resume-brainstorming

Resume Brainstorming

When to invoke

This SKILL is the first step of every brainstorming invocation. The refactored brainstorming SKILL calls this before doing anything else.

Announce at start: "I'm using the resume-brainstorming SKILL to check for existing sessions."

What it does

1. Scan docs/superpowers/brainstorms/*-brainstorm.md.
2. Bucket files by Status metadata: In Progress, Done, Abandoned.
3. If all three buckets are empty → return proceed-with-new-empty (the brainstorming SKILL then creates a fresh empty file using templates/brainstorm-template.md).
4. Otherwise → present the menu (see below) and act on the user's choice.

Menu shown to the user

docs/superpowers/brainstorms/ status:

In Progress (N):
  [1] <date>-<slug>-brainstorm.md   — <topic>   Current Phase: <phase>
  [2] ...

Done (M, most recent 5 shown):
  [d1] <date>-<slug>-brainstorm.md  — <topic>
  ...

Abandoned (K):
  [a1] <date>-<slug>-brainstorm.md  — <topic>
  ...

Please choose:
  A) Continue an In Progress session       → enter the number (e.g. "1")
  B) Start a new session based on a Done   → enter "new based on <id>" (e.g. "new based on d1")
  C) Start a new session based on an Abandoned → enter "new based on <id>"
  D) Abandon an In Progress session        → enter "abandon <number>"

If In Progress is empty, omit option A and option D. If Done is empty, omit option B. If Abandoned is empty, omit option C. If after these omissions no options remain (only possible if all three buckets are empty, which Step 3 already handles), bypass the menu and return proceed-with-new-empty.

Acting on the user's choice

A — Continue In Progress

1. Read the chosen file in full.
2. Inform the main flow agent: "Continuing brainstorming from <filename>. Current Phase: <phase>."
3. Hand the file path and parsed Current Phase value back to the brainstorming SKILL. The brainstorming SKILL then resumes from the appropriate point per the table below.