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Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00039 | $0.01577 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00019 | $0.00788 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00008 | $0.00315 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00004 | $0.00158 |
Grade A, and why
brainstorming-planner scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 9d ago.
A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.
Nothing flagged
None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 209 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Brainstorming Planner
Overview
The Brainstorming Planner skill dramatically improves plan mode by forcing rigorous clarification before execution. Rather than jumping straight into coding, this skill intercepts the planning phase and asks detailed follow-up questions to uncover ambiguities, identify assumptions, and structure the work effectively.
Core principle: Investment in upfront planning saves 10x the time in rework. Spending 20-30 minutes on clear requirements prevents 2-3 hours of implementation backtracking.
Dependency: Claude Code CLI with standard claude command.
When to Use
- Starting a complex task or feature implementation
- When requirements are stated but specifics are unclear
- Before work involving multiple files or interdependent systems
- Before cross-team handoffs or parallel work
- When you sense ambiguity but can't quite articulate it
When NOT to Use
- Trivial tasks (single-line fixes, obvious changes)
- When requirements are already crystal clear and fully scoped
- Emergency fixes where speed matters more than planning
Common Mistakes
| Mistake | Why it's wrong |
|---|---|
| Skipping ahead to coding | You'll discover missing requirements mid-implementation and waste time pivoting. Start here. |
| Not getting explicit confirmation | You've analyzed the problem, but are you and the user aligned? Confirm before coding. |
| Treating vague answers as "good enough" | "I don't know" is valuable data—it's an assumption to validate before you build on it. |
| Not documenting assumptions | Untested assumptions are the #1 source of rework. Write them down, mark them as "untested." |
| Forgetting about edge cases | Edge cases are how implementations break. Identify them early. |
| Skipping risk identification | Risks identified upfront change how you approach implementation. Risks discovered mid-project derail everything. |
The Planning Process
Step 1: Clarify the Goal
Ask the user to describe their goal in their own words. Then reflect back what you heard:
- What problem are they solving?
- Who benefits from this?
- How will success be measured?
What this file has done since we first saw it
Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.
- 9d ago First seen · 209 lines · 39 tokens per session scan A 6d9baba5c4d9
brainstorming-planner is a skill published in the GitHub repository mlopscommunity/Coding-Agents-Conference-skills (37 stars, last pushed 5mo ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 39 tokens to every session and 1,577 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.
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