Use when David wants to extract project vision, decisions, and preferences from his head into clear documentation (README + ADRs) through a back-and-forth Q&A loop. Triggers on "brain-to-docs", "build out the docs", "extract the vision", "let's document this project".
Scanned 9/5/2026
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name: brain-to-docs
description: Use when David wants to extract project vision, decisions, and preferences from his head into clear documentation (README + ADRs) through a back-and-forth Q&A loop. Triggers on "brain-to-docs", "build out the docs", "extract the vision", "let's document this project".
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# brain-to-docs
The whole purpose: extract as much of David's taste, judgment, knowledge, vision,
preferences, and decisions as possible into text — saved as clear, concise
markdown docs for the project. README holds the vision; `docs/adr/` holds the
decisions.
## The loop
1. **Check docs first, every time.** Read `docs/adr/` (and `README.md`) before
doing anything — other agents and people add/edit ADRs constantly.
2. **Ask 5 different questions** in plain text (never a questions UI) — default 5
unless David asks for a different number. Make them high-variety: a wide,
creative spectrum of unique angles, not all the same type (e.g. not all "tech
stack" or all "product" or all "monetization"). Exception: if David asks for a
specific focus area, follow it. David answers whichever he finds most useful.
3. **Update docs after EVERY answer** — no exceptions. You decide whether it
updates `README.md` or becomes a new ADR — whatever makes sense.
4. Repeat until David says "we're done" (or similar).
## Rules
- All answers & responses during this "brain to docs" process must be VERY
CONCISE, all sentences should be SHORT, and everything should be written in
PLAIN ENGLISH.
- ADRs: short, numbered `NNNN-slug.md`, Status + Context + Decision + Consequences.
- README: vision only. Decisions go in ADRs.
- Don't challenge David's thinking unless he asks, or he's making a severe mistake.
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