| name | gdd-plant-seed |
| description | Forward-looking design idea with a trigger condition. Seeds surface automatically when trigger is met. Writes to .design/SEEDS.md. |
| argument-hint | [--trigger <condition>] [text] |
| tools | Read, Write, AskUserQuestion |
| disable-model-invocation | true |
/gdd:plant-seed
Role: Capture an idea that is too early to act on now but should surface when a future condition is met. Backing store: .design/SEEDS.md.
Step 1 - Gather inputs
<text>: free-text idea. If empty, ask the user: "What's the seed idea?"--trigger <condition>: the surfacing condition. If missing, ask: "What trigger condition should surface this idea? (e.g., 'when we add dark mode', 'when the nav component is redesigned', 'at next cycle start')"
Step 2 - Append to .design/SEEDS.md
Create the file with # Design Seeds header if missing. Append:
## Seed: <first 60 chars of text>
**Trigger**: <condition>
**Planted**: YYYY-MM-DD
**Status**: dormant
<full text>
---
Step 3 - Surfacing contract
Seeds are surfaced automatically by /gdd:progress and /gdd:health. Those commands do a keyword match of each seed's trigger text against current STATE.md + .design/CYCLES.md content and print any matches as Seed ready to germinate: <text>.
This skill does NOT surface seeds itself - it only plants them.
Output
━━━ Seed planted ━━━
Trigger: when we add dark mode
Status: dormant
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
PLANT-SEED COMPLETE
