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Bop Brainstorm by ryanmaclean — Agent Skill

Name: Bop Brainstorm
Author: ryanmaclean

Bop Brainstorm

Use when the user wants to brainstorm, ideate, or explore ideas for a topic. Creates an ideation card and optionally dispatches it to an agent. Trigger words — brainstorm, ideate, ideation, bstorm, explore ideas.

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bop brainstorm

Quick-start an ideation session. Three equivalent commands:

bop bstorm <topic words>        # canonical (short, unique)
bop brainstorm <topic words>    # alias
bop ideation <topic words>      # alias

No quoting needed — words are joined automatically.

What it does

Slugifies the topic into a card ID (lowercase, hyphens, max 40 chars)
Creates an ideation card from .cards/templates/ideation.jobcard/
Writes the topic into spec.md as a brainstorm prompt
Assigns a playing-card glyph

The ideation pipeline

ideation → qa

ideation stage: agent explores ideas, trade-offs, approaches
qa stage: second agent reviews and stress-tests the ideas

Provider defaults: claude for ideation, codex for QA.

Examples

# Brainstorm a feature
bop bstorm plugin system for adapters

# Brainstorm architecture
bop ideation how to scale beyond 10k cards

# Brainstorm with team assignment
bop bstorm --team arch event-driven dispatcher

After creating

# Edit the spec to add constraints or context
$EDITOR .cards/pending/<glyph>-<slug>.jobcard/spec.md

# Dispatch to an agent
bop dispatcher --once

# Or let factory handle it (if installed)
bop factory status

Troubleshooting

Nested dispatch: When running bop dispatcher from inside Claude Code, unset the env var first:

env -u CLAUDECODE bop dispatcher --once

Stale worktrees: If a card failed previously, its worktree may block re-dispatch:

git worktree remove --force .worktrees/job-<card-id>
git branch -D job-<card-id>

Rate limits: If the ideation provider (claude) is rate-limited, the dispatcher rotates to the next provider in the chain. Check cooldowns with bop status.

Output

The agent writes results to output/result.md inside the card. Read it with:

bop inspect <card-id>

---name: bop-brainstormdescription: Use when the user wants to brainstorm, ideate, or explore ideas for a topic. Creates an ideation card and optionally dispatches it to an agent. Trigger words — brainstorm, ideate, ideation, bstorm, explore ideas.---# bop brainstormQuick-start an ideation session. Three equivalent commands:```bashbop bstorm <topic words> # canonical (short, unique)bop brainstorm <topic words> # aliasbop ideation <topic words> # alias```No quoting needed — words are joined automatically.## What it does1. Slugifies the topic into a card ID (lowercase, hyphens, max 40 chars)2. Creates an ideation card from `.cards/templates/ideation.jobcard/`3. Writes the topic into `spec.md` as a brainstorm prompt4. Assigns a playing-card glyph## The ideation pipeline```ideation → qa```- **ideation** stage: agent explores ideas, trade-offs, approaches- **qa** stage: second agent reviews and stress-tests the ideasProvider defaults: `claude` for ideation, `codex` for QA.## Examples```bash# Brainstorm a featurebop bstorm plugin system for adapters# Brainstorm architecturebop ideation how to scale beyond 10k cards# Brainstorm with team assignmentbop bstorm --team arch event-driven dispatcher```## After creating```bash# Edit the spec to add constraints or context$EDITOR .cards/pending/<glyph>-<slug>.jobcard/spec.md# Dispatch to an agentbop dispatcher --once# Or let factory handle it (if installed)bop factory status```## Troubleshooting**Nested dispatch:** When running `bop dispatcher` from inside Claude Code, unset the env var first:```bashenv -u CLAUDECODE bop dispatcher --once```**Stale worktrees:** If a card failed previously, its worktree may block re-dispatch:```bashgit worktree remove --force .worktrees/job-<card-id>git branch -D job-<card-id>```**Rate limits:** If the ideation provider (claude) is rate-limited, the dispatcher rotates to the next provider in the chain. Check cooldowns with `bop status`.## OutputThe agent writes results to `output/result.md` inside the card.Read it with:```bashbop inspect <card-id>```

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