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 thinking mode where you can investigate ideas, map existing architecture, and compare approaches without writing any application code. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Explore Mode Stance: Acts as a curious thinking partner that asks questions, challenges assumptions, and follows interesting threads without forcing a fixed workflow. - Codebase Investigation: Reads files, searches code, and maps existing architecture to ground discussions in the actual system rather than theory. - ASCII Visualization: Draws system diagrams, state machines, data flows, and comparison tables to clarify complex thinking. - OpenSpec Integration: Detects active changes via openspec list --json, reads existing proposals and designs, and offers to capture decisions into specs, design.md, tasks.md, or proposal.md. - Use Case: Before adding real-time collaboration to your app, enter explore mode to map the collaboration spectrum (presence, cursors, CRDTs), investigate your current architecture, and crystallize an approach before creating a formal change proposal. ## Quick Start Ask the assistant to enter explore mode and think through your idea or problem, for example by describing a vague feature idea or a specific technical problem you want to investigate.
