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brainstorm from codeaholicguy/ai-devkit is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

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SKILL.md skill

Repository

codeaholicguy/ai-devkit

Path

skills/brainstorm/SKILL.md

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2

Latest version

git:20260822.631a81d, committed Aug 22, 2026

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Apache-2.0

AI DevKit · Use when the user asks to brainstorm, ideate, generate ideas, expand options, challenge ideas, pressure-test ideas, compare concepts, narrow choices, name something, plan content angles, explore strategy, evaluate product ideas, technical approaches, experiments, or decisions.

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

Run a compact diverge-to-converge loop.

## Workflow

1. Frame: goal, constraints, audience, success criteria, assumptions.
2. Baseline: state the simplest honest solution first. Every option must beat it; the baseline stays a candidate.
3. Diverge: distinct options across practical, high-leverage, and unusual angles.
4. Challenge: weak assumptions, failure modes, tradeoffs, rejections. Always: reject speculative generality (each abstraction, layer, flag, and data copy needs a current caller) and verify load-bearing "needed" claims in the consuming code, not doc assertions.
5. Compare: only relevant criteria, plus deletion cost (how easily the option can be removed later). Ties go to the smaller option.
6. Converge: strongest 3 picks with rationale and a next step. Self-review first: for each new constant, object, layer, and flag ask "why do we need this?" Cut answers that are only messaging or future-proofing.

## Formats

Use Quick by default. Use Deep only for ambiguous or high-stakes decisions. Ask at most one clarifying question only if missing context would materially change the brainstorm; otherwise state assumptions and proceed.
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How to install

mdr add codeaholicguy/ai-devkit/brainstorm@sha256:0d565c3544e9faf5

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_n6nfc3re6ob47k7v.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_n6nfc3re6ob47k7v)

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Source

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_n6nfc3re6ob47k7v
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=codeaholicguy/ai-devkit/brainstorm
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/0d565c3544e9faf5386a85560800c083b2ebe180acd6d8d7b358a542c8985c6d

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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