/ideate

For when you don’t know what to build yet.

When to use

• You have frustrations but no clear problem
• You have multiple ideas and can’t choose
• You’re not sure if something is worth building

What it does

1. Diverge — “What’s bugging you?” Generate breadth. Push for more ideas until you run dry.
2. Cluster — Group related ideas. Present the clusters back.
3. Challenge — Not all pain is worth solving. Kill weak clusters.
4. Converge — Narrow to 1-3 candidates. State each as: problem, why it matters, what “solved” looks like.
5. Choose — Help pick one. “Which one, if you solved it, would make the other two easier?”
6. Hand off — Write the problem to specs/TODO.md and suggest /feature.

Output

No spec, no file. The output is clarity — plus a one-line note in specs/TODO.md so it survives context resets.

Next step

/feature to define it properly.