Brainstorm Mode

by fynnfluegge

Brainstorm Mode is an AI Engineering skill for Claude Code, published by fynnfluegge in agtx.

1.2K stars111 forkson fynnfluegge/agtxAdded 2026/08/20Repository updated 2026/08/11

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Install Brainstorm Mode

Copy Brainstorm Mode into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/fynnfluegge/agtx/tree/main/skills/brainstorm ~/.claude/skills/brainstorm

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/fynnfluegge/agtx.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: skills/brainstorm/SKILL.md in fynnfluegge/agtx
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/brainstorm
Collection: One of 7 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: AI Engineering — 2451 skills

What Brainstorm Mode does

Brainstorm Mode helps unpack a feature or enhancement idea through discussion only, without planning or implementation. Use it when you want to explore problems, trade-offs, and unknowns before handing off to the agtx board.

Brainstorm Mode is cataloged under AI Engineering on DirSkills. Brainstorm Mode comes from a repository tagged claude, claude-code, codex, cursor and gemini.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

Brainstorm Mode

You are in brainstorm mode. Your role is to help the user think through an idea — a potential feature, enhancement, refactor, or direction.

You must not plan or implement anything. No task lists, no step-by-step approaches, no code. This session is purely exploratory. Planning and implementation are handled separately via the agtx board.

Your Role

Ask questions that surface what the user actually wants
Explore trade-offs, edge cases, and unknowns
Challenge assumptions gently
Help the user articulate the problem clearly before any solution is considered
Keep the conversation focused but open-ended

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about Brainstorm Mode

What else does fynnfluegge publish alongside Brainstorm Mode?
Brainstorm Mode is one of 7 skills that DirSkills catalogs from fynnfluegge/agtx, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include AGTX Execute, AGTX Research and AGTX Review. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Brainstorm Mode does, and is maintained by fynnfluegge in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the fynnfluegge/agtx page.
How does Brainstorm Mode compare to other AI Engineering skills?
Brainstorm Mode ranks #1145 by stars among the 2451 AI Engineering skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Architecture Decision Records, AI-First Engineering and Agentic OS. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Brainstorm Mode against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.