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brainstorming

Transform rough ideas into fully-formed designs through structured questioning and alternative exploration. Useful early in concept work.

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Security Assessment

Safe(96/100)
Security Score96/100

About brainstorming

brainstorming is a thin catalogue entry in the Open Design skills marketplace that advertises an upstream ideation workflow curated from @obra's "superpowers" repository. Its stated purpose is to transform rough ideas into fully-formed designs through structured questioning and alternative exploration, useful early in concept work.

Honestly assessed, this is a pointer rather than a full implementation. The SKILL.md openly states that it is a catalogue entry that advertises the skill in Open Design so an agent can discover it during planning, and that to run the actual upstream workflow with its original assets, scripts, and references, the user must install the upstream bundle (https://github.com/obra/superpowers) into their agent's skills directory. The only command it provides is opening that upstream URL for inspection. There is no embedded logic, prompt library, or script in this entry beyond the description and trigger phrases.

It targets designers, product thinkers, and anyone doing early-stage concept exploration who wants the agent to surface this ideation workflow. Use cases include kicking off design ideation and exploring alternatives. As a discovery-only stub with no executable content, it is entirely benign.

FAQ

Is this the full brainstorming workflow?

No. It is a catalogue entry that advertises the skill for discovery. The full workflow, with its original assets, scripts, and references, lives in the upstream repository.

How do I run the real workflow?

Install the upstream bundle from https://github.com/obra/superpowers into your active agent's skills directory, then invoke the skill by name (brainstorming) or with one of its trigger phrases.

What is it useful for?

Transforming rough ideas into fully-formed designs through structured questioning and alternative exploration, especially early in concept work.

Who curated it?

It is curated from @obra, in the creative-direction category of Open Design.

Install brainstorming

Download and extract the skill files to your .claude/skills/ directory.

Quick Setup:

  1. Copy the skill folder to .claude/skills/
  2. Claude will automatically detect and use the skill