| name | brain-to-docs |
| description | Use when the user wants to extract project vision, decisions, and preferences from their head into clear documentation (README + ADRs) through a back-and-forth Q&A loop. Triggers on "brain-to-docs", "build out the docs", "extract the vision", "let's document this project". |
brain-to-docs
The whole purpose: extract as much of the user's taste, judgment, knowledge, vision,
preferences, and decisions as possible into text — saved as clear, concise
markdown docs for the project. README holds the vision; docs/adr/ holds the
decisions.
The loop
- Check docs first, every time. Read
docs/adr/ (and README.md) before
doing anything — other agents and people add/edit ADRs constantly.
- Ask 5 different questions in plain text (never a questions UI) — default 5
unless the user asks for a different number. Make them high-variety: a wide,
creative spectrum of unique angles, not all the same type (e.g. not all "tech
stack" or all "product" or all "monetization"). Exception: if the user asks for a
specific focus area, follow it. The user answers whichever they find most useful.
- Update docs after EVERY answer — no exceptions. You decide whether it
updates
README.md or becomes a new ADR — whatever makes sense.
- Repeat until the user says "we're done" (or similar).
Rules
- All answers & responses during this "brain to docs" process must be VERY
CONCISE, all sentences should be SHORT, and everything should be written in
PLAIN ENGLISH.
- ADRs: short, numbered
NNNN-slug.md, Status + Context + Decision + Consequences.
- README: vision only. Decisions go in ADRs.
- Don't challenge the user's thinking unless they ask, or they're making a severe mistake.
