# ce-brainstorm

> Claude/Codex skill by [@everyinc](https://omgskills.com/library/everyinc/index.md) · 26k stars · Updated 2026-11-13

Explore vague or ambitious ideas into a right-sized requirements-only unified plan. Use when the user wants to brainstorm or scope what to build. Not for executing already-specified work. Use ce-pov for a verdict on adopting a named external technology.

Tags: compound, engineering

## Install

```sh
git clone https://github.com/EveryInc/compound-engineering-plugin /tmp/compound-engineering-plugin && ln -s /tmp/compound-engineering-plugin/skills/ce-brainstorm ~/.claude/skills/ce-brainstorm
```

## From README

Brainstorm a Feature or Improvement Brainstorming answers WHAT to build through dialogue; ce-plan then enriches the same unified plan artifact with HOW. This skill does not implement code. Outcome: a result sized to the work that ce-plan can build on without inventing product behavior, scope boundaries, or success criteria: a chat paragraph for Lightweight work, or a requirements-only unified plan under /plans/ when a file is earned. Done, on the brainstorm path: that artifact is written and passes the Ready for Planning Check — or no file was written because the dialogue produced no decision that a later reader (the planner, a reviewer, or a future reader) needs recorded under a stable ID and the user asked for none — and Phase 4's handoff has been presented. Lightweight work ends in chat. Phase 0.3 classifies the tier from the request and bounded inline reads before anything is dispatched; when the tier is uncertain, take the heavier one.

## Links

- HTML page: https://omgskills.com/library/everyinc/compound-engineering-plugin/ce-brainstorm/
- GitHub: https://github.com/EveryInc/compound-engineering-plugin
- Author: [@everyinc](https://omgskills.com/library/everyinc/index.md)

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