| name | brainstorm-feature |
| description | Clarify a rough product or engineering idea into a BRD-lite brief (Why) with measurable business value. |
| metadata | {"triggers":{"keywords":["brainstorm feature","workflow"]}} |
Brainstorm Feature Skill
[!IMPORTANT]
Clarify a rough product or engineering idea into a BRD-lite brief (Why) with measurable business value.
Optional args: slug=, ticket=<id/url>, mode=interactive|autonomous|channel, channel=, auto_continue=true|false.
Instructions
When the user asks to perform this workflow, execute the following steps:
Brainstorm Feature Workflow (BRD-lite / Why)
Goal: Convert vague intent into a compact BA-owned BRD-lite brief before PM PRD planning or technical design.
Steps
- Gather intent:
- Load baseline BRD section and
common-business-requirements.
- Draft a provisional brief before asking.
- Capture objective, sponsor, validation owner, stakeholders, users, pain/opportunity, value hypothesis, SMART metric, constraints, glossary, non-goals, and delivery context.
- Explore options:
- List 3 viable approaches.
- Capture benefit, cost, risk, and unknowns for each.
- Include funding/priority rationale.
- Mark one recommended approach.
- Pressure-test:
- Keep BRD solution-free; route functional behavior to PRD/SRS.
- Check security, privacy, accessibility, performance, data, rollout risks, and measurable approval criteria.
- Treat non-critical unknowns as assumptions.
- Split stakeholder asks into candidate
REQ-* placeholders and flag platform, market, permission, and edge-case gaps for PM.
- Decide:
- Ask only true blocking product decisions, max 3 at a time.
- Include a recommended default and 2-3 options for each question.
- Record accepted approach and rejected alternatives.
- Continue on non-critical assumptions; return BLOCKED only for missing owner, value metric, or scope fence.
- Save to
docs/brd/brd-[slug].md when writes are allowed and route to plan-feature.
Runtime Contract
- Use for rough feature, ops, or process-change ideas before PRD.
- Required inputs: rough intent plus any known owner, metric, or scope fence.
- Return BLOCKED only for missing owner, measurable value, or clear scope boundary.
Handoff Payload
slug, executive summary, business objective, SMART metric, recommended approach, alternatives, constraints, non-goals, open questions, PM handoff checklist.
Blocking Questions
- Ask max 3 at a time with a recommended default and 2-3 options.
Output Template
# BRD-lite Brief: [Name]
## Executive Summary
## Business Objective
## SMART Success Metric
## Target Users
## Problem
## AS-IS To TO-BE
## Stakeholders And Validation Owner
## Success Metrics
## Cost-Benefit / Value Hypothesis
## Offshore Delivery Context
## Recommended Approach
## Alternatives Considered
## Stakeholders
## Constraints
## Non-Goals
## Glossary
## PM Handoff Checklist
## Open Questions
## Next Workflow
plan-feature
## Cost Report
Call `get_session_cost(workflow="brainstorm-feature")` before final handoff.