Can I use this for simple bug fixes or typo corrections?

While you can, it is recommended to skip discovery for single-file bug fixes or simple configuration changes where the user provides explicit, detailed instructions, as the process is optimized for complexity.

When is the best time to use the Discover skill?

You should use the /discover command before creating worktrees for any non-trivial feature, significant refactor, or task involving three or more files to ensure the requirements are fully understood.

How does the discovery process reduce development errors?

It forces a structured validation phase where requirements are clarified through questions and designs are vetted incrementally, preventing the AI from making incorrect assumptions during the implementation phase.

What documentation does this skill produce?

It generates a comprehensive markdown implementation plan stored within your repository, featuring specific task breakdowns, impacted file paths, and mandatory verification commands for each step.

Development Discovery & Planning

Name: Development Discovery & Planning
Author: orient-bot

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Productivity & Workflow

Facilitates a discovery-first development workflow to validate requirements and generate detailed implementation plans before coding.

The Discover skill implements a structured three-phase workflow—Understand, Design, and Plan—designed to align AI behavior with expert engineering practices. By prioritizing codebase exploration and iterative design validation over immediate code generation, it ensures that non-trivial features are built on a solid foundation. This skill helps developers avoid costly rework by forcing a 'measure twice, cut once' approach, resulting in executable implementation plans complete with verification commands, architectural trade-offs, and clear success criteria.

Key Features

01Automated implementation plans with file-specific tasks and terminal-ready verification commands

02Comprehensive design proposals featuring multiple approaches with explicit trade-off analysis

03Incremental design validation that breaks complex architectures into manageable sections

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05Structured interactive dialogue for requirement gathering using recommended-option prompts

06Context-aware codebase exploration to identify existing patterns and similar implementations

Use Cases

01Validating architectural designs and technical approaches for significant refactoring tasks

02Standardizing development roadmaps across distributed teams using AI coding assistants

03Planning new feature additions that span multiple files or system components

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add orient-bot/orient discover

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

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