Brainstorming
obra/superpowers
Makes the agent clarify intent and agree on a design with you before writing any code, scaling the process from a quick spike to a written spec.
A skill your agent uses when beginning any design process - orchestrates gathering context, clarifying requirements, brainstorming solutions, and documenting validated designs to create…
Install Starting A Design Plan
$ npx skills add ed3dai/ed3d-plugins --skill starting-a-design-plan -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install ed3dai/ed3d-plugins starting-a-design-plan --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ed3dai/ed3d-plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/ed3d-plan-and-execute/skills/starting-a-design-plan .claude/skills/starting-a-design-plan && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "starting-a-design-plan" agent skill from https://github.com/ed3dai/ed3d-plugins/tree/main/plugins/ed3d-plan-and-execute/skills/starting-a-design-plan into .claude/skills/starting-a-design-plan/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "starting-a-design-plan", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/ed3dai/ed3d-plugins/tree/main/plugins/ed3d-plan-and-execute/skills/starting-a-design-planType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add ed3dai/ed3d-plugins --skill starting-a-design-plan -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install ed3dai/ed3d-plugins starting-a-design-plan --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ed3dai/ed3d-plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/ed3d-plan-and-execute/skills/starting-a-design-plan .agents/skills/starting-a-design-plan && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "starting-a-design-plan" agent skill from https://github.com/ed3dai/ed3d-plugins/tree/main/plugins/ed3d-plan-and-execute/skills/starting-a-design-plan into .agents/skills/starting-a-design-plan/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "starting-a-design-plan", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add ed3dai/ed3d-plugins --skill starting-a-design-plan -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install ed3dai/ed3d-plugins starting-a-design-plan --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ed3dai/ed3d-plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/ed3d-plan-and-execute/skills/starting-a-design-plan .cursor/skills/starting-a-design-plan && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "starting-a-design-plan" agent skill from https://github.com/ed3dai/ed3d-plugins/tree/main/plugins/ed3d-plan-and-execute/skills/starting-a-design-plan into .cursor/skills/starting-a-design-plan/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "starting-a-design-plan", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/ed3dai/ed3d-plugins.git --path plugins/ed3d-plan-and-execute/skills/starting-a-design-plan--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add ed3dai/ed3d-plugins --skill starting-a-design-plan -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install ed3dai/ed3d-plugins starting-a-design-plan --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ed3dai/ed3d-plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/ed3d-plan-and-execute/skills/starting-a-design-plan .gemini/skills/starting-a-design-plan && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "starting-a-design-plan" agent skill from https://github.com/ed3dai/ed3d-plugins/tree/main/plugins/ed3d-plan-and-execute/skills/starting-a-design-plan into .gemini/skills/starting-a-design-plan/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "starting-a-design-plan", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install ed3dai/ed3d-plugins starting-a-design-planInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add ed3dai/ed3d-plugins --skill starting-a-design-plan -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ed3dai/ed3d-plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/ed3d-plan-and-execute/skills/starting-a-design-plan .github/skills/starting-a-design-plan && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "starting-a-design-plan" agent skill from https://github.com/ed3dai/ed3d-plugins/tree/main/plugins/ed3d-plan-and-execute/skills/starting-a-design-plan into .github/skills/starting-a-design-plan/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "starting-a-design-plan", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add ed3dai/ed3d-plugins --skill starting-a-design-plan -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install ed3dai/ed3d-plugins starting-a-design-plan --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ed3dai/ed3d-plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/ed3d-plan-and-execute/skills/starting-a-design-plan .opencode/skills/starting-a-design-plan && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "starting-a-design-plan" agent skill from https://github.com/ed3dai/ed3d-plugins/tree/main/plugins/ed3d-plan-and-execute/skills/starting-a-design-plan into .opencode/skills/starting-a-design-plan/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "starting-a-design-plan", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
starting-a-design-plan- GitHub stars
- 250
- Token cost
- ~3.8k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 1,783 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 34
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- None found
At a glance
A skill your agent uses when beginning any design process - orchestrates gathering context, clarifying requirements, brainstorming solutions, and documenting validated designs to create…
- Works in 6 steps: Context Gathering → Clarification → Definition of Done → …
- Beginning any design process - orchestrates gathering context
- SKILL.md covers Overview, Quick Reference, The Process and When to Revisit Earlier Phases, plus 2 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Starting A Design Plan is an agent skill from ed3dai/ed3d-plugins. Use when beginning any design process - orchestrates gathering context, clarifying requirements, brainstorming solutions, and documenting validated designs to create implementation-ready design documents
Its SKILL.md is about 3.8k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.
