brainstorming

To turn informal ideas into validated design specifications, use a guided brainstorming process that explores project context, asks clarifying questions, proposes 2-3 approaches with trade-offs, and requires user approval before writing a dated design document.

The best way to prevent premature implementation is to enforce a gated design exploration process that defines scope, identifies constraints, and produces an approved design document before any code is written.

To create a design document, the agent reviews project files and recent commits, asks clarifying questions one at a time, compares approaches, and writes the final approved design to the docs/plans directory.

Yes, the brainstorming process requires gated user approval. It presents a recommended design from 2-3 proposed approaches, obtains explicit user approval, and then writes the dated design document.

Yes, you can transition directly from design validation to implementation planning. After writing the approved design document to docs/plans, the process invokes the writing-plans skill to handle the transition to implementation.