What problem does it solve? Teams often jump into implementation before fully understanding a problem, leading to rework and misaligned solutions. This Skill provides a dedicated thinking mode where you can explore ideas, investigate the codebase, and clarify requirements without writing any code. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Exploratory Thinking Partner: Acts as a curious, adaptive collaborator that asks clarifying questions, challenges assumptions, and surfaces risks rather than following a rigid script. - Codebase Investigation: Reads files, maps existing architecture, finds integration points, and grounds discussions in the actual code. - Visual Reasoning: Uses ASCII diagrams liberally to sketch system architectures, state machines, data flows, and comparison tables. - OpenSpec Integration: Detects active changes via the openspec CLI, reads existing proposals and designs, and offers to capture decisions into specs, design docs, or task lists. - Use Case: Before building a real-time collaboration feature, enter explore mode to map the collaboration spectrum, compare CRDT versus simpler presence approaches, and capture the resulting design decisions in an OpenSpec change proposal. ## Quick Start Ask the assistant to enter explore mode and think through your idea or problem before creating a change proposal.
