Brainstorming

by microsoft

Brainstorming is an AI Engineering skill for Claude Code, published by microsoft in FluidFramework.

4.9K stars583 forkson microsoft/FluidFrameworkAdded 2026/07/19Repository updated 2026/08/06

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Install Brainstorming

Copy Brainstorming 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/microsoft/FluidFramework/tree/main/.agency/plugins/nori/skills/brainstorming ~/.claude/skills/brainstorming

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/microsoft/FluidFramework.git

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

In this catalog

Source file: .agency/plugins/nori/skills/brainstorming/SKILL.md in microsoft/FluidFramework
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/brainstorming
Collection: One of 31 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: AI Engineering — 3670 skills

What Brainstorming does

Refines rough ideas into fully-formed designs through structured Socratic questioning, alternative exploration, and incremental validation. Use before writing any code or implementation plans.

Brainstorming is cataloged under AI Engineering on DirSkills. Brainstorming comes from a repository tagged collaboration, crdt, datastructure, distributed and fluid.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

Brainstorming Ideas Into Designs

Overview

Transform rough ideas into fully-formed designs through structured questioning and alternative exploration.

Core principle: Ask questions to understand, explore alternatives, present design incrementally for validation.

Announce at start: "I'm using the Nori Brainstorming skill to refine your idea into a design."

The Process

Phase 1: Understanding

Check current project state in working directory
Ask ONE question at a time to refine the idea
Prefer multiple choice when possible
Gather: Purpose, constraints, success criteria

Phase 2: Exploration

Propose 2-3 different approaches
For each: Core architecture, trade-offs, complexity assessment
Ask your human partner which approach resonates

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

Frequently asked about Brainstorming

What else does microsoft publish alongside Brainstorming?
Brainstorming is one of 31 skills that DirSkills catalogs from microsoft/FluidFramework, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include API Changes Review, Building UI/UX and Ci Readiness Check. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Brainstorming does, and is maintained by microsoft in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the microsoft/FluidFramework page.
How does Brainstorming compare to other AI Engineering skills?
Brainstorming ranks #506 by stars among the 3670 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 Brainstorming against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.