office-hours

Turn vague product ideas into concrete design documents through structured brainstorming sessions.

Updated Apr 6, 2026
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/JeremiahEllington/NoahEllington --skill office-hours-jeremiahellington
Or copy as Structured Prompt for Agent▼
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Skill: office-hours
Source: https://github.com/JeremiahEllington/NoahEllington/tree/main/.claude/skills/office-hours
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/JeremiahEllington/NoahEllington --skill office-hours-jeremiahellington

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve?

Office hours help founders and builders structure thinking and convert ideas into actionable plans, reducing ambiguity and speeding decision-making.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Proactive two-mode brainstorming: Startup mode with targeted questions to surface demand, current reality, specific needs, and future fit; Builder mode for design thinking, side projects, hackathons, learning, and open source. Saves a design doc.
  • Routing-aware activation: Proactively suggest deeper exploration when ideas match routing rules; can be invoked before reviews (/plan-ceo-review or /plan-eng-review) to shape the product plan.
  • Context-rich prompts and telemetry integration: logs session data (optional) and can be guided by user preferences.

Quick Start

Ask me to run an office-hours brainstorm on a new product idea to generate a design doc.

Frequently Asked Questions about office-hours

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

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How do I turn a vague product idea into a concrete design doc?▼

You can run a proactive brainstorming session that asks targeted questions to assess feasibility, validate concepts, and structure your vague product idea into a concrete, actionable design doc.

What is the best way to brainstorm product ideation for a startup?▼

Startup mode is a brainstorming approach for product ideation that surfaces demand, current reality, specific needs, and future fit, helping founders validate concepts and generate a structured design document.

Can I use design thinking brainstorming for hackathons and side projects?▼

Yes, Builder mode applies design thinking brainstorming to side projects, hackathons, learning, and open source efforts, guiding ideation and saving the results into a design doc for review.

How do I structure early concept validation before an engineering review?▼

You can invoke an office-hours brainstorming session to proactively explore feasibility and shape the product plan, yielding a design doc that serves as input for engineering or CEO review processes.

Does this brainstorming tool store session data and context?▼

Yes, the brainstorming tool features context-rich prompts and optional telemetry integration that logs session data, and it can be guided by user preferences while storing the final design document for iteration.