harness:brainstorming

To turn product ideas into approved design specifications, you need a structured brainstorming workflow that enforces hard design gates. This process requires presenting design approaches, obtaining user approval, and creating a validated spec before any implementation planning begins.

The best way to refine feature requirements and define component behavior is through incremental design refinement. This involves exploring project context, asking clarifying questions one at a time, and presenting 2-3 approach options with clear trade-offs for user selection.

A design approval workflow prevents wasted engineering cycles by acting as a safety gate that blocks implementation tasks. It mandates design presentation and explicit user approval, ensuring scope and success criteria are fully clarified and documented before coding starts.

Yes, you can use visual mockups and diagrams during the brainstorming design process via an optional browser companion. This opt-in tool handles visual questions, mockups, and visual comparisons without forcing visual overhead for every single workflow step.

To create and save a design spec for implementation planning, you commit a validated design specification to an agreed path format. After completing the spec and review gates, the workflow transitions directly into writing the implementation plan.

No, you do not need a fully defined scope to start brainstorming a new feature design. You can begin with a basic idea and constraints, and the workflow will guide you through clarifying questions and trade-off analysis to clarify scope and success criteria.