Brainstorm

This handles the messy front end of development when you have a rough idea but haven't figured out the details yet. It walks through understanding your project context, asks questions one at a time (preferring multiple choice), then generates six possible approaches with probabilities weighted toward both solid options and creative outliers. Once you pick a direction, it presents the design incrementally in 200-300 word chunks so you can course correct before getting too far down the wrong path. The whole thing ends with a markdown file in .specs/plans and optionally sets up a worktree for implementation. Honestly most useful for features where the requirements are fuzzy and you need someone to help think it through rather than just execute.

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$ npx -y skills add neolabhq/context-engineering-kit --skill brainstorm --agent claude-code

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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. Once you understand what you're building, present the design in small sections (200-300 words), checking after each section whether it looks right so far.

The Process

Understanding the idea:

Check out the current project state first (files, docs, recent commits)
Ask questions one at a time to refine the idea
Prefer multiple choice questions when possible, but open-ended is fine too
Only one question per message - if a topic needs more exploration, break it into multiple questions
Focus on understanding: purpose, constraints, success criteria

Exploring approaches:

SKILL.md on GitHub