Brainstorming Ideas Into Designs

Overview

Turn ideas into fully formed designs through natural collaborative dialogue. Understand the project context, ask questions one at a time, propose approaches, and produce an approved design doc.

Brainstorming ends when the design doc is approved and committed. What happens next is the caller's decision — this skill does not dictate the next step.

Anti-Pattern: "This Is Too Simple To Need A Design"

Every project goes through this process. A todo list, a single-function utility, a config change — all of them. "Simple" projects are where unexamined assumptions cause the most wasted work. The design can be short (a few sentences for truly simple projects), but you MUST present it and get approval.

Checklist

You MUST create a task for each of these items and complete them in order: