Auto Mode

When --yes or -y: Auto-select auto mode, auto-select recommended roles, skip all clarification questions, use defaults. This skill is brainstorming-only — it produces analysis and feature specs but NEVER executes code or modifies source files.

Brainstorm

Usage

bash
$brainstorm "Build real-time collaboration platform" --count 3
$brainstorm -y "Design payment system" --count 5
$brainstorm "Build notification system" --style-skill material-design
$brainstorm system-architect --session WFS-xxx
$brainstorm ux-expert --include-questions

Flags:

• -y, --yes: Skip all confirmations (auto mode)
• --count N: Number of roles to select (default: 3, max: 9)
• --session ID: Use existing session
• --skip-questions / --include-questions: Control interactive Q&A per role
• --style-skill PKG: Style skill package for ui-designer
• --update: Update existing role analysis

Overview

Dual-mode brainstorming with CSV-driven parallel role analysis. Auto mode runs a full pipeline; single role mode runs one role analysis independently.

┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                    BRAINSTORM PIPELINE                            │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│                                                                    │
│  Phase 1: Mode Detection & Routing                                │
│     ├─ Parse flags and arguments                                  │
│     └─ Route to Auto Mode or Single Role Mode                    │
│                                                                    │
│  ═══ Auto Mode ═══                                                │
│                                                                    │
│  Phase 2: Interactive Framework Generation                        │
│     ├─ Context collection → Topic analysis → Role selection       │
│     ├─ Generate guidance-specification.md                         │
│     ├─ Generate roles.csv (1 row per selected role)              │
│     └─ User validates (skip if -y)                               │
│                                                                    │
│  Phase 3: Wave Role Analysis (spawn_agents_on_csv)               │
│     ├─ spawn_agents_on_csv(role instruction template)            │
│     ├─ Each role agent produces analysis.md + sub-documents      │
│     └─ discoveries.ndjson shared across role agents              │
│                                                                    │
│  Phase 4: Synthesis Integration                                   │
│     ├─ Read all role analyses (read-only)                        │
│     ├─ Cross-role analysis → conflict detection                  │
│     ├─ Feature spec generation                                    │
│     └─ Output: feature-specs/ + feature-index.json               │
│                                                                    │
│  ═══ Single Role Mode ═══                                         │
│                                                                    │
│  Phase 3S: Single Role Analysis (spawn_agent)                    │
│     ├─ spawn_agent(conceptual_planning_agent)                    │
│     └─ Output: {role}/analysis*.md                               │
│                                                                    │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Context Flow

roles.csv                      feature-specs/
┌──────────────┐              ┌──────────────────┐
│ R1: sys-arch │──findings───→│ F-001-auth.md    │
│ analysis.md  │              │ (cross-role spec) │
├──────────────┤              ├──────────────────┤
│ R2: ui-design│──findings───→│ F-002-ui.md      │
│ analysis.md  │              │ (cross-role spec) │
├──────────────┤              ├──────────────────┤
│ R3: test-str │──findings───→│ F-003-test.md    │
│ analysis.md  │              │ (cross-role spec) │
└──────────────┘              └──────────────────┘

Two context channels:
1. Directed: role findings → synthesis → feature specs
2. Broadcast: discoveries.ndjson (append-only shared board)

CSV Schema

roles.csv

csv
id,role,title,focus,deps,wave,status,findings,output_files,error
"R1","system-architect","系统架构师","Technical architecture, scalability","","1","pending","","",""
"R2","ui-designer","UI设计师","Visual design, mockups","","1","pending","","",""
"R3","test-strategist","测试策略师","Test strategy, quality","","1","pending","","",""

Columns:

| Column | Phase | Description | |--------|-------|-------------| | id | Input | Role ID: R1, R2, ... | | role | Input | Role identifier (e.g., system-architect) | | title | Input | Role display title | | focus | Input | Role focus areas and keywords | | deps | Input | Dependency IDs (usually empty — all wave 1) | | wave | Computed | Wave number (usually 1 for all roles) | | status | Output | pending → completed / failed | | findings | Output | Key discoveries (max 800 chars) | | output_files | Output | Generated analysis files (semicolon-separated) | | error | Output | Error message if failed |

