brainstorming
nexu-io/open-design
Transform rough ideas into fully-formed designs through structured questioning and alternative exploration.
What is brainstorming?
A creative direction skill that helps develop early-stage concepts by guiding structured ideation and exploring design alternatives. Use it when you have rough ideas that need to be refined into concrete design directions.
- Guide structured questioning to clarify vague concepts
- Explore multiple design alternatives systematically
- Transform rough ideas into fully-formed designs
- Support early-stage concept work and ideation
- Trigger on brainstorming, ideation, and concept exploration requests
How to install brainstorming
npx skills add https://github.com/nexu-io/open-design --skill brainstormingHow to use brainstorming
- 1.Install the upstream bundle from https://github.com/obra/superpowers into your agent's skills directory
- 2.Ask the agent to invoke the skill by name (brainstorming) or use trigger phrases like 'ideation', 'concept exploration', 'rough ideas', or 'design alternatives'
- 3.Provide your rough ideas or initial concept to the agent
- 4.Follow the structured questioning and alternative exploration process
Use cases
- Developing initial design concepts from loose ideas
- Exploring multiple directions for a design problem
- Clarifying and refining rough project briefs
- Generating alternatives when stuck on a single approach
- Supporting early creative direction discussions
- Designers starting new projects
- Teams in concept exploration phases
- Creative directors developing design strategies
- Anyone working through early-stage ideation
brainstorming FAQ
This skill provides structured questioning and systematic alternative exploration rather than open-ended ideation, helping transform rough ideas into fully-formed designs.
Use it early in concept work when you have rough ideas that need refinement and want to explore multiple design directions systematically.
Yes, to run the full workflow with original assets, scripts, and references, you should install the upstream bundle from https://github.com/obra/superpowers.
You can trigger it with 'brainstorm', 'ideation', 'concept exploration', 'rough ideas', or 'design alternatives'.
Full instructions (SKILL.md)
Source of truth, from nexu-io/open-design.
name: brainstorming description: | Transform rough ideas into fully-formed designs through structured questioning and alternative exploration. Useful early in concept work. triggers:
- "brainstorm"
- "ideation"
- "concept exploration"
- "rough ideas"
- "design alternatives" od: mode: design-system category: creative-direction upstream: "https://github.com/obra/superpowers"
brainstorming
Curated from @obra.
What it does
Transform rough ideas into fully-formed designs through structured questioning and alternative exploration. Useful early in concept work.
Source
- Upstream: https://github.com/obra/superpowers
- Category:
creative-direction
How to use
This catalogue entry advertises the skill in Open Design so the agent discovers it during planning. To run the full upstream workflow with its original assets, scripts, and references, install the upstream bundle into your active agent's skills directory:
# Inspect the upstream README for exact paths
open https://github.com/obra/superpowers
Then ask the agent to invoke this skill by name (brainstorming) or with
one of the trigger phrases listed in this skill's frontmatter.
Related skills
More from nexu-io/open-design and the wider catalog.
brand-guidelines
Apply Anthropic's official brand colors and typography for consistent visual identity.
canvas-design
Create beautiful visual art in PNG and PDF using design principles for posters and illustrations.
card-twitter
Twitter quote or data card designed to pair with a post.
card-xiaohongshu
Xiaohongshu-style knowledge cards, arranged as a swipeable multi-card carousel.
color-expert
Color science expert with 286K words on OKLCH/OKLAB, palettes, accessibility, naming, and pigment theory.
competitive-ads-extractor
Extract and analyze competitors' ads from ad libraries to understand messaging and creative approaches.