| 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
- 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.
- Invoke the
intent-explorer skill via the Skill tool with args: $ARGUMENTS.
- The intent-explorer drives the conversation through Quick or Deep mode, ending by writing
.kiro/specs/<slug>/intent-spec.md.
- 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
