# brainstorm

Turn a topic or rough concept into project ideas, then screen them for demand and risk. Useful when you want to explore a space before choosing what to test.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 109
- Author: c0x12c
- License: not stated · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/c0x12c/ai-toolkit/tree/HEAD/toolkit/skills/brainstorm/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-06-18
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/c0x12c-brainstorm

## What it does

The skill starts by clarifying the area, intended users, constraints, and project goal. It then drafts project concepts around specific problems and audiences, and scores each for demand, buildability, and defensibility. The final shortlist includes a key assumption and a low-cost first test for each selected idea.

Results go into the project’s `01-brainstorm/` folder. `WebSearch` is among the allowed tools for looking for demand signals. A broad starting frame can make the shortlist hard to choose from, so the skill calls for narrowing the scope when too many ideas remain.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add c0x12c/ai-toolkit --skill brainstorm -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/brainstorm/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/brainstorm/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add c0x12c/ai-toolkit --skill brainstorm -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/brainstorm/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add c0x12c/ai-toolkit --skill brainstorm -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/brainstorm/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install c0x12c/ai-toolkit brainstorm
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/brainstorm/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add c0x12c/ai-toolkit --skill brainstorm -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/c0x12c/ai-toolkit --path toolkit/skills/brainstorm
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/brainstorm/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add c0x12c/ai-toolkit --skill brainstorm -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/c0x12c/ai-toolkit/tree/HEAD/toolkit/skills/brainstorm/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- generate project concepts from a topic
- expand an early-stage idea into alternatives
- screen concepts for demand and buildability
- choose a concept and plan its first test

## Example prompts
- Brainstorm project ideas around this topic and save the results in `01-brainstorm/`.
- Help me expand this rough concept; first pin down the problem it addresses.
- Compare these concepts by demand, buildability, and risk, then suggest a first test for the strongest one.

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