What problem does it solve? Teams often commit to the first implementation idea without considering alternatives, leading to rework when a better approach surfaces later. This Skill enforces divergent thinking by generating at least three distinct implementation options and comparing them before any code is written. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Divergent Option Generation: Produces a standard-pattern option, a performance-optimized option, and a minimalist YAGNI option, with room for additional variants. - Structured Comparison: Evaluates options across developer experience, robustness, timeline fit, and alignment with existing repository patterns. - Recommendation with Handoff: Picks a winner with reasoning and offers follow-up steps via insight-assess for evaluation or plan-create for implementation planning. - Use Case: Before building a new caching layer, run /explore to compare an in-process cache, a Redis-backed approach, and a minimal memoization option, then receive a recommendation with rationale. ## Quick Start Ask the agent to brainstorm options for your problem, for example: explore approaches for adding rate limiting to the API.
