Renaissance Architecture
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Software architecture and UI/UX principles for building genuinely new solutions, not derivative work.
Generate several genuinely different throwaway variations (designs, approaches, drafts) for the user to react to.
Install Brainstorm Prototypes
$ npx skills add Neeeophytee/finding-unknowns-skills --skill brainstorm-prototypes -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install Neeeophytee/finding-unknowns-skills brainstorm-prototypes --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/Neeeophytee/finding-unknowns-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/brainstorm-prototypes .claude/skills/brainstorm-prototypes && 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 "brainstorm-prototypes" agent skill from https://github.com/Neeeophytee/finding-unknowns-skills/tree/main/skills/brainstorm-prototypes into .claude/skills/brainstorm-prototypes/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "brainstorm-prototypes", 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/Neeeophytee/finding-unknowns-skills/tree/main/skills/brainstorm-prototypesType 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 Neeeophytee/finding-unknowns-skills --skill brainstorm-prototypes -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install Neeeophytee/finding-unknowns-skills brainstorm-prototypes --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Neeeophytee/finding-unknowns-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/brainstorm-prototypes .agents/skills/brainstorm-prototypes && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "brainstorm-prototypes" agent skill from https://github.com/Neeeophytee/finding-unknowns-skills/tree/main/skills/brainstorm-prototypes into .agents/skills/brainstorm-prototypes/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "brainstorm-prototypes", 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 Neeeophytee/finding-unknowns-skills --skill brainstorm-prototypes -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install Neeeophytee/finding-unknowns-skills brainstorm-prototypes --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Neeeophytee/finding-unknowns-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/brainstorm-prototypes .cursor/skills/brainstorm-prototypes && 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 "brainstorm-prototypes" agent skill from https://github.com/Neeeophytee/finding-unknowns-skills/tree/main/skills/brainstorm-prototypes into .cursor/skills/brainstorm-prototypes/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "brainstorm-prototypes", 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/Neeeophytee/finding-unknowns-skills.git --path skills/brainstorm-prototypes--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 Neeeophytee/finding-unknowns-skills --skill brainstorm-prototypes -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install Neeeophytee/finding-unknowns-skills brainstorm-prototypes --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Neeeophytee/finding-unknowns-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/brainstorm-prototypes .gemini/skills/brainstorm-prototypes && 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 "brainstorm-prototypes" agent skill from https://github.com/Neeeophytee/finding-unknowns-skills/tree/main/skills/brainstorm-prototypes into .gemini/skills/brainstorm-prototypes/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "brainstorm-prototypes", 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 Neeeophytee/finding-unknowns-skills brainstorm-prototypesInstalls 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 Neeeophytee/finding-unknowns-skills --skill brainstorm-prototypes -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Neeeophytee/finding-unknowns-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/brainstorm-prototypes .github/skills/brainstorm-prototypes && 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 "brainstorm-prototypes" agent skill from https://github.com/Neeeophytee/finding-unknowns-skills/tree/main/skills/brainstorm-prototypes into .github/skills/brainstorm-prototypes/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "brainstorm-prototypes", 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 Neeeophytee/finding-unknowns-skills --skill brainstorm-prototypes -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install Neeeophytee/finding-unknowns-skills brainstorm-prototypes --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Neeeophytee/finding-unknowns-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/brainstorm-prototypes .opencode/skills/brainstorm-prototypes && 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 "brainstorm-prototypes" agent skill from https://github.com/Neeeophytee/finding-unknowns-skills/tree/main/skills/brainstorm-prototypes into .opencode/skills/brainstorm-prototypes/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "brainstorm-prototypes", 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
brainstorm-prototypes- GitHub stars
- 343
- Token cost
- ~492 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 258 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 14
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Generate several genuinely different throwaway variations (designs, approaches, drafts) for the user to react to.
- Works in 5 steps: Establish scope first: what is being… → Produce 3-5 variations that are wildly… → Make them cheap and disposable → …
- The user can only recognize what they want by seeing it — visual design
- SKILL.md covers Steps and Guardrails
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Brainstorm Prototypes is an agent skill from Neeeophytee/finding-unknowns-skills. Generate several genuinely different throwaway variations (designs, approaches, drafts) for the user to react to. Use when the user can only recognize what they want by seeing it — visual design, UX flows, naming, tone — or asks to brainstorm or prototype before building.
Its SKILL.md is about 490 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 and UI design. It works with React. The repository describes itself as: 14 installable skills for Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, and Hermes: find unknowns, clarify requirements, manage context, test assumptions, and verify bug fixes with regression… The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- The user can only recognize what they want by seeing it — visual design
- Asks to brainstorm
- Prototype before building
Example prompts
- “/brainstorm-prototypes”
Workflow steps
5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Establish scope first: what is being decided (layout? approach? data model? tone?) and what is explicitly out of scope. One decision per…
- Produce 3-5 variations that are wildly different, not shades of the same idea. If two variations would get the same reaction, replace one.
