Ideate — Discovery Brief

What it does

Produces a short, structured Discovery Brief from a task description and available context. The brief clarifies the real problem to solve, separates assumptions from constraints, and proposes testable hypotheses so downstream authors and engineers can act without re-framing.

When to use it

Use this skill at the start of exploratory work: when a request is ambiguous, before gathering evidence, or when multiple plausible solutions exist. Ideal for analysts, PRD authors, and early-stage product discovery to reduce rework later.

What's included

• Scripts: none listed
• References: none listed
• Instructions: step-by-step method to read the task and marker blocks, identify the core problem, list constraints vs assumptions, state likely solution hypotheses, and capture open questions only when they matter. Output is a strict markdown-shaped "Discovery Brief" with Problem, Constraints, Hypotheses, and Open Questions sections.

Compatible agents

Likely to be useful in agentic workflows that orchestrate multi-stage reasoning (Claude Code, Codex-based agents, and local orchestrators). This is an internal methodology skill rather than a user-facing UI component.