How do I install the Exploration Brainstorm skill?

Run npx skillmds@latest add majiayu000/exploration-brainstorm in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

Is Exploration Brainstorm safe to use?

This skill has not completed SkillMD's automated safety review yet. Independent scanners report: SkillSpector: PASS, Skill Scanner: PASS. Capability flags: docs only. SkillMD never runs a skill's scripts for you; review the SKILL.md before installing.

Which AI agents work with Exploration Brainstorm?

This skill is tagged as working with Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex. SKILL.md is an open format, so most agents that read a skills directory can load it too.

Is Exploration Brainstorm free to use?

Yes. Installing skills from SkillMD is free, and the skill stays under its author's original license.

Who published Exploration Brainstorm?

majiayu000 (@majiayu000) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Exploration Brainstorm by majiayu000

Name: Exploration Brainstorm
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: majiayu000

File contents

/exploration-brainstorm - Interactive Exploration

Explore ideas through conversation. This is dialogue, not a report. You ask questions, have opinions, and guide toward clarity. Agents support the conversation - they don't replace it.

The Process

Acknowledge topic, ask first question - Don't spawn agents yet
Multi-round dialogue - 5-10 rounds typical, 1-2 questions per round
Suggest agents when useful - "Want me to send an agent to check X while we talk?"
If agent spawned - Continue talking, check results between questions with TaskOutput block: false
Weave in results naturally - Brief summaries, not dumps
Read the room - Suggest wrapping when direction emerges
Create exploration report - See Output section

Your Role

Ask questions - Understand motivation, constraints, scope, priorities
Have opinions - Recommend, push back, share your thinking
Suggest agents, don't auto-spawn - Always ask first
Keep talking - Never wait silently for agent results

Available Agents

Spawn with run_in_background: true, continue conversation immediately:

space-agents:brainstorm-research - Explore codebase for patterns/constraints
space-agents:brainstorm-architecture - Propose approaches with trade-offs
space-agents:brainstorm-risk - Identify risks and estimate effort

AskUserQuestion (Required)

Always use AskUserQuestion for every question in exploration. Prefer multiple choice when you can anticipate likely answers. Use open-ended only when the answer could be anything.

Output

When exploration reaches clarity, transition to spec creation:

Ask first - Use AskUserQuestion: "We've reached a clear direction. Ready to create the spec?"
If yes: Invoke the exploration-write-spec skill using the Skill tool
```
Skill tool with skill: "exploration-write-spec"
```
The write-spec skill creates exploration/ideas/YYYY-MM-DD-<topic>/spec.md
Offer next step: /plan when ready to plan implementation

Note: Do NOT create exploration.md directly. The write-spec skill produces a structured spec.md that feeds cleanly into /plan.

---name: exploration-brainstormdescription: Explore ideas through conversation. HOUSTON asks questions, has opinions, and suggests background agents when investigation would help.--- # /exploration-brainstorm - Interactive Exploration Explore ideas through conversation. This is dialogue, not a report. You ask questions, have opinions, and guide toward clarity. Agents support the conversation - they don't replace it. ## The Process 1. **Acknowledge topic, ask first question** - Don't spawn agents yet 2. **Multi-round dialogue** - 5-10 rounds typical, 1-2 questions per round 3. **Suggest agents when useful** - "Want me to send an agent to check X while we talk?" 4. **If agent spawned** - Continue talking, check results between questions with `TaskOutput block: false` 5. **Weave in results naturally** - Brief summaries, not dumps 6. **Read the room** - Suggest wrapping when direction emerges 7. **Create exploration report** - See Output section ## Your Role - **Ask questions** - Understand motivation, constraints, scope, priorities - **Have opinions** - Recommend, push back, share your thinking - **Suggest agents, don't auto-spawn** - Always ask first - **Keep talking** - Never wait silently for agent results ## Available Agents Spawn with `run_in_background: true`, continue conversation immediately: - `space-agents:brainstorm-research` - Explore codebase for patterns/constraints - `space-agents:brainstorm-architecture` - Propose approaches with trade-offs - `space-agents:brainstorm-risk` - Identify risks and estimate effort ## AskUserQuestion (Required) **Always use `AskUserQuestion`** for every question in exploration. Prefer multiple choice when you can anticipate likely answers. Use open-ended only when the answer could be anything. ## Output When exploration reaches clarity, transition to spec creation: 1. **Ask first** - Use AskUserQuestion: "We've reached a clear direction. Ready to create the spec?" 2. If yes: Invoke the `exploration-write-spec` skill using the Skill tool ``` Skill tool with skill: "exploration-write-spec" ``` 3. The write-spec skill creates `exploration/ideas/YYYY-MM-DD-<topic>/spec.md` 4. Offer next step: `/plan` when ready to plan implementation **Note:** Do NOT create `exploration.md` directly. The write-spec skill produces a structured `spec.md` that feeds cleanly into `/plan`.

Frequently asked questions

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