Brainstorming Ideas Into Designs

Overview

Help turn ideas into fully formed designs and specs through natural collaborative dialogue.

Start by understanding the current project context, then ask questions one at a time to refine the idea. Before asking each question, check whether you can safely answer it with the recommended assumption and continue without interrupting the user. Once you understand what you're building, present the design and get user approval, applying the same check before every approval request. After clearing the design gate, automatically invoke the appropriate follow-up skill when the original request includes downstream work.

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 clear its approval gate before implementation.

Checklist

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