- Make them cheap and disposable
- Label each variation with the belief it bets on ("this one assumes density beats whitespace"), so the user's reaction reveals the…
- Collect reactions, then verbalize what was learned: "you consistently rejected X, which suggests the real requirement is Y." That sentence…
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit ca5696a. 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
Brainstorm Prototypes loads about 492 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 74 tokens; SKILL.md has 258 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
The full file from Neeeophytee/finding-unknowns-skills at commit ca5696a, republished under its MIT licence (© Neeeophytee). 258 words, ~492 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/brainstorm-prototypes/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- brainstorm-prototypes
- description
- Generate several genuinely different throwaway variations (designs, approaches, drafts) for the user to react to. Use when the user can only recognize what they want by seeing it — visual design, UX flows, naming, tone — or asks to brainstorm or prototype before building.
Brainstorm and prototypes
The user has unknown knowns: criteria they can't verbalize but will recognize on sight. Finding those during prototyping is cheap; finding them mid-implementation is expensive, because small spec changes can mean drastically different code. Give them things to react to.
Steps
- Establish scope first: what is being decided (layout? approach? data model? tone?) and what is explicitly out of scope. One decision per round.
- Produce 3-5 variations that are wildly different, not shades of the same idea. If two variations would get the same reaction, replace one.
- Make them cheap and disposable:
- Visual/UX → a single self-contained HTML file with fake data, no backend, no state.
- Approaches → a one-screen sketch of each: the idea, what it optimizes for, its sharpest tradeoff.
- Ranked lists → order from cheapest to most ambitious so the user can draw their line.
- Label each variation with the belief it bets on ("this one assumes density beats whitespace"), so the user's reaction reveals the underlying criterion, not just a preference.
- Collect reactions, then verbalize what was learned: "you consistently rejected X, which suggests the real requirement is Y." That sentence is the deliverable — it becomes part of the spec.
Guardrails
- Nothing produced here is production code. Say so, and don't wire prototypes into the real app.
- Do not converge early to the variation you'd pick. The point is spanning the space.
- If the user reacts to none of them, that's signal too: the decision space was framed wrong. Reframe and rerun rather than generating more of the same.
© Neeeophytee, 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 skills/brainstorm-prototypes of Neeeophytee/finding-unknowns-skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit ca5696a
Compare with similar skills
Brainstorm Prototypes 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brainstorm Prototypes this skillNeeeophytee/finding-unknowns-skills | 343 | — | ~492 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Renaissance Architecturebencium/bencium-marketplace | 445 | — | ~3.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Chatgpt App Builderalpic-ai/skybridge | 2.1k | — | ~1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| MCP App Builderalpic-ai/skybridge | 2.1k | — | ~906 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Skybridgealpic-ai/skybridge | 2.1k | — | ~923 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Brainstormbkywksj/knowledge-base | 330 | — | ~1.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence |
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Questions about Brainstorm Prototypes
What does Brainstorm Prototypes do?
Generate several genuinely different throwaway variations (designs, approaches, drafts) for the user to react to. Brainstorm Prototypes is an agent skill from Neeeophytee/finding-unknowns-skills. Generate several genuinely different throwaway variations (designs, approaches, drafts) for the user to react to.
When should I use Brainstorm Prototypes?
Brainstorm Prototypes fits situations like: the user can only recognize what they want by seeing it — visual design; asks to brainstorm; prototype before building.
How do I install Brainstorm Prototypes in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add Neeeophytee/finding-unknowns-skills --skill brainstorm-prototypes -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/brainstorm-prototypes in Neeeophytee/finding-unknowns-skills) into .claude/skills/brainstorm-prototypes in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Brainstorm Prototypes in Codex?
Run `npx skills add Neeeophytee/finding-unknowns-skills --skill brainstorm-prototypes -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/brainstorm-prototypes in Neeeophytee/finding-unknowns-skills) into .agents/skills/brainstorm-prototypes in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Brainstorm Prototypes 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 Neeeophytee/finding-unknowns-skills --skill brainstorm-prototypes -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/brainstorm-prototypes, .gemini/skills/brainstorm-prototypes, .github/skills/brainstorm-prototypes and .opencode/skills/brainstorm-prototypes in your project.
What does Brainstorm Prototypes need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Brainstorm Prototypes is instructions for the agent only.
Does Brainstorm Prototypes 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 Brainstorm Prototypes 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 Brainstorm Prototypes use?
Brainstorm Prototypes 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 Brainstorm Prototypes use?
About 492 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2k 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 Brainstorm Prototypes?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Brainstorm Prototypes: Renaissance Architecture (bencium/bencium-marketplace, 445 stars), Chatgpt App Builder (alpic-ai/skybridge, 2.1k stars), MCP App Builder (alpic-ai/skybridge, 2.1k stars) and Skybridge (alpic-ai/skybridge, 2.1k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Brainstorm Prototypes?
Neeeophytee (a GitHub user) maintains it in Neeeophytee/finding-unknowns-skills, which has 343 GitHub stars. The repository holds 14 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 28, 2026.
Source: Neeeophytee/finding-unknowns-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.