brainstorming
✓This skill should be used before implementing features, building components, or making changes. It guides exploring user intent, approaches, and design decisions before planning. Triggers on "let's brainstorm", "help me think through", "what should we build", "explore approaches", ambiguous feature requests, or when the user's request has multiple valid interpretations that need clarification.
Installation
SKILL.md
This skill provides detailed process knowledge for effective brainstorming sessions that clarify WHAT to build before diving into HOW to build it.
If requirements are clear, suggest: "Your requirements seem clear. Consider proceeding directly to planning or implementation."
Ask questions one at a time to understand the user's intent. Avoid overwhelming with multiple questions.
This skill should be used before implementing features, building components, or making changes. It guides exploring user intent, approaches, and design decisions before planning. Triggers on "let's brainstorm", "help me think through", "what should we build", "explore approaches", ambiguous feature requests, or when the user's request has multiple valid interpretations that need clarification. Source: everyinc/compound-engineering-plugin.
Facts (cite-ready)
Stable fields and commands for AI/search citations.
- Install command
npx skills add https://github.com/everyinc/compound-engineering-plugin --skill brainstorming- Category
- >_Productivity
- Verified
- ✓
- First Seen
- 2026-02-05
- Updated
- 2026-02-18
Quick answers
What is brainstorming?
This skill should be used before implementing features, building components, or making changes. It guides exploring user intent, approaches, and design decisions before planning. Triggers on "let's brainstorm", "help me think through", "what should we build", "explore approaches", ambiguous feature requests, or when the user's request has multiple valid interpretations that need clarification. Source: everyinc/compound-engineering-plugin.
How do I install brainstorming?
Open your terminal or command line tool (Terminal, iTerm, Windows Terminal, etc.) Copy and run this command: npx skills add https://github.com/everyinc/compound-engineering-plugin --skill brainstorming Once installed, the skill will be automatically configured in your AI coding environment and ready to use in Claude Code or Cursor
Where is the source repository?
https://github.com/everyinc/compound-engineering-plugin
Details
- Category
- >_Productivity
- Source
- skills.sh
- First Seen
- 2026-02-05