What problem does it solve? Teams often jump into implementation before fully understanding a problem, leading to rework and misaligned requirements. This Skill provides a dedicated thinking mode where you can explore ideas, investigate the codebase, compare options, and surface risks before committing to a change. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Exploration Stance: Acts as a curious thinking partner that asks open questions, challenges assumptions, and follows interesting threads without forcing a fixed workflow. - Codebase Investigation: Reads files, maps architecture, finds integration points, and visualizes systems with ASCII diagrams to ground discussions in reality. - OpenSpec Integration: Detects active changes via the openspec CLI, reads existing artifacts (proposals, designs, specs), and offers to capture decisions in the right artifact when insights crystallize. - Use Case: Before adding real-time collaboration to your app, enter explore mode to map the collaboration spectrum (presence, cursors, CRDTs), compare tradeoffs, and only then create a change proposal. ## Quick Start Ask the AI to enter explore mode and think through your idea or problem, for example by describing a vague feature idea or a specific technical problem you want to investigate before implementing.
