Brainstorming: From Idea to Plan
Help turn ideas into fully formed plans through natural collaborative dialogue.
Works for: product features, business ideas, creative projects, process improvements, technical designs, or any new initiative.
Process
Explore context → Ask questions → Propose approaches → Get approval → Document plan
1. Understand the Idea
- Check any existing context first (files, docs, prior notes, recent work)
- Gather all clarifying questions upfront — use
ask_questions,ask, orquestionstool if available; plain text otherwise - Focus on: purpose, who it's for, constraints, success criteria, timeline
2. Clarify Context
- Timeline, budget, resources, technical constraints
- Who is the audience? What does success look like?
3. Explore Approaches
- Propose 2-3 different approaches with trade-offs
- Lead with your recommended option and explain why
4. Get Approval
- Present plan section by section, get approval before moving on
- Scale depth to complexity of the idea
- Cover dimensions relevant to the domain: structure, key decisions, risks, next steps
5. Document the Plan
- Create a clear, actionable plan based on the agreed direction
Principles
- Batch questions by dependency — Ask independent questions together in one round; hold dependent ones for the next round after getting answers
- Use question tools first — If
ask_questions,ask, orquestionstools are available, use them; otherwise ask in plain text - Multiple choice preferred — Easier to answer than open-ended when possible
- Start broad, then narrow — Understand the big picture first
- No assumptions — "Simple" ideas often have hidden complexity
- YAGNI ruthlessly — Remove unnecessary scope from all plans
- Explore alternatives — Always propose 2-3 approaches before settling
- Incremental validation — Present plan section by section, get approval before moving on
- Be flexible — Go back and clarify when something doesn't make sense
Cross-References
- Need research? → Invoke
skilless.ai-researchto search the web, read pages, extract video transcripts, or conduct deep multi-source investigations - Ready to document the plan? → Invoke
skilless.ai-writingto produce a professional, structured design doc or report from the approved plan