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Agent skill

Brainstorming

by iurysza in iurysza/module-graph

Explores and validates a feature, component, workflow, or behavior change before implementation.

MITAuto-check passedAgent Workflows

Install Brainstorming

skills CLI
$ npx skills add iurysza/module-graph --skill brainstorming -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install iurysza/module-graph brainstorming --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/iurysza/module-graph.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/brainstorming .claude/skills/brainstorming && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

Facts

Skill name
brainstorming
GitHub stars
419
Token cost
~723 tokens
SKILL.md length
340 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
16
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Explores and validates a feature, component, workflow, or behavior change before implementation.

  • Works in 6 steps: Understand the context → Resolve discovery depth → Explore approaches → …
  • Work needs clarified intent
  • SKILL.md covers 1. Understand the context, 2. Resolve discovery depth, 3. Explore approaches and 4. Present the design…, plus 2 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Brainstorming is an agent skill from iurysza/module-graph. Explores and validates a feature, component, workflow, or behavior change before implementation. Use when work needs clarified intent, compared approaches, and an approved direction.

Its SKILL.md is about 720 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: A Gradle Plugin for visualizing your project's structure, powered by mermaidjs. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Work needs clarified intent
  • Compared approaches
  • An approved direction

Example prompts

  • “Use the brainstorming skill to explore and validates a feature, component, workflow, or behavior change before implementation”
  • “/brainstorming”

Workflow steps

6 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Understand the context
  2. Resolve discovery depth
  3. Explore approaches
  4. Present the design incrementally
  5. Capture the approved design
  6. Handoff

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 15b0135. 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.

    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

Brainstorming loads about 723 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 49 tokens; SKILL.md has 340 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~49
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~723

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

The full file from iurysza/module-graph at commit 15b0135, republished under its MIT licence (© iurysza). 340 words, ~723 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/brainstorming/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
brainstorming
description
Explores and validates a feature, component, workflow, or behavior change before implementation. Use when work needs clarified intent, compared approaches, and an approved direction.
metadata.category
planning-architecture

Brainstorming

Use collaborative design before creative implementation. Understand the problem, expose meaningful choices, and agree on a direction before writing code.

Do not force this workflow onto trivial, mechanical, or already-specified work.

1. Understand the context

Inspect repository instructions, relevant files, existing patterns, prior decisions, and nearby behavior before proposing a design. Ask the user only for judgments the repository cannot answer.

Restate the intended outcome in a few sentences. Correct misunderstandings before exploring solutions.

2. Resolve discovery depth

Use the lightest available question tool for one quick decision. When the idea needs formal scope, several material decisions, testable facts, and an execution plan, hand it to the setup-goal skill rather than recreating that workflow here.

Brainstorming explores design direction. setup-goal turns an agreed direction into an implementation contract.

3. Explore approaches

Propose two or three meaningfully different approaches. For each, explain:

  • the core idea;
  • what it optimizes for;
  • important trade-offs;
  • fit with existing project conventions;
  • what would make it the wrong choice.

Recommend one approach and explain why. Avoid fake alternatives that differ only cosmetically.

4. Present the design incrementally

Present the proposed design in small, coherent sections and ask whether each section is correct before continuing. Cover only what the work needs, such as:

  • user or operator flow;
  • components and responsibilities;
  • data and state transitions;
  • boundaries and integrations;
  • failure behavior;
  • testing and verification.

Return to unresolved sections when feedback changes an earlier assumption.

5. Capture the approved design

Write durable design Markdown under:

text
ai-artifacts/plans/YYYY-MM-DD-<topic>-design.md

Keep related sketches and diagrams embedded in that Markdown as ASCII or Mermaid. Do not create standalone diagram files unless the user explicitly requests another format.

Include:

  • problem and intended outcome;
  • chosen approach;
  • rejected alternatives worth remembering;
  • design details;
  • constraints and assumptions;
  • unresolved questions, if any;
  • verification strategy.

Use an available document-review tool for final feedback. Prefer Plannotator annotation when available; otherwise ask for explicit approval through the host's question tool or chat.

6. Handoff

After approval, ask whether the user wants to formalize the work with setup-goal. Do not begin implementation without explicit authorization.

© iurysza, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in .agents/skills/brainstorming of iurysza/module-graph.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 15b0135

Compare with similar skills

Brainstorming 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.

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Trellis StartROYIANS/foliq-print-template-designer1356 repos~646Automated safety check: PassMIT

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Categories

Questions about Brainstorming

What does Brainstorming do?

Explores and validates a feature, component, workflow, or behavior change before implementation. Brainstorming is an agent skill from iurysza/module-graph. Explores and validates a feature, component, workflow, or behavior change before implementation.

When should I use Brainstorming?

Brainstorming fits situations like: work needs clarified intent; compared approaches; an approved direction.

How do I install Brainstorming in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add iurysza/module-graph --skill brainstorming -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/brainstorming in iurysza/module-graph) into .claude/skills/brainstorming in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Brainstorming in Codex?

Run `npx skills add iurysza/module-graph --skill brainstorming -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/brainstorming in iurysza/module-graph) into .agents/skills/brainstorming in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Brainstorming 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 iurysza/module-graph --skill brainstorming -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/brainstorming, .gemini/skills/brainstorming, .github/skills/brainstorming and .opencode/skills/brainstorming in your project.

What does Brainstorming need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Brainstorming is instructions for the agent only.

Does Brainstorming 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 Brainstorming 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 Brainstorming use?

Brainstorming is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Brainstorming use?

About 723 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.9k 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 Brainstorming?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Brainstorming: Brainstorming (xpinjection/test-driven-spring-boot, 112 stars), LLM Council (gcpdev/llm-council-skill, 461 stars), Typesafe AI (OpenAgentsInc/openagents, 455 stars) and Yao Meta Skill (yaojingang/yao-meta-skill, 2.7k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Brainstorming?

iurysza (a GitHub user) maintains it in iurysza/module-graph, which has 419 GitHub stars. The repository holds 16 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

Source: iurysza/module-graph on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.