Available Roles

| Role ID | Title | Focus Area | |---------|-------|------------| | data-architect | 数据架构师 | Data models, storage strategies, data flow | | product-manager | 产品经理 | Product strategy, roadmap, prioritization | | product-owner | 产品负责人 | Backlog management, user stories, acceptance criteria | | scrum-master | 敏捷教练 | Process facilitation, impediment removal | | subject-matter-expert | 领域专家 | Domain knowledge, business rules, compliance | | system-architect | 系统架构师 | Technical architecture, scalability, integration | | test-strategist | 测试策略师 | Test strategy, quality assurance | | ui-designer | UI设计师 | Visual design, mockups, design systems | | ux-expert | UX专家 | User research, information architecture, journey |

Session Structure

.workflow/active/WFS-{topic}/
├── workflow-session.json              # Session metadata
├── .process/
│   └── context-package.json           # Phase 0 context
├── roles.csv                          # Role analysis state (Phase 2-3)
├── discoveries.ndjson                 # Shared discovery board
└── .brainstorming/
    ├── guidance-specification.md      # Framework (Phase 2)
    ├── feature-index.json             # Feature index (Phase 4)
    ├── synthesis-changelog.md         # Synthesis audit trail (Phase 4)
    ├── feature-specs/                 # Feature specs (Phase 4)
    │   ├── F-001-{slug}.md
    │   └── F-00N-{slug}.md
    └── {role}/                        # Role analyses (Phase 3, immutable)
        ├── {role}-context.md          # Interactive Q&A
        ├── analysis.md                # Main/index document
        ├── analysis-cross-cutting.md  # Cross-feature
        └── analysis-F-{id}-{slug}.md  # Per-feature

Implementation

Session Initialization

javascript
const getUtc8ISOString = () => new Date(Date.now() + 8 * 60 * 60 * 1000).toISOString()

// Parse flags
const AUTO_YES = $ARGUMENTS.includes('--yes') || $ARGUMENTS.includes('-y')
const countMatch = $ARGUMENTS.match(/--count\s+(\d+)/)
const roleCount = countMatch ? Math.min(parseInt(countMatch[1]), 9) : 3
const sessionMatch = $ARGUMENTS.match(/--session\s+(\S+)/)
const existingSessionId = sessionMatch ? sessionMatch[1] : null
const skipQuestions = $ARGUMENTS.includes('--skip-questions')
const includeQuestions = $ARGUMENTS.includes('--include-questions')
const styleSkillMatch = $ARGUMENTS.match(/--style-skill\s+(\S+)/)
const styleSkill = styleSkillMatch ? styleSkillMatch[1] : null
const updateMode = $ARGUMENTS.includes('--update')

// Role detection
const VALID_ROLES = [
  'data-architect', 'product-manager', 'product-owner', 'scrum-master',
  'subject-matter-expert', 'system-architect', 'test-strategist',
  'ui-designer', 'ux-expert'
]
const cleanArgs = $ARGUMENTS
  .replace(/--yes|-y|--count\s+\d+|--session\s+\S+|--skip-questions|--include-questions|--style-skill\s+\S+|--update/g, '')
  .trim()
const firstArg = cleanArgs.split(/\s+/)[0]
const isRole = VALID_ROLES.includes(firstArg)

// Mode detection
let executionMode
if (AUTO_YES) {
  executionMode = 'auto'
} else if (isRole) {
  executionMode = 'single-role'
} else if (cleanArgs) {
  executionMode = 'auto'
} else {
  executionMode = null  // Ask user
}

const topic = isRole
  ? cleanArgs.replace(firstArg, '').trim()
  : cleanArgs.replace(/^["']|["']$/g, '')

Phase 1: Mode Detection & Routing

Objective: Parse arguments, determine execution mode, prepare session.

