Brainstorming Ideas Into Designs

Overview

Help turn rough ideas into fully formed designs through collaborative dialogue. Don't jump to solutions - explore the problem space first.

Core principle: Understand what to build BEFORE designing how to build it. Use the user's language for domain concepts; do not invent new terminology when the repo or prompt already has a stable name for the thing.

Violating the letter of this process is violating the spirit of brainstorming.

The Iron Law

NO DESIGN WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING PURPOSE AND CONSTRAINTS

If you can't articulate why the user needs this and what success looks like, you're not ready to design.