Use when creating a feature/component or adding functionality. Fires BEFORE APEX Analyze to refine requirements via structured questioning.
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
<objective>
Brainstorming runs a design-first, no-code-before-approval process ahead of any non-trivial feature, component, or behavior change: explore project context, ask clarifying questions one at a time, diverge to 6-8 approaches via a named technique before converging on 2-3 with a trade-off table, present the design for explicit approval, save it to `docs/plans/`, then hand off to APEX Analyze along with the research already gathered (so Analyze doesn't repeat it).
Skip it entirely for trivial fixes, typos, or simple renames -- those go straight to APEX.
</objective>
# Brainstorming Skill
**Design-first approach: no code before design approval.**
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## Agent Workflow (MANDATORY)
Before ANY brainstorming session, spawn agents in parallel, one `Agent` call each with a `name`:
1. **fuse-ai-pilot:explore-codebase** - Understand project context, patterns, constraints
2. **fuse-ai-pilot:research-expert** - Fetch best practices and documentation
…
The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260904.5f1d30f, 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.
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 (4687 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
fusengine/agents · 34 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-30 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_eqg3j35lp4oshz2f
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=fusengine/agents/brainstorming
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/46f7199d6777aefcb379a6b0f54386ffa39017dc29c28d643342046c1c950fe5
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fusengine/agents · plugins/ai-pilot/skills/lead-orchestration/SKILL.md · Use when you are the LEAD (main session) and an owner request arrives that needs agents -- intake, routing, briefs…
fusengine/agents · plugins/ai-pilot/skills/pr-summary/SKILL.md · Summarize current pull request with diff, comments, and changed files. Use when reviewing PRs or before merging.
fusengine/agents · plugins/ai-pilot/skills/react-effects-audit/SKILL.md · Use when auditing React or Next.js components for unnecessary or unsafe useEffect usage -- detects 9 anti-patterns from…
fusengine/agents · plugins/ai-pilot/skills/research/SKILL.md · Use when researching documentation, best practices, or complex technical investigations -- Context7 + Exa + Sequential…
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foryourhealth111-pixel/vibe-skills · bundled/skills/brainstorming/SKILL.md · You MUST use this before any creative work - creating features, building components, adding functionality, or modifying…
a5c-ai/babysitter · library/methodologies/superpowers/skills/brainstorming/SKILL.md · Use when starting any creative work - creating features, building components, adding functionality, or modifying…
a5c-ai/babysitter · library/methodologies/rpikit/skills/brainstorming/SKILL.md · Clarify vague requirements through exploratory questioning and option generation before committing to research or…
mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills · exports/openclaw/brainstorming/SKILL.md · Run a real brainstorm — divergent generation without judgment, then convergent selection with explicit criteria —…
