From 537d649ab35d6986d6d30304af4e479830e5f28e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jesse Vincent Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2026 17:28:47 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] feat(brainstorming): tooling question in the design presentation for new projects MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit For a project with no configured tooling, the design presentation now includes a tooling question — linting/auto-formatting, unit-test infrastructure, e2e test infrastructure, fuzz/mutation testing — whose answers land in the spec's Global Constraints. Without this, sessions never ask and ship plans with zero tooling constraints (0/3 in the quorum control cell); with it, the ask fires before any code in 3/3 and the user's answer is honored verbatim, including exclusions. Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_0185AJr98gHx5EmwqNeft4Sy --- skills/brainstorming/SKILL.md | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/skills/brainstorming/SKILL.md b/skills/brainstorming/SKILL.md index 789c3a19..2751fe80 100644 --- a/skills/brainstorming/SKILL.md +++ b/skills/brainstorming/SKILL.md @@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ digraph brainstorming { - Scale each section to its complexity: a few sentences if straightforward, up to 200-300 words if nuanced - Ask after each section whether it looks right so far - Cover: architecture, components, data flow, error handling, testing +- For a new project (or one with no configured tooling), the design presentation includes a short tooling question alongside the architecture: which of these to set up from the start — cheapest before any code exists: aggressive linting + auto-formatting (the stack's standard, e.g. ruff+format / eslint+prettier / clippy+rustfmt); unit-test infrastructure (runner, layout, a first passing fixture); end-to-end test infrastructure; fuzz or mutation testing where the stack supports it. The user's selections land in the spec's Global Constraints so every later plan and task inherits them. - Be ready to go back and clarify if something doesn't make sense **Design for isolation and clarity:**