How are decisions saved during brainstorming?

The skill incrementally updates a persistent design document via MCP after every substantive user answer, ensuring context is never lost during session compaction.

How does the Clarifying phase improve project outcomes?

It prevents scope creep and misunderstandings by discussing every requirement individually and confirming understanding before any code is designed or written.

What is auto-decomposition in this skill?

The skill analyzes the scope of work items based on file counts and concerns. If an item is too complex, it suggests splitting it into smaller, independent work units.

Does this skill require a browser?

While it can function in the terminal, it is optimized for a browser-based UI through the Mermaid Collab MCP server for a better interactive experience.

Brainstorming & Requirement Clarifier

Name: Brainstorming & Requirement Clarifier
Author: ben-mad-jlp

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Collaboration Tools

Facilitates structured requirement gathering and task decomposition through interactive, item-by-item clarification sessions.

The Brainstorming-Clarifying skill bridges the gap between initial ideation and technical design by enforcing a rigorous, one-item-at-a-time clarification process. It guides Claude to ask targeted questions—often via a browser-based MCP UI—to refine project goals, capture success criteria, and persist decisions directly into a design document. By automatically detecting and proposing the decomposition of complex tasks into smaller sub-components, it ensures project scope remains manageable while reducing context bloat during the implementation phase.

Key Features

01Real-time incremental design document updates via MCP

021 GitHub stars

03Persistent state management for long-running brainstorming sessions

04Automated task decomposition for large-scale work items

05Sequential item-by-item requirement refinement

06Interactive browser-based multiple-choice questioning

Use Cases

01Documenting technical decisions and success criteria in real-time

02Breaking down monolithic tasks into manageable sub-tasks

03Refining ambiguous project requirements before starting development

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add ben-mad-jlp/claude-mermaid-collab brainstorming-clarifying

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

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