Skills brainstorming
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brainstorming

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Plan Better Designs Before Implementation

Vague feature ideas often hide assumptions, risks, and missing requirements. This skill guides Claude, Codex, or Claude Code through structured brainstorming before implementation starts.

Supports: Claude Codex Code(CC)
๐Ÿฅ‰ 77 Bronze

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Test it

Using "brainstorming". I want a team dashboard but I am not sure what should be included.

Expected outcome:

  • Understanding summary: The dashboard should help teams see work status and blockers.
  • Assumptions: Users need fast scanning, not deep reporting.
  • Next question: Who is the primary user for the first version?

Using "brainstorming". We need to redesign our notification system for scale.

Expected outcome:

  • Recommended approach: Separate notification creation from delivery with a queued workflow.
  • Trade-off: This adds operational complexity but improves reliability and retry handling.
  • Decision log: Queue-based delivery selected because delivery failures must not block user actions.

Using "brainstorming". Prepare this approved design for implementation.

Expected outcome:

  • Implementation handoff: Build the smallest validated scope first.
  • Risks: Ownership, testing coverage, and migration timing remain important.
  • Next step: Confirm task order before coding begins.

Security Audit

Safe
v4 โ€ข 7/6/2026 Open versioned report

All four static findings were adjudicated as false positives caused by Markdown prose. No evidence of command execution, environment access, network reconnaissance, system reconnaissance, or prompt injection was found in SKILL.md.

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False positives ignored

Risk Factors

โš™๏ธ External commands (1)
๐Ÿ”‘ Env variables (1)
No confirmed security findings were detected by the latest completed static and semantic audit. This does not prove the skill has no side effects.
Audited by: codex View Audit History โ†’
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Academic citations (APA ยท BibTeX ยท CFF)

APA citation

sickn33. (2026). brainstorming security audit report (audit version 4) [Author version unspecified]. Skillstore. https://skillstore.io/skills/sickn33-brainstorming/audits/4

BibTeX citation

@techreport{sickn33-sickn33-brainstorming-2026, author = {sickn33}, title = {brainstorming security audit report (audit version 4)}, institution = {Skillstore}, year = {2026}, number = {4}, url = {https://skillstore.io/skills/sickn33-brainstorming/audits/4}, note = {Author version unspecified} }

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cff-version: 1.2.0 message: "If you use this Skill, cite its author and this versioned security audit report." title: "brainstorming security audit report (audit version 4)" version: "unspecified" type: report authors: - name: "sickn33" date-released: "2026-07-06" url: "https://skillstore.io/skills/sickn33-brainstorming/audits/4" identifiers: - type: other value: "skillstore:sickn33-brainstorming:audit:4" description: "Skillstore immutable audit report identifier"

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10 installable variants

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Higher Skillstore usage
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Skillstore Score 79
Evidence Confidence High
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Updated

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Skillstore Score 79
Evidence Confidence High
Skillstore usage 42
Updated

2026-08-21

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Skillstore Score 79
Evidence Confidence High
Skillstore usage 13
Updated

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Skillstore Score 79
Evidence Confidence High
Skillstore usage 10
Updated

2026-08-21

obra-brainstorming

Skillstore Score 78
Evidence Confidence High
Skillstore usage 20
Updated

2026-08-21

dmjgilbert-brainstorming

Skillstore Score 78
Evidence Confidence High
Skillstore usage 11
Updated

2026-08-21

cygnusfear-brainstorming

Skillstore Score 78
Evidence Confidence High
Skillstore usage 11
Updated

2026-08-21

sickn33 Current

sickn33-brainstorming

Skillstore Score 77
Evidence Confidence High
Skillstore usage 11
Updated

2026-08-21

dyai2025-brainstorming

Skillstore Score 75
Evidence Confidence Medium
Skillstore usage 11
Updated

2026-08-21

davila7-brainstorming

Skillstore Score 70
Evidence Confidence High
Skillstore usage 6
Updated

2026-08-21

Skillstore Score

Why this score Evidence Confidence: High
55
Architecture
85
Maintainability
85
Content
69
Community
83
Spec Compliance

What You Can Build

Shape Feature Requests

Turn vague feature ideas into validated requirements, risks, and non-goals before assigning implementation work.

Review Architecture Options

Compare design approaches with trade-offs for complexity, extensibility, risk, and maintenance.

Prepare Design Documents

Capture assumptions, decisions, open questions, and final design notes in a durable format.

Try These Prompts

Clarify a New Idea
Use the brainstorming skill to help me define a new feature. Ask one question at a time and capture assumptions.
Compare Design Paths
Help me evaluate two or three design approaches for this idea. Include risks, trade-offs, and a recommended option.
Prepare a Handoff
Turn our validated design into an implementation handoff. Include the decision log, assumptions, risks, and next steps.
Facilitate Architecture Review
Facilitate a high-risk architecture review. Confirm requirements first, then present design sections incrementally for approval.

Best Practices

  • Share project context and constraints before asking for solution options.
  • Confirm the understanding summary before reviewing design approaches.
  • Keep the decision log with the final design document.

Avoid

  • Do not ask it to code before the design is accepted.
  • Do not skip questions when requirements are unclear.
  • Do not use it for urgent fixes that already have a clear plan.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does this skill write code?
No. It blocks implementation while brainstorming mode is active.
When should I use it?
Use it before features, architecture changes, behavior changes, or complex functionality.
Does it require project files?
No, but project context improves the quality of questions and recommendations.
How does it handle uncertainty?
It records assumptions and open questions before design decisions are made.
Can it work with Claude, Codex, and Claude Code?
Yes. The report declares support for Claude, Codex, and Claude Code.
Can it create final documentation?
Yes. It can prepare a design summary, assumptions, decision log, and handoff.

Developer Details

Author

sickn33

License

MIT

Skillstore revision

r1

Version notice

The author did not declare a version.

Ref

01171b582d636c013315c5e0d969c64f8d9cdff2

Maintenance freshness

7/18/2026

Usage

9 downloads ยท 105 views

File structure

๐Ÿ“„ SKILL.md

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