Illustrative cover generated by us — see the source repo for real examples.
How to use
- 1
Copy the install prompt
Sign in, then click the black button. One click, done.
- 2
Paste it to your agent
Send it in Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or similar. It installs itself.
- 3
Ask in one sentence
Say what you want, like below, and the agent follows this skill.
/brainstorming make me: Turning a rough idea into an approved design before any codeExample message showing how to invoke it, not a real output.
What you get
- Shared-understanding checklist
- Three-path design options
- Red flags to stop and ask
Good fit
- Turning a rough idea into an approved design before any code
Not for
- Small fixes where the change is already clear
- License
- MIT
- Author
- @obra
- Source
- obra/superpowers/skills/brainstorming · ★ 295,713
Upstream description
You MUST use this before any creative work - creating features, building components, adding functionality, or modifying behavior. Explores user intent, requirements and design before implementation.
Other ways to install
Prefer doing it yourself? These commands do the same as the button.
Read https://skilloop.dev/skills/brainstorming/install.md and follow the instructions to install the skill.
npx skills add https://github.com/obra/superpowers/tree/main/skills/brainstorming -g -a claude-code
npx skills add https://github.com/obra/superpowers/tree/main/skills/brainstorming -g -a codex
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/obra/superpowers.git /tmp/superpowers mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r /tmp/superpowers/skills/brainstorming ~/.claude/skills/brainstorming
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