It sits in Agent Workflows, covering Brainstorming. The repository describes itself as: Ed's repo of Claude Code plugins, centered around a research-plan-implement workflow. Only a tiny bit cursed. If you're lucky.
When your agent uses it
- Beginning any design process - orchestrates gathering context
- Clarifying requirements
- Brainstorming solutions
- Documenting validated designs to create implementation-ready design documents
Example prompts
- “/starting-a-design-plan”
Workflow steps
6 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
- Context Gathering
- Clarification
- Definition of Done
- Brainstorming
- Design Documentation
- Planning Handoff
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 0c90f4b. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are markdown).
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Context cost
Starting A Design Plan loads about 3.8k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 57 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,783 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
Safety
Auto-check passed
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.
SKILL.md
Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 1,783 words (~3,849 tokens).
“Orchestrate the complete design workflow from initial idea to implementation-ready documentation through six structured phases: context gathering, clarification, definition of done, brainstorming, design documentation, and planning handoff.”
- name
- starting-a-design-plan
- user-invocable
- false
Files
Just SKILL.md in plugins/ed3d-plan-and-execute/skills/starting-a-design-plan of ed3dai/ed3d-plugins.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 0c90f4b
Compare with similar skills
Starting A Design Plan next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starting A Design Plan this skilled3dai/ed3d-plugins | 250 | — | ~3.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Brainstormingobra/superpowers | 297k | 1 repos | ~2.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Brainstormingxpinjection/test-driven-spring-boot | 112 | 52 repos | ~2.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Yao Meta Skillyaojingang/yao-meta-skill | 2.7k | — | ~768 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Typesafe AIOpenAgentsInc/openagents | 455 | 9 repos | ~2.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Trellis StartROYIANS/foliq-print-template-designer | 136 | 6 repos | ~646 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Starting A Design Plan
What does Starting A Design Plan do?
A skill your agent uses when beginning any design process - orchestrates gathering context, clarifying requirements, brainstorming solutions, and documenting validated designs to create…. Starting A Design Plan is an agent skill from ed3dai/ed3d-plugins.
When should I use Starting A Design Plan?
Starting A Design Plan fits situations like: beginning any design process - orchestrates gathering context; clarifying requirements; brainstorming solutions; documenting validated designs to create implementation-ready design documents.
How do I install Starting A Design Plan in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add ed3dai/ed3d-plugins --skill starting-a-design-plan -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/ed3d-plan-and-execute/skills/starting-a-design-plan in ed3dai/ed3d-plugins) into .claude/skills/starting-a-design-plan in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Starting A Design Plan in Codex?
Run `npx skills add ed3dai/ed3d-plugins --skill starting-a-design-plan -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/ed3d-plan-and-execute/skills/starting-a-design-plan in ed3dai/ed3d-plugins) into .agents/skills/starting-a-design-plan in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Starting A Design Plan in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add ed3dai/ed3d-plugins --skill starting-a-design-plan -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/starting-a-design-plan, .gemini/skills/starting-a-design-plan, .github/skills/starting-a-design-plan and .opencode/skills/starting-a-design-plan in your project.
What does Starting A Design Plan need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Starting A Design Plan is instructions for the agent only.
Does Starting A Design Plan access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Starting A Design Plan safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
What licence does Starting A Design Plan use?
No licence was found for Starting A Design Plan or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.
How many tokens does Starting A Design Plan use?
About 3.8k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 15k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
What are the alternatives to Starting A Design Plan?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Starting A Design Plan: Brainstorming (obra/superpowers, 297k stars), Brainstorming (xpinjection/test-driven-spring-boot, 112 stars), Yao Meta Skill (yaojingang/yao-meta-skill, 2.7k stars) and Typesafe AI (OpenAgentsInc/openagents, 455 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Starting A Design Plan?
ed3dai (a GitHub organization) maintains it in ed3dai/ed3d-plugins, which has 250 GitHub stars. The repository holds 34 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 6, 2026.
Source: ed3dai/ed3d-plugins on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.