# jackin-brainstorm

Turns the intent behind a roadmap item into concrete design decisions through open discussion, writing each one into the item's ## Design section.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 469 installs · ★ 3
- Author: jackin-project
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/jackin-project/jackin-dev/tree/HEAD/skills/jackin-brainstorm/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-06
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/jackin-brainstorm

## What it does

The skill takes an existing roadmap item and works through it with you: alternatives, trade-offs, open questions. Every settled point lands in `## Design` inside `docs/content/docs/roadmap/<slug>.mdx` as the decision plus a one-line reason. Questions come one at a time, so nothing gets buried.

This is a judgment task. It describes and decides; it does not write code and does not split work into tasks — that belongs to `plan`. When something unfamiliar comes up, it can look around the codebase or spin a separate `jackin-research` dossier and link it from `## Design`. Settled chunks are committed with a `docs:` prefix and pushed right away.

Invoke it with a slug: `jackin-brainstorm <slug>`. The `--research` flag runs research first when the item looks thin, and `--resume` picks up from the current `## Design` state. The skill only fires on an explicit request.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add jackin-project/jackin-dev --skill jackin-brainstorm -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add jackin-project/jackin-dev --skill jackin-brainstorm -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add jackin-project/jackin-dev --skill jackin-brainstorm -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install jackin-project/jackin-dev jackin-brainstorm
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add jackin-project/jackin-dev --skill jackin-brainstorm -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/jackin-project/jackin-dev --path skills/jackin-brainstorm
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add jackin-project/jackin-dev --skill jackin-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/jackin-project/jackin-dev/tree/HEAD/skills/jackin-brainstorm/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- turn a roadmap item's intent into concrete design decisions
- surface alternatives and trade-offs before implementation starts
- keep the discussion in `## Design` so it can be resumed later
- pull in research when an item has too little material
- commit decisions as they settle instead of leaving them in chat

## Example prompts
- Run the jackin-brainstorm skill on the `auth-flow` item
- Resume designing `auth-flow` from the current `## Design` state
- Run jackin-brainstorm on `auth-flow` with the `--research` flag

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

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# jackin-brainstorm

Turn an existing roadmap item's intent (and any gathered research) into concrete **design decisions**, through open back-and-forth with the operator, written incrementally into the item's `## Design` section.

Judgment task — describe and decide; do not script it, do not write code, do not break work into tasks (that is `plan`, deferred).

## When to use

- Operator runs `jackin-brainstorm <slug>` to design an open roadmap item.

## When NOT to use

- Creating the item → `jackin-propose`.
- Large external/codebase investigation → `jackin-research`.
- Implementing → `/goal Implement <slug>.md`.

## Arguments

- `--research` — run `jackin-research` first if the item looks thin.
- `--resume` — continue from the current `## Design` state.

## Process

1. **Load context.** Read `docs/content/docs/roadmap/<slug>.mdx` — Problem, Why It Matters, Design-so-far, Related Files — plus any research already linked.
2. **Discuss freeform.** Open back-and-forth: surface alternatives, trade-offs, open questions. Pull in jackin❯ design principles and the relevant rule files (`ENGINEERING.md`, `HOST_AND_CONTAINER.md`, TUI/docs rules) as constraints. Prefer one question at a time; check in as each part settles.
3. **Write incrementally.** As each point settles, append or update the matching part of `## Design` in the `.mdx` — the decision plus a one-line *why*. `--resume` picks up from there.
4. **Hit an unknown?** Gather quickly (Explore/grep, or `deep-research`). Large investigation → spin a separate `jackin-research` dossier and link it from `## Design`. Then resume deciding.
5. **Converge.** When `## Design` covers the approach end to end, summarize and point at the implementation step (`/goal Implement <slug>.md`).
6. **Commit + push.** `docs:` per settled chunk (push after every commit).

## Common mistakes

- Writing code, or filling `## Tasks` — out of scope.
- Dumping a finished design without the back-and-forth, or asking many questions at once.
- Recording decisions only in chat instead of into `## Design` (it must be resumable).
- Restating rule-file content instead of referencing it by name.
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© jackin-project · Apache-2.0 · https://github.com/jackin-project/jackin-dev/tree/HEAD/skills/jackin-brainstorm/SKILL.md

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