How does this skill prevent over-engineering?

It ruthlessly applies YAGNI (You Ain't Gonna Need It) principles, pushing back on non-essential features by considering complexity, performance, and potential cloud costs.

What is the Socratic dialogue style in Redsub Brainstorm?

It asks exactly one focused question at a time, often using multiple-choice options via the AskUserQuestion tool, to help you refine your design ideas without causing decision fatigue.

Does it create actual files in my repository?

Yes, once a design is validated, the skill automatically generates, saves, and commits a standardized markdown design document in the docs/plans/ directory.

How does it transition from design to coding?

Instead of using default Claude planning, it uses a specific handoff workflow that suggests moving to the /redsub-plan command for implementation planning.

Redsub Brainstorm

Name: Redsub Brainstorm
Author: redsub-captain

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Productivity & Workflow

Facilitates collaborative software design using Socratic dialogue to transform rough concepts into validated architectural plans.

Redsub Brainstorm is a specialized workflow skill for Claude Code designed to help developers refine technical ideas through structured, one-question-at-a-time Socratic dialogue. It minimizes decision fatigue by prioritizing multiple-choice questions and strictly enforces YAGNI (You Ain't Gonna Need It) principles to prevent over-engineering and unnecessary cloud costs. By focusing on complexity, performance, and maintainability, it guides users through the creation of a standardized design document and provides a seamless handoff to the implementation planning phase within the Redsub ecosystem.

Key Features

01Ruthless YAGNI enforcement to minimize complexity and cloud costs

02Automated generation and committing of standardized design documentation

03Socratic Dialogue Interaction for focused, one-step-at-a-time design

04Multiple-choice questioning to reduce developer decision fatigue

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06Integrated workflow handoff specifically for the /redsub-plan command

Use Cases

01Transforming vague feature requests into structured technical designs

02Generating standardized design documents before starting code implementation

03Vetting architectural decisions for cost-efficiency and maintainability

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add redsub-captain/redsub-claude-code redsub-brainstorm

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

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