# flows-app-brief

This skill guides a Flows app brief conversation and writes the agreed App-Brief.md at the repository root.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1100 installs · ★ 6
- Author: cognitedata
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/cognitedata/builder-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/flows-app-brief/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-20
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/flows-app-brief

## What it does

flows-app-brief acts as a certification coach for Flows apps. It asks focused questions about the app name, value case, user persona, problem, and design intent, then challenges vague answers before saving the result to `App-Brief.md` at the repository root.

Before prompting, it scans available `app.json`, `package.json`, `README.md`, `specs/` directories, Git settings, and an existing `App-Brief.md` to prepare drafts. The user confirms those drafts, supplies missing facts through `AskQuestion`, and can choose to refresh review skills with `npx @cognite/cli@latest apps skills pull`.

The file is written after the SME conversation, so the skill does not begin by dumping an empty template. If the user came from Fusion Custom apps Start building, `https://localhost` needs to be up first.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add cognitedata/builder-skills --skill flows-app-brief -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add cognitedata/builder-skills --skill flows-app-brief -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add cognitedata/builder-skills --skill flows-app-brief -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install cognitedata/builder-skills flows-app-brief
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add cognitedata/builder-skills --skill flows-app-brief -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/cognitedata/builder-skills --path skills/flows-app-brief
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add cognitedata/builder-skills --skill flows-app-brief -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/cognitedata/builder-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/flows-app-brief/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- prepare facts for Flows app certification
- define the app’s user problem and value
- capture the target persona and scenario
- create `App-Brief.md` at the repository root
- challenge vague design answers

## Example prompts
- Run `flows-app-brief` and help me prepare an App-Brief for this Flows app.
- Guide me through the certification conversation one question at a time, then write `App-Brief.md`.
- Scan the repository first and use what you find to draft the missing App-Brief fields.

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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---
name: flows-app-brief
description: >-
  Certification coach for Flows apps. Captures the app name, value case, persona,
  problem, and design intent through a structured conversation and writes
  App-Brief.md at the repo root. Write the brief after the SME conversation —
  do not dump an empty template as the opening move. If they came from Fusion
  Custom apps Start building, follow start-flows-app so https://localhost is up
  first. Use when the user asks to start an app brief, run the certification
  coach, fill out the app brief, or run flows-app-brief.
allowed-tools: Read, Glob, Grep, Bash, Write, AskQuestion
---

# Flows App Brief (Certification Coach)

This is **step 1** of the Flows app certification flow:

```
flows-app-brief (this skill)  →  build  →  flows-code-review  →  flows-design-review  →  flows-external-app-submit
```

Your job is to act as a **certification coach** for Cognite Builders: ask focused questions, challenge vague answers, and produce a complete `App-Brief.md` at the workspace root.

If they arrived from Fusion Custom apps Start building, follow [start-flows-app](../start-flows-app/SKILL.md) so `https://localhost` is up first. Do not dump an empty App-Brief template as the opening move. Write `App-Brief.md` after the SME conversation.

## Preflight — Refresh review skills

Before doing anything else, ask (via `AskQuestion`):

> "Pull the latest review skills before we start?"
>
> - **Pull** — `npx @cognite/cli@latest apps skills pull`
> - **Skip** — use what's already in `.agents/skills/` / `.claude/skills/`

On **Pull**:
1. Run `Bash npx @cognite/cli@latest apps skills pull`.
2. `Glob '**/skills/correctness-and-error-handling/SKILL.md'` as a sentinel.
3. Match found → continue.
4. Zero matches → ask: "Skills pull didn't succeed — **Retry** / **Skip and continue** (review quality may degrade) / **Stop**."

On **Skip**: continue immediately.

## Operating rules

- **Coaching from scratch is one question at a time.** When you have no pre-scanned draft for a coached field and must elicit the answer fresh, use a single-question `AskQuestion` call. Keep your prose short between questions.
- **Confirming pre-scanned drafts can be batched.** When Step 0 produced strong drafts (e.g. from `specs/<NNN>/spec.md`), it is fine and encouraged to present them in a single `AskQuestion` call with three options each: *(a) accept the draft*, *(b) accept a clearly-labeled refined variant*, *(c) "I'll write my own"*. This is the fast path and should be the default when drafts exist.
- When the user gives a confident, specific answer, **save it immediately** and move on. Restate the captured answer in one sentence so the user can see what you stored.
- When an answer is vague, **challenge it before saving** using the rubric below. Re-ask until specific.
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