Steps:

1. Detect Mode

javascript if (executionMode === null) { const modeAnswer = functions.request_user_input({ questions: [{ question: "Choose brainstorming mode:", header: "Mode", options: [ { label: "Auto Mode (Recommended)", description: "Full pipeline: framework → parallel roles → synthesis" }, { label: "Single Role", description: "Run one role analysis independently" } ] }] }) executionMode = modeAnswer.Mode.startsWith('Auto') ? 'auto' : 'single-role' }

1. Session Setup

javascript let sessionId, sessionFolder

if (existingSessionId) { sessionId = existingSessionId sessionFolder = .workflow/active/${sessionId} } else if (executionMode === 'auto') { const slug = topic.toLowerCase().replace(/^a-z0-9\u4e00-\u9fa5]+/g, '-').substring(0, 40) sessionId = WFS-${slug} sessionFolder = .workflow/active/${sessionId} Bash(mkdir -p "${sessionFolder}/.brainstorming" "${sessionFolder}/.process")

// Initialize workflow-session.json Write(${sessionFolder}/workflow-session.json, JSON.stringify({ session_id: sessionId, topic: topic, status: 'brainstorming', execution_mode: executionMode, created_at: getUtc8ISOString() }, null, 2)) } else { // Single role mode requires existing session const existing = Bash(ls -d .workflow/active/WFS-* 2>/dev/null | head -1).trim() if (!existing) { console.log('ERROR: No active session found. Run auto mode first to create a session.') return } sessionId = existing.split('/').pop() sessionFolder = existing }

Route:

• executionMode === 'auto' → Phase 2
• executionMode === 'single-role' → Phase 3S

Phase 2: Interactive Framework Generation (Auto Mode)

Objective: Analyze topic, select roles, generate guidance-specification.md and roles.csv.

Steps:

1. Analyze Topic & Select Roles

javascript Bash({ command: ccw cli -p "PURPOSE: Analyze brainstorming topic and recommend ${roleCount} expert roles for multi-perspective analysis. Success = well-matched roles with clear focus areas. TASK: • Analyze topic domain, complexity, and key dimensions • Select ${roleCount} roles from: data-architect, product-manager, product-owner, scrum-master, subject-matter-expert, system-architect, test-strategist, ui-designer, ux-expert • For each role: define focus area, key questions, and analysis scope • Identify potential cross-role conflicts or synergies • Generate feature decomposition if topic has distinct components MODE: analysis CONTEXT: @/ EXPECTED: JSON: {analysis: {domain, complexity, dimensions]}, roles: {id, role, title, focus, key_questions]}], features: {id, title, description}]} CONSTRAINTS: Select exactly ${roleCount} roles | Each role must have distinct perspective | Roles must cover topic comprehensively

TOPIC: ${topic}" --tool gemini --mode analysis --rule planning-breakdown-task-steps, run_in_background: true }) // Wait for CLI completion → { analysis, roles[], features[] }

1. User Validation (skip if AUTO_YES)

javascript if (!AUTO_YES) { console.log(\n## Brainstorm Framework\n) console.log(Topic: ${topic}) console.log(Domain: ${analysis.domain} | Complexity: ${analysis.complexity}) console.log(\nSelected Roles (${roles.length}):) roles.forEach(r => console.log( - ${r.id}] ${r.title}: ${r.focus})) if (features.length > 0) { console.log(\nFeatures (${features.length}):) features.forEach(f => console.log( - ${f.id}] ${f.title})) }

const answer = functions.request_user_input({ questions: { question: "Approve brainstorm framework?", header: "Validate", options: { label: "Approve", description: "Proceed with role analysis" }, { label: "Modify Roles", description: "Change role selection" }, { label: "Cancel", description: "Abort" } ] }] })

if (answer.Validate === "Cancel") return if (answer.Validate === "Modify Roles") { // Allow user to adjust via request_user_input const roleAnswer = functions.request_user_input({ questions: { question: "Select roles for analysis:", header: "Roles", options: VALID_ROLES.map(r => ({ label: r, description: roles.find(sel => sel.role === r)?.focus || '' })) }] }) // Rebuild roles] from selection } }

1. Generate Guidance Specification

javascript const guidanceContent = # Guidance Specification

Topic

${topic}

Analysis

• Domain: ${analysis.domain}
• Complexity: ${analysis.complexity}
• Dimensions: ${analysis.dimensions.join(', ')}

Selected Roles

${roles.map(r => ### ${r.title} (${r.role})

• Focus: ${r.focus}
• Key Questions: ${r.key_questions.join('; ')}).join('\n\n')}

Features

${features.map(f => - **[${f.id}] ${f.title}**: ${f.description}).join('\n')} Write(${sessionFolder}/.brainstorming/guidance-specification.md, guidanceContent)

1. Generate roles.csv

javascript const header = 'id,role,title,focus,deps,wave,status,findings,output_files,error' const rows = roles.map(r => [r.id, r.role, r.title, r.focus, '', '1', 'pending', '', '', ''] .map(v => "${String(v).replace(/"/g, '""')}") .join(',') ) Write(${sessionFolder}/roles.csv, [header, ...rows].join('\n'))

Update workflow-session.json with selected_roles.

Phase 3: Wave Role Analysis (spawn_agents_on_csv) — Auto Mode

Objective: Execute parallel role analysis via spawn_agents_on_csv. Each role agent produces analysis documents.

Steps:

1. Role Analysis Wave

javascript const rolesCSV = parseCsv(Read(${sessionFolder}/roles.csv))

console.log(\n## Phase 3: Parallel Role Analysis (${rolesCSV.length} roles)\n)

spawn_agents_on_csv({ csv_path: ${sessionFolder}/roles.csv, id_column: "id", instruction: buildRoleInstruction(sessionFolder, topic, features), max_concurrency: Math.min(rolesCSV.length, 4), max_runtime_seconds: 600, output_csv_path: ${sessionFolder}/roles-results.csv, output_schema: { type: "object", properties: { id: { type: "string" }, status: { type: "string", enum: "completed", "failed"] }, findings: { type: "string" }, output_files: { type: "array", items: { type: "string" } }, error: { type: "string" } }, required: "id", "status", "findings"] } })

// Merge results into roles.csv const roleResults = parseCsv(Read(${sessionFolder}/roles-results.csv)) for (const result of roleResults) { updateMasterCsvRow(${sessionFolder}/roles.csv, result.id, { status: result.status, findings: result.findings || '', output_files: Array.isArray(result.output_files) ? result.output_files.join(';') : (result.output_files || ''), error: result.error || '' }) console.log( [${result.id}] ${result.status === 'completed' ? '✓' : '✗'} ${rolesCSV.find(r => r.id === result.id)?.role}) }

Bash(rm -f "${sessionFolder}/roles-results.csv")

1. Role Instruction Template

javascript function buildRoleInstruction(sessionFolder, topic, features) { const featureList = features.length > 0 ? features.map(f => - ${f.id}] ${f.title}: ${f.description}).join('\n') : 'No feature decomposition — analyze topic holistically.'

return

ROLE ANALYSIS ASSIGNMENT

MANDATORY FIRST STEPS

1. Read guidance specification: ${sessionFolder}/.brainstorming/guidance-specification.md
2. Read shared discoveries: ${sessionFolder}/discoveries.ndjson (if exists)
3. Read project context: .workflow/project-tech.json (if exists)

Your Role

Role ID: {id} Role: {role} Title: {title} Focus: {focus}

Topic

${topic}

Features to Analyze

${featureList}

Analysis Protocol

1. Read guidance: Load guidance-specification.md for full context
2. Read discoveries: Load discoveries.ndjson for shared findings from other roles
3. Analyze from your perspective: Apply your role expertise to the topic
4. Per-feature analysis (if features exist):

• Create \${sessionFolder}/.brainstorming/{role}/analysis-{feature-id}-{slug}.md\ per feature
• Create \${sessionFolder}/.brainstorming/{role}/analysis-cross-cutting.md\ for cross-feature concerns

1. Create index document: \${sessionFolder}/.brainstorming/{role}/analysis.md\

• Summary of all findings
• Links to sub-documents
• Key recommendations

1. Share discoveries: Append findings to shared board:

\\\bash echo '{"ts":"<ISO8601>","worker":"{id}","type":"<type>","data":{...}}' >> ${sessionFolder}/discoveries.ndjson \\\

1. Report result: Return JSON via report_agent_job_result

Document Constraints

• Main analysis.md: < 3000 words
• Sub-documents: < 2000 words each, max 5
• Total per role: < 15000 words

Discovery Types to Share

• \design_pattern\: {name, rationale, applicability} — recommended patterns
• \risk\: {area, severity, mitigation} — identified risks
• \requirement\: {title, priority, source} — derived requirements
• \constraint\: {type, description, impact} — discovered constraints
• \synergy\: {roles], area, description} — cross-role opportunities

Output (report_agent_job_result)

Return JSON: { "id": "{id}", "status": "completed" | "failed", "findings": "Key insights from {role} perspective (max 800 chars)", "output_files": "path/to/analysis.md", "path/to/analysis-F-001.md"], "error": "" } }

Phase 3S: Single Role Analysis (spawn_agent) — Single Role Mode

Objective: Run one role analysis via spawn_agent with optional interactive Q&A.

javascript
if (executionMode === 'single-role') {
  const roleName = firstArg
  const roleDir = `${sessionFolder}/.brainstorming/${roleName}`
  Bash(`mkdir -p "${roleDir}"`)

  const agentId = spawn_agent({
    agent_type: "conceptual_planning_agent",
    instruction: `
Perform a ${roleName} analysis for the brainstorming session.

**Session**: ${sessionFolder}
**Role**: ${roleName}
**Topic**: Read from ${sessionFolder}/.brainstorming/guidance-specification.md
${includeQuestions ? '**Mode**: Interactive — ask clarification questions before analysis' : ''}
${skipQuestions ? '**Mode**: Skip questions — proceed directly to analysis' : ''}
${styleSkill ? `**Style Skill**: ${styleSkill} — load .claude/skills/style-${styleSkill}/ for design reference` : ''}
${updateMode ? '**Update Mode**: Read existing analysis and enhance/update it' : ''}

**Output**: Create analysis documents in ${roleDir}/
- ${roleDir}/analysis.md (main index)
- ${roleDir}/analysis-*.md (sub-documents as needed)

Follow the same analysis protocol as wave role analysis but with interactive refinement.
`
  })

  wait_agent({ timeout_ms: 1800000 })
  close_agent({ target: agentId })

  console.log(`\n✓ ${roleName} analysis complete: ${roleDir}/analysis.md`)
}

Phase 4: Synthesis Integration (Auto Mode)

Objective: Read all role analyses, cross-reference, generate feature specs.

Steps:

1. Collect Role Findings

javascript const rolesCSV = parseCsv(Read(${sessionFolder}/roles.csv)) const completedRoles = rolesCSV.filter(r => r.status === 'completed')

// Read all analysis.md index files (optimized: skip sub-docs for token efficiency) const roleAnalyses = {} for (const role of completedRoles) { const indexPath = ${sessionFolder}/.brainstorming/${role.role}/analysis.md const content = Read(indexPath) if (content) roleAnalysesrole.role] = content }

// Read discoveries const discoveriesPath = ${sessionFolder}/discoveries.ndjson const discoveries = Read(discoveriesPath) || ''

1. Synthesis via Agent

javascript const synthesisAgent = spawn_agent({ agent_type: "conceptual_planning_agent", instruction:

SYNTHESIS ASSIGNMENT

Synthesize ${completedRoles.length} role analyses into unified feature specifications.

Session: ${sessionFolder} Role Analyses: ${completedRoles.map(r => ${sessionFolder}/.brainstorming/${r.role}/analysis.md).join(', ')} Discoveries: ${discoveriesPath}

Synthesis Protocol

1. Read all role analyses (analysis.md files only — these are index documents)
2. Cross-reference findings: Identify agreements, conflicts, and unique insights
3. Generate feature specs: For each feature in guidance-specification.md:

• Create ${sessionFolder}/.brainstorming/feature-specs/F-{id}-{slug}.md
• Consolidate perspectives from all relevant roles
• Note conflicts and recommended resolutions

1. Generate feature index: ${sessionFolder}/.brainstorming/feature-index.json

• Array of {id, title, slug, roles_contributing], conflict_count, priority}

1. Generate changelog: ${sessionFolder}/.brainstorming/synthesis-changelog.md

• Decisions made, conflicts resolved, trade-offs accepted

Complexity Assessment

Evaluate complexity score (0-8):

• Feature count (≤2: 0, 3-4: 1, ≥5: 2)
• Unresolved conflicts (0: 0, 1-2: 1, ≥3: 2)
• Participating roles (≤2: 0, 3-4: 1, ≥5: 2)
• Cross-feature dependencies (0: 0, 1-2: 1, ≥3: 2)

Output Files

• feature-specs/F-{id}-{slug}.md (one per feature)
• feature-index.json
• synthesis-changelog.md

})

wait_agent({ timeout_ms: 1800000 }) close_agent({ target: synthesisAgent })

1. Completion Summary

javascript const featureIndex = JSON.parse(Read(${sessionFolder}/.brainstorming/feature-index.json) || ']')

console.log(

Brainstorm Complete

Session: ${sessionId} Roles analyzed: ${completedRoles.length} Features synthesized: ${featureIndex.length}

Feature Specs

${featureIndex.map(f => - [${f.id}] ${f.title} (${f.roles_contributing?.length || 0} roles, ${f.conflict_count || 0} conflicts)).join('\n')}

Next Steps

Brainstorming complete. To continue, run one of:

• /workflow-plan --session ${sessionId} → Generate implementation plan
• Review: ${sessionFolder}/.brainstorming/feature-specs/

)

Utility Functions

CSV Parser

javascript
function parseCsv(content) {
  const lines = content.trim().split('\n')
  if (lines.length < 2) return []
  const headers = parseCSVLine(lines[0])
  return lines.slice(1).map(line => {
    const values = parseCSVLine(line)
    const row = {}
    headers.forEach((h, i) => row[h] = values[i] || '')
    return row
  })
}

CSV Row Updater

javascript
function updateMasterCsvRow(csvPath, id, updates) {
  const content = Read(csvPath)
  const lines = content.trim().split('\n')
  const headers = parseCSVLine(lines[0])
  const idIdx = headers.indexOf('id')

  for (let i = 1; i < lines.length; i++) {
    const values = parseCSVLine(lines[i])
    if (values[idIdx]?.replace(/"/g, '') === id) {
      Object.entries(updates).forEach(([key, val]) => {
        const idx = headers.indexOf(key)
        if (idx >= 0) values[idx] = `"${String(val).replace(/"/g, '""')}"`
      })
      lines[i] = values.join(',')
      break
    }
  }
  Write(csvPath, lines.join('\n'))
}

Error Handling

| Error | Recovery | |-------|----------| | Invalid role name | Show valid roles list, prompt again | | No active session (single role) | Guide user to run auto mode first | | Role agent failure | Mark failed in roles.csv, continue with remaining | | Synthesis overflow (>100KB) | Read only analysis.md index files | | Context compression | Re-read guidance-specification.md and roles.csv |

Compact Protection

> COMPACT DIRECTIVE: If context compression occurs mid-execution, re-read the current phase's state: > - Phase 2: Re-read guidance-specification.md > - Phase 3: Re-read roles.csv for progress state > - Phase 4: Re-read feature-index.json and roles.csv