discover
Phase 1 of the prd-taskmaster pipeline: brainstorm-driven discovery. Delegates to superpowers:brainstorming in Interactive Mode (one adaptive question at a time), or self-brainstorms in Autonomous Mode when no user is present. Intercepts before the brainstorming chain hands off to writing-plans — this skill owns the exit. Extracts constraints, