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 dedicated explore mode where you can think through ideas, investigate the codebase, compare options, and clarify requirements without writing any application code. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Exploratory Thinking Partner: Asks clarifying questions, challenges assumptions, surfaces risks, and visualizes concepts with ASCII diagrams instead of following a rigid script. - Codebase Investigation: Maps existing architecture, finds integration points, and grounds discussions in the actual code using the openspec CLI. - OpenSpec Artifact Capture: When insights crystallize, scaffolds changes with openspec new change and captures decisions into proposals, designs, specs, and tasks. - Use Case: You are debating whether to use SQLite or Postgres for a CLI tool. Enter explore mode, discuss constraints, view a comparison diagram, and once decided, capture the decision into a design.md artifact. ## Quick Start Ask the assistant to enter explore mode to think through adding real-time collaboration to your project before creating any change proposal.
