kiro-intent

name	kiro-intent
description	Pre-discovery intent exploration for genuinely vague ideas. Use when the user pitches an idea where the real user-need, problem framing, or core assumptions are unclear — before /kiro-discovery. Delegates to the intent-explorer skill, which produces .kiro/specs/<slug>/intent-spec.md. The output is auto-detected by /kiro-discovery and downstream spec skills, so the user does not need to pass intent context as an argument. Skip this skill entirely when the user already has a clear problem statement.
disable-model-invocation	true
allowed-tools	Skill, Read
argument-hint	<vague-idea-or-problem>

kiro-intent Skill

Purpose

Optional upstream filter for /kiro-discovery. Activates intent-driven exploration (JTBD, first principles, cross-pollination) when the idea is too unformed for discovery's boundary-oriented interview to be productive.

When to Use

• User pitches a feature without a clear problem statement
• Stakeholders disagree on what is being built
• Idea sounds like a solution masquerading as a problem ("we need a dashboard")
• High-stakes decisions where getting intent wrong is costly

When NOT to Use

• User already has a sharp problem statement, target user, and outcome
• Bug fixes, config changes, refactors (use /kiro-discovery directly, or skip to direct implementation)
• An intent-spec.md already exists for this feature

Execution

1. Verify the intent-explorer skill is available. If not, surface a clear message:

   "kiro-intent depends on the global intent-explorer skill (~/.claude/skills/intent-explorer/). Install it, or skip this step and run /kiro-discovery directly." Stop on missing dependency.

2. Invoke the intent-explorer skill via the Skill tool with args: $ARGUMENTS.
3. The intent-explorer drives the conversation through Quick or Deep mode, ending by writing .kiro/specs/<slug>/intent-spec.md.
4. After the intent-spec.md is written, suggest the next command:

   "Intent captured. Run /kiro-discovery <idea> — it will detect the intent-spec.md and skip overlapping questions."

Hand-off Contract

This skill writes nothing itself. The intent-explorer writes .kiro/specs/<slug>/intent-spec.md. /kiro-discovery and downstream skills auto-detect this file via filesystem glob — no flags, no markers, no arguments needed. File-existence is the source of truth.

Critical Constraints

• Do not duplicate intent-explorer methodology here — single source of truth lives in the global skill
• Do not write any files from this skill — delegation only
• Do not auto-trigger; this skill is disable-model-invocation: true because intent exploration is a deliberate user choice, not something Claude should start unilaterally