Brainstorming

Use when starting any creative work - creating features, building components, adding functionality, or modifying behavior. Explores user intent, requirements and design before implementation.

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File contents

  • New features, components, modifications
  • Even "simple" projects (unexamined assumptions cause wasted work)

Process

  1. Explore project context - files, docs, recent commits
  2. Ask clarifying questions - one at a time, prefer multiple choice
  3. Propose 2-3 approaches - with tradeoffs and recommendation
  4. Present design in sections - get approval after each section
  5. Write design doc - save to docs/plans/YYYY-MM-DD-<topic>-design.md
  6. Transition to writing-plans - the ONLY next step

HARD GATE

Do NOT invoke any implementation, write any code, or take action until design is approved.

Key Principles

  • One question at a time
  • YAGNI ruthlessly
  • Incremental validation
  • Scale sections to complexity

Agents Used

  • agents/code-reviewer/ - For design document review
  • Process agents defined in brainstorming.js

Tool Use

Invoke via babysitter process: methodologies/superpowers/brainstorming

gabrielmoreira/agent-skills-mirror/tree/main/mirrors/repos/a5c-ai@babysitter/library/methodologies/superpowers/skills/brainstorming commit 0d544f53ba

Frequently asked questions

npx skillmds@latest add gabrielmoreira/brainstorming-9