brainstorming
An agent skill by obra, from obra/superpowers. Tags: design, developer-tools, generative, web.
What it does
You MUST use this before any creative work - creating features, building components, adding functionality, or modifying behavior. Explores user intent, requirements and design before implementation.
Install
With the skills CLI, which installs into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other agents:
npx skills add obra/superpowers --skill brainstormingOr copy the skill folder into Claude Code's skills directory by hand (~/.claude/skills for every project, or .claude/skills inside one):
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/obra/superpowers
cp -r superpowers/skills/brainstorming ~/.claude/skills/brainstormingSafety box score
Not rated yet. A safety box score grades what a skill and its scripts can reach on the machine of whoever installs it, across eight categories from shell execution to secrets access. Anyone can request one from this page; it is saved for everyone. How the score works.
Source
- Repository
- obra/superpowers (all skills from this repository)
- Path
- skills/brainstorming/SKILL.md
- Branch
- main
- Updated
- 2026-09-19
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