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 exploration mode where the AI acts as a thinking partner—investigating the codebase, visualizing options with ASCII diagrams, and clarifying requirements—without writing any implementation code. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Explore Mode Stance: Investigates problems, challenges assumptions, and compares options without implementing code, keeping thinking separate from building. - OpenSpec Integration: Reads project context via the openspec CLI, scaffolds new changes with openspec new change, and captures decisions into proposals, designs, specs, and tasks. - Visualization: Uses ASCII diagrams for state machines, architecture sketches, and comparison tables to clarify complex tradeoffs. - Use Case: Before adding real-time collaboration to an app, use explore mode to map the collaboration spectrum (presence, cursors, CRDTs), inspect existing architecture, and then capture the chosen approach as an OpenSpec change proposal. ## Quick Start Ask the assistant to enter explore mode and think through whether SQLite or Postgres fits your CLI tool before creating a change proposal.
