brainstorming

To turn brainstorming ideas into a structured design document, this skill explores project context, asks clarifying questions, proposes 2-3 approaches with trade-offs, and generates a formal, shareable design artifact after securing user approval.

The best way to propose design approaches and get user approval is by presenting 2-3 options with clear recommendations, delivering sections incrementally, and enforcing a HARD-GATE for user review before any implementation begins.

To refine project requirements through iterative ideation, the skill poses clarifying questions one at a time to define purpose, constraints, and success criteria, ensuring alignment before proposing concrete design directions.

Yes, you can use this design ideation process for early-stage projects needing iterative questions, as it specifically validates assumptions, refines purpose, and secures agreement before committing to implementation.

Spec self-review runs an inline check on the proposed design and requests explicit user review at a HARD-GATE, ensuring governance and validation before generating the final design document artifact.

The hard gate before implementation requires explicit user approval after each delivered section, meaning the design process cannot proceed to writing the formal design doc or coding without pausing for this mandatory review.