You MUST use this before any creative work - creating features, building components, adding functionality, or modifying behavior. Explores user intent, requirements and design before implementation.
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# Brainstorming Ideas Into Designs
Help turn ideas into fully formed designs and specs through collaborative AI-human UML modeling and natural 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 (described in UML) and get user approval.
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Do NOT invoke any implementation skill, write any code, scaffold any project, or take any implementation action until you have presented a design (described in UML) and the user has approved it. This applies to EVERY project regardless of perceived simplicity.
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## Anti-Pattern: "This Is Too Simple To Need A Design"
Every project goes through this process. A todo list, a single-function utility, a config change — all of them. The design MUST be presented and approved.
## Checklist
You MUST create a task for each of these items and complete them in order:
1. **Explore project context** — check files, docs, recent commits
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The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260914.7c3d88e, 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.
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_szt2dzwwuj5fyx7g
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=takaakit/superpowers-uml/brainstorming
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/ed4df25cfccf05ed32a62f3368c6aa2ede5f64bb5a9f80672d2018ceaa804bed
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takaakit/superpowers-uml · plugins/superpowers-uml/skills/dispatching-parallel-agents/SKILL.md · Use when facing 2+ independent tasks that can be worked on without shared state or sequential dependencies
takaakit/superpowers-uml · plugins/superpowers-uml/skills/executing-plans/SKILL.md · Use when you have a written implementation plan to execute in a separate session with review checkpoints
takaakit/superpowers-uml · plugins/superpowers-uml/skills/finishing-a-development-branch/SKILL.md · Use when implementation is complete, all tests pass, and you need to decide how to integrate the work
takaakit/superpowers-uml · plugins/superpowers-uml/skills/receiving-code-review/SKILL.md · Use when receiving code review feedback, before implementing suggestions, especially if feedback seems unclear or…
takaakit/superpowers-uml · plugins/superpowers-uml/skills/requesting-code-review/SKILL.md · Use when completing tasks, implementing major features, or before merging to verify work meets requirements
takaakit/superpowers-uml · plugins/superpowers-uml/skills/subagent-driven-development/SKILL.md · Use when executing implementation plans with independent tasks in the current session
takaakit/superpowers-uml · plugins/superpowers-uml/skills/systematic-debugging/SKILL.md · Use when encountering any bug, test failure, or unexpected behavior, before proposing fixes
takaakit/superpowers-uml · plugins/superpowers-uml/skills/test-driven-development/SKILL.md · Use when implementing any feature or bugfix, before writing implementation code
takaakit/superpowers-uml · plugins/superpowers-uml/skills/using-git-worktrees/SKILL.md · Use when starting feature work that needs isolation from current workspace or before executing implementation plans -…
takaakit/superpowers-uml · plugins/superpowers-uml/skills/using-superpowers/SKILL.md · Use when starting any conversation - establishes how to find and use skills, requiring skill invocation before ANY…
takaakit/superpowers-uml · plugins/superpowers-uml/skills/verification-before-completion/SKILL.md · Use when about to claim work is complete, fixed, or passing, before committing or creating PRs - requires running…
takaakit/superpowers-uml · plugins/superpowers-uml/skills/writing-plans/SKILL.md · Use when you have a spec or requirements for a multi-step task, before touching code
obra/superpowers · skills/brainstorming/SKILL.md · You MUST use this before any creative work - creating features, building components, adding functionality, modifying…
jetbrains/thinkrail · packages/pi-thinkrail-workflow/skills/brainstorming/SKILL.md · Use before implementing a feature, a change in behavior, or a bug fix — however small. Not for questions, checks, or…
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 —…
