intent-capture

<degrees_of_freedom> HIGH — This is a creative, exploratory phase. Ask open-ended questions. Don't constrain prematurely. </degrees_of_freedom>

<question if="unclear who benefits">
  Who is this for? Who will use this feature?
</question>

<question if="unclear problem">
  What problem does this solve? What's painful today?
</question>

<question if="unclear scope">
  What's the minimum that would be valuable? What can wait?
</question>

<question if="unclear constraints">
  Any technical constraints? Existing systems to integrate with?
</question>

<question if="unclear success">
  How will you know this is working? What does success look like?
</question>

  **Goal**: {summarized goal}

  **Users**: {who benefits}

  **Problem**: {what pain this solves}

  **Success Criteria**:
  - {criterion 1}
  - {criterion 2}
  - {criterion 3}

  **Constraints**:
  - {constraint 1}
  - {constraint 2}

  Is this accurate? [Y/n/edit]
</output>
<check if="response == n or edit">
  <action>Ask specific clarifying questions</action>
  <goto step="3"/>
</check>

  Saved to: .specs-fire/intents/{intent-id}/brief.md

  ---

  Ready to break this into work items? [Y/n]
</output>
<check if="response == y">
  <invoke_skill>work-item-decompose</invoke_skill>
</check>

<output_artifacts>

<success_criteria> User intent fully understood through dialogue Goal, users, problem clearly captured Success criteria defined Constraints identified Intent brief saved to correct location State.yaml updated with new intent </success_criteria>