ramblurr/brainstorming
prompts/skills/brainstorming/SKILL.md
Refine ideas into detailed designs through Socratic dialogue. Use when user has rough idea, needs to clarify requirements, explore approaches.
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Updated May 21, 2026
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SKILL.md
- name:
- brainstorming
- description:
- Refine ideas into detailed designs through Socratic dialogue. Use when user has rough idea, needs to clarify requirements, explore approaches.
Brainstorming Ideas Into Designs
Overview
Transform rough ideas into fully-formed designs through structured questioning and alternative exploration.
Core principle: Ask questions to understand, explore alternatives, present design incrementally for validation.
Announce at start: "I'm using the Brainstorming skill to refine your idea into a design."
The Process
Phase 1: Understanding
- Check current project state in working directory
- Ask ONE question at a time to refine the idea
- Prefer multiple choice when possible
- Gather: Purpose, constraints, success criteria
- Record: Take notes as you go in a concept document in
prompts/NNN-<thing>_concept.mdSkill(prompts-documents) - Backoff: The user controls how deep we go into any branch. When the user indicates to not go any deeper, immediately stop asking more detailed questions in the current branch.
- Loop
Phase 2: Exploration
- Propose 2-3 different approaches
- For each: Core architecture, trade-offs, complexity assessment
- Ask your human partner which approach resonates
Phase 3: Design Presentation
- Present in 200-300 word sections
- Cover: Architecture, components, data flow, error handling, testing
- Ask after each section: "Does this look right so far?"
Phase 4: Closure
Summarize:
- the problem
- selected approach
- rejected alternatives
- unresolved questions
- assumptions
- success criteria
Update the plan document Skill(writing-plans)
When to Revisit Earlier Phases
You can and should go backward when:
- Partner reveals new constraint during Phase 2 or 3 → Return to Phase 1 to understand it
- Validation shows fundamental gap in requirements → Return to Phase 1
- Partner questions approach during Phase 3 → Return to Phase 2 to explore alternatives
- Something doesn't make sense → Go back and clarify
Don't force forward linearly when going backward would give better results.
Remember
- One question per message during Phase 1
- Record/take notes in the concept document
- Apply YAGNI ruthlessly
- Explore 2-3 alternatives before settling
- Present incrementally, validate as you go
- Go backward when needed - flexibility > rigid progression
- Announce skill usage at start
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