# Solution Design

> Produces a solution options document with at least one alternative considered and rejected, and a recommended technical direction (docs/PROCESS_CONTRACT.md, stage SOLUTION_DISCOVERY).

- Skill: `erik-corder/solution-design` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 7 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add erik-corder/solution-design`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/erik-corder/solution-design/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: erik-corder (https://skillmd.com/u/erik-corder)
- Updated: 2026-09-22
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/erik-corder/solution-design

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# Solution Design

Covers Stage 3, `SOLUTION_DISCOVERY` (docs/PROCESS_CONTRACT.md §5). An AI
execution provider may research alternatives and build disposable
prototypes, with write access limited to a sandbox branch — it may never
merge to a protected branch from this stage, and it never decides the
recommended direction on its own.

## Rejection path

Problem mis-scoped → back to `problem-definition` at `PROBLEM_DISCOVERY`
(docs/PROCESS_CONTRACT.md, stage `SOLUTION_DISCOVERY`).