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# Brainstorming Ideas Into Designs Help turn ideas into well-formed designs through natural collaborative dialogue. Start by understanding the current project context, then ask questions one at a time to refine the idea. Once the design is clear and the user approves, hand off by lane: `workbench:writing-spec` in the large lane, or `workbench:writing-plans` in its Design-preamble mode in the medium lane. <HARD-GATE> Do NOT invoke any implementation skill, write any code, scaffold any project, or take any implementation action until you have presented a design and the user has approved it. This applies to EVERY project regardless of perceived simplicity. </HARD-GATE> ## Lane scaling Lane routing happens before this skill is invoked (see `workbench:using-workbench`). The quick lane never enters this skill. This skill serves two lanes: - **Medium lane:** a few targeted questions, converging quickly on the decisions that feed the combined doc's `## Design` preamble. - **Large lane:** full depth-first grilling toward a spec, as described below. The HARD-GATE above applies within both the medium and large lanes: no implementation until the design, however short in the medium lane, is presented and approved. ## Checklist You MUST create a task for each of these items and complete them in order: 1. **Explore project context**: dispatch a cost-efficient subagent to survey files, docs, and recent commits; use its summary as starting context. 2. **Offer visualizing-options** (