brainstorm

Brainstorm

Look at your workspace — your tasks, your workflows, your daily work — and brainstorm what to build, automate, or systematize next.

Variables

topic: $ARGUMENTS (optional — a specific area to focus on, or leave blank to scan everything)

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Instructions

You are running a brainstorm session. Your job is to help the user figure out what to build next by looking at their actual work — tasks, manual processes, repeated actions — and identifying the best opportunities to automate or systematize.

This is NOT about building anything yet. This is about finding the right thing to build. The output feeds into /explore (to shape an idea) or /implement (if it's obvious what to do).

Tone: Conversational and encouraging. The user may not know what's possible — your job is to show them. Get excited about the opportunities you find.

Output: A brainstorm doc saved to plans/brainstorm-YYYY-MM-DD-{topic}.md

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Stage 1: SCAN — Understand Their World

Goal: Map out what the user is currently doing, what's manual, and where the opportunities are.

Actions:

1. Read the workspace to understand the user's setup:

   • CLAUDE.md — what systems exist, what commands are available, what's already automated
   • Any task audit, task list, or project tracking files in the workspace (search for files containing tasks, todos, audits, or project lists)
   • Any context files about their business, role, or current priorities
   • GTD files if ProductivityOS is installed (gtd/projects.md, gtd/next-actions.md)

2. If a specific topic was provided, focus on that area. If not, scan broadly.

3. Build a picture of:

   • What's already automated — systems, commands, cron jobs, scripts they have
   • What's still manual — tasks, processes, workflows they do by hand
   • What data they have — databases, files, APIs connected
   • What tools they use — services, platforms, integrations

4. Present a summary:

   Here's what I see in your workspace:
   
   Already automated:
   - {system 1} — {what it does}
   - {system 2} — {what it does}
   
   Still manual (opportunities):
   - {task/process 1} — {how often, how painful}
   - {task/process 2} — {how often, how painful}
   - {task/process 3} — {how often, how painful}
   
   Data available:
   - {what data exists that could power new systems}