans through natural collaborative dialogue.**910Works for: product features, business ideas, creative projects, process improvements, technical designs, or any new initiative.1112## Process1314**Explore context → Ask questions → Propose approaches → Get approval → Document plan**1516### 1. Understand the Idea1718- Check any existing context first (files, docs, prior notes, recent work)19- Gather all clarifying questions upfront — use `ask_questions`, `ask`, or `questions` tool if available; plain text otherwise20- Focus on: purpose, who it's for, constraints, success criteria, timeline2122### 2. Clarify Context2324- Timeline, budget, resources, technical constraints25- Who is the audience? What does success look like?2627### 3. Explore Approaches2829- Propose 2-3 different approaches with trade-offs30- Lead with your recommended option and explain why3132### 4. Get Approval3334- Present plan section by section, get approval before moving on35- Scale depth to complexity of the idea36- Cover dimensions relevant to the domain: structure, key decisions, risks, next steps3738### 5. Document the Plan3940- Create a clear, actionable plan based on the agreed direction4142<HARD-GATE>43Do NOT start implementing until the user has approved the plan. Even "simple" ideas need clarity first.44</HARD-GATE>4546## Principles4748- **Batch questions by dependency** — Ask independent questions together in one round; hold dependent ones for the next round after getting answers49- **Use question tools first** — If `ask_questions`, `ask`, or `questions` tools are available, use them; otherwise ask in plain text50- **Multiple choice preferred** — Easier to answer than open-ended when possible51- **Start broad, then narrow** — Understand the big picture first52- **No assumptions** — "Simple" ideas often have hidden complexity53- **YAGNI ruthlessly** — Remove unnecessary scope from all plans54- **Explore alternatives** — Always propose 2-3 approaches before settling55- **Incremental validation** — Present plan section by section, get approval before moving on56- **Be flexible** — Go back and clarify when something doesn't make sense5758## Cross-References5960- **Need research?** → Invoke `skilless.ai-research` to search the web, read pages, extract video transcripts, or conduct deep multi-source investigations61- **Ready to document the plan?** → Invoke `skilless.ai-writing` to produce a professional, structured design doc or report from the approved plan
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