What does the Brainstorming skill do?

It facilitates a collaborative dialogue to refine ideas into technical designs and documentation before implementation starts.

How does it prevent 'feature creep'?

The skill enforces 'YAGNI' (You Ain't Gonna Need It) principles, ruthlessly removing unnecessary complexity from designs.

Does it support implementation?

Yes, once a design is validated, it can assist in creating isolated workspaces and detailed implementation plans.

Why should I use this before coding?

It prevents over-engineering, clarifies requirements, and ensures you've considered multiple technical approaches and trade-offs.

Where does the final design go?

It automatically generates and commits a standardized markdown design document to your repository's docs/plans folder.

AI Design Brainstorming

Name: AI Design Brainstorming
Author: dazeb

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Productivity & Workflow

Guides the transformation of raw ideas into structured design specifications through collaborative dialogue and incremental validation.

About

The Brainstorming skill acts as a strategic planning partner for Claude, ensuring that feature development begins with deep understanding rather than immediate implementation. It systematically explores user intent, evaluates technical trade-offs, and enforces the YAGNI principle to prevent over-engineering. By breaking the design process into interactive Q&A sessions and incremental validation steps, it helps developers create robust architecture documents and clear implementation plans before a single line of code is written.

Key Features

Interactive Socratic dialogue for requirement gathering
Incremental design validation to ensure alignment
Strict adherence to YAGNI and lean architecture principles
Automated design documentation and Git integration
4 GitHub stars
Multi-approach evaluation with trade-off analysis

Use Cases

Refining vague product ideas into technical specifications
Mapping out the architecture for a new feature or component
Evaluating different technical implementations before coding

About

Key Features

Interactive Socratic dialogue for requirement gathering
Incremental design validation to ensure alignment
Strict adherence to YAGNI and lean architecture principles
Automated design documentation and Git integration
4 GitHub stars
Multi-approach evaluation with trade-off analysis

Use Cases

Refining vague product ideas into technical specifications
Mapping out the architecture for a new feature or component
Evaluating different technical implementations before coding