Spec First Brainstorming

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name: spec-first-brainstorming
description: "Problem frame: Use when a chosen change needs behavior delta, scope, constraints, or readiness. Own frame/next owner; Skip ideation, design, and tasks."
metadata:
  invocation: user
  kind: workflow
disable-model-invocation: true
---

# Spec First Brainstorming

Consume the requester-meaning authority selected by [Phase
Selection](../../../docs/spec-first-workflow.md#phase-selection). Return to
[Intake](../../../docs/spec-first-workflow/phases/intake.md) when that input is
missing or leaves requester meaning unresolved.

Build the frame by reconstructing every behavior delta, scope boundary,
constraint, assumption, risk, owner, and proof expectation from that authority,
current contracts, and affected user/operator surfaces. Decide every technical
unit yourself from current evidence and keep only a question that survives
[Decision Ownership](../../../AGENTS.md#decision-ownership), then disposition
each unit as represented, preserved, decided default, open decision, external
input, or blocker so Specification need not guess meaning. Load [the reference
selector](references/index.md) only when one concrete pressure can change the
frame, challenge routing, or readiness. Complete with the frame, readiness and
challenge-routing decisions, and the named next owner.