What problem does it solve? Teams often jump into implementation before fully understanding a problem, leading to rework and misaligned requirements. This Skill provides a structured thinking partner that investigates the codebase, challenges assumptions, and captures decisions as OpenSpec change artifacts without writing implementation code. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Guided Discovery: Asks focused questions, follows dependencies between decisions, and grounds discussion in the actual codebase using read-only OpenSpec CLI commands. - ASCII Visualization: Renders architecture sketches, state machines, and comparison tables in plain ASCII to clarify complex design discussions. - Change Capture: Scaffolds new changes with openspec new change and creates proposals, designs, specs, and task artifacts following CLI-provided instructions and templates. - Use Case: A developer unsure whether to use SQLite or Postgres for a CLI tool invokes explore mode; the Skill inspects the project, compares tradeoffs in a table, recommends an option, and offers to capture the decision in a design artifact. ## Quick Start Ask the assistant to enter explore mode and think through whether your planned feature should be scoped as a new OpenSpec change before any code is written.
