| name | brainstorm |
| description | DEPRECATED — do not use. The monolithic design phase has been split into three phase-gated 1:1 skills. Use `proposal` (scope), then `spec` (behavior), then `design` (architecture), each behind its own grill/review gate. |
Brainstorm (DEPRECATED)
This skill is deprecated and must not be invoked.
Why it was removed
brainstorm generated three artifacts — proposal.md, specs/, and design.md
— in a single pass. That bundling caused generative overreach: technical
design decisions were made on top of unverified business requirements, and no
runtime could enforce phase-by-phase boundaries. See
docs/.ideation/phase_gated_artifact_review_loops.md.
Use these instead
The design phase is now four independent, phase-gated micro-loops. Each has a
dedicated 1:1 draft skill and its own grill-before / review-after gate:
| Instead of brainstorm's… | Use skill | Artifact | Gate checklists |
|---|
| Proposal step | proposal | proposal.md | grills/scope-grill.md, reviews/proposal-audit.md |
| Delta spec step | spec | specs/<capability>/spec.md | grills/spec-grill.md, reviews/spec-audit.md |
| Design step | design | design.md | grills/design-grill.md, reviews/design-audit.md |
Task decomposition remains in plan (gated by grills/plan-grill.md /
reviews/plan-audit.md).
Routing
The enforcer skill routes each phase through grill → draft → review → gate and
never routes to brainstorm. If you arrive here, stop and route to proposal
(or the correct current phase per sdlaic status + sdlaic gate status).
