plugin-ideation Skill

Purpose: Interactive brainstorming and creative vision capture for new plugins and improvements to existing plugins.

This skill uses mode-based workflow loading to optimize context window usage. After detecting which mode applies (New Plugin vs Improvement), the appropriate workflow reference is loaded on-demand.

Mode Detection

<critical_sequence> <sequence_name>mode_detection</sequence_name> must_complete_before_proceeding

grep "^### $PLUGIN_NAME$" PLUGINS.md

Route based on result:

• If found → Load Improvement Mode workflow
• If not found → Load New Plugin Mode workflow </critical_sequence>

Workflow References

After mode detection completes, load the appropriate workflow:

New Plugin Mode

When to use: Plugin does not exist in PLUGINS.md (new plugin ideation)

Workflow: See new-plugin-workflow.md

Overview: 8-phase workflow from free-form collection through creative brief creation

• Phase 1: Free-form collection
• Phase 2: Gap analysis (4-tier priority system)
• Phase 3: Question batch generation (adaptive 4-question batches)
• Phase 4: Decision gate (finalize or iterate)
• Phase 5: Plugin name validation
• Phase 6: Document creation (creative-brief.md + PLUGINS.md)
• Phase 7: Session handoff (.continue-here.md)
• Phase 8: Decision menu with parallel workflow option

Key features:

• Adaptive questioning based on tier-based gap analysis
• Context accumulation across question batches
• Parallel workflow path (Phase 8.1) for faster iteration
• Continuous iteration support until user says "finalize"

Improvement Mode

When to use: Plugin exists in PLUGINS.md (improvement brainstorming)

Workflow: See improvement-workflow.md

Overview: 7-phase workflow from vagueness detection through improvement proposal creation

• Phase 0: Vagueness detection (brainstorm vs implement routing)
• Phase 1: Free-form collection
• Phase 2: Gap analysis (3-tier priority system)
• Phase 3: Question batch generation
• Phase 4: Decision gate (finalize or iterate)
• Phase 5: Document creation (improvement proposal)
• Phase 6: Session handoff (.continue-here.md)
• Phase 7: Decision menu

Key features:

• Vagueness detection to route between ideation and implementation
• 3-tier gap analysis specific to improvements
• Version impact tracking (PATCH/MINOR/MAJOR)
• Backward compatibility consideration

Mode-Based Loading Instructions

1. Complete mode detection first (check PLUGINS.md)
2. Load appropriate workflow reference:
   • New Plugin: Read references/new-plugin-workflow.md
   • Improvement: Read references/improvement-workflow.md
3. Execute loaded workflow following all phase instructions
4. Follow checkpoint protocol at decision gates

This structure reduces initial context load by ~50% (from 8k to 4k tokens) while preserving full functionality through on-demand reference loading.