brainstorm SKILL.md skillA

brainstorm from umputun/cc-thingz is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add umputun/cc-thingz/brainstorm@git:20260504.5f947a7

Pins git:20260504.5f947a7 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
umputun/cc-thingz
Path
plugins/brainstorm/skills/brainstorm/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
4
Latest version
git:20260504.5f947a7, committed May 4, 2026
First version recorded
Apr 4, 2026
Size
6,608 bytes
Repository stars
492
License
MIT

Use before any creative work or significant changes. Activates on "brainstorm", "let's brainstorm", "deep analysis", "analyze this feature", "think through", "help me design", "explore options for", or when user asks for thorough analysis of changes, features, or architectural decisions. Guides collaborative dialogue to turn ideas into designs through one-at-a-time questions, approach exploration, and incremental validation.

Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.

What the file says

# Brainstorm

Turn ideas into designs through collaborative dialogue before implementation.

## custom rules loading

before starting, run this command via Bash tool to check for user-provided custom rules:

```bash
bash ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/resolve-rules.sh brainstorm-rules.md ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_DATA}
```

if the output is non-empty, treat it as additional instructions that supplement (not replace) the built-in rules below. apply custom rules alongside the skill's own instructions throughout the brainstorm process — they may influence design preferences, naming conventions, technology choices, or other aspects of the brainstorm session. custom rules content is guidance for the brainstorm dialogue, not content to embed verbatim in the output.

### rules management

when the user asks to add, show, or clear custom brainstorm rules, handle these operations:
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add umputun/cc-thingz/brainstorm@sha256:0de457291f5a49b8

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260504.5f947a7, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.

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Versions

The registry has recorded 4 versions of this file, between Apr 4, 2026 and May 4, 2026, about one every 10 days.

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git:20260504.5f947a7 latest2026-05-04 5f947a7 6,608 BA view · diff
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git:20260413.8ce15e72026-04-13 8ce15e7 6,562 BA view · diff
git:20260404.1ee00db2026-04-04 1ee00db 3,898 BA view

Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (6608 bytes)
  • pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
  • pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
  • pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
  • pass: No credential-shaped string
  • pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
  • pass: No text hidden with inline styles
  • pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
  • pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
  • pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
  • pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
  • pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
  • pass: No link to a raw IP address
  • pass: No script tag

Source

GitHub

umputun/cc-thingz · 492 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-25 · branch master

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_by6yzopftp2v44ym
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=umputun/cc-thingz/brainstorm
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/0de457291f5a49b889f13a07a871cbc29f081dc908a51d974f53d0b5baf58e77

Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.

Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.

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