brainstorming skill
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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Install the brainstorming skill
A skill is a folder. Copy it into your agent's skills folder and the agent loads it when the task matches its description.
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/a5c-ai/babysitter.git /tmp/babysitter mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills cp -r /tmp/babysitter/library/methodologies/superpowers/skills/brainstorming ~/.claude/skills/brainstorming
available in every project
In the Claude apps, zip the folder and upload it from the Skills settings. The folder on GitHub
The instructions your agent would load
SKILL.md as published, without the frontmatter. Read it on GitHub
- New features, components, modifications
- Even "simple" projects (unexamined assumptions cause wasted work)
Process
- Explore project context - files, docs, recent commits
- Ask clarifying questions - one at a time, prefer multiple choice
- Propose 2-3 approaches - with tradeoffs and recommendation
- Present design in sections - get approval after each section
- Write design doc - save to docs/plans/YYYY-MM-DD--design.md
- 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
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