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Plan-first brainstorming transforms vague feature ideas into reviewable Markdown artifacts with acceptance criteria and risk assessments, enforcing an approval gate before any production code is written.

The best way to enforce an approval gate for feature design is through evidence-based grilling, which uses systematic blocking-question interrogation to challenge assumptions and terminology before plan approval.

You document feature requirements and risk assessments in Markdown by generating durable artifacts in the project root's .plannings/ directory, complete with acceptance criteria ensuring team alignment before execution.

Yes, plan-first brainstorming works with Claude Code Plan modes by using surface-aware planning to adapt its behavior, ensuring safe and compliant file handling across various active planning environments.

You need to use evidence-based grilling for software requirements when tasked with a complex feature, forcing a structured approach to clarify intent and mitigate risks before implementation begins.