# Ideate

> Harmonia ideate stage - generate and evaluate divergent directions before committing to one. Use ONLY when explicitly invoked as /harmonia:ideate.

- Skill: `foliveira/ideate` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add foliveira/ideate`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/foliveira/ideate/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: foliveira (https://skillmd.com/u/foliveira)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/foliveira/ideate

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Your working contract is the 4 rules; their digest is injected at session start - read `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/core/RULES.md` in full only if that digest is not in your context.
Read the `ideate` stage from `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/core/lifecycle.yaml` - its agent sequence and artifact contract are authoritative; do not hardcode them.

1. Workspace: run `bash ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/bin/workspace.sh mint --repo . --slug <short-task-slug>` (entry stage). If it refuses because an incomplete workspace exists, surface its message verbatim and stop - the user either continues that task (`--task <id>`) or forces `--new`.
2. Dispatch the stage's agents in order (the ideator may run the panel primitive at `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/core/patterns/panel.md` for divergence). Pass the task ask and the workspace path - agents write `ideas.md` into the workspace, not into conversation (R8).
3. Confirm the out-artifacts named by the stage exist in the workspace before finishing.

You orchestrate only: no stage logic beyond dispatch, sequencing, and artifact checks (R9).