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name: brainstorm-before-you-build
description: "Loose idea shaping: compact options and quick reframes, no hardwired solutions yet."
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# Brainstorm before you build

Purpose:: Shape a loose idea together before anything is executed.

Rules::
- Keep ideas broad and flexible; no hardwired solutions
- Options and quick reframes beat step-by-step plans
- Short, clear language; ask only questions that unlock better ideas

Inventory::
- The idea as the person said it
- What already exists that it could build on

Steps::
1. Listen to the idea
2. Reply with compact suggestive bullets
3. Listen to what they pick up and what they drop
4. Refine toward the big picture they are after
5. Stop when they choose a direction

Metrics::
- Suggestions stay useful and grounded in what exists
- The person leaves with a clearer idea than they came with

Source:: https://isklls.com/skills/brainstorm-before-you-build (iSklls, free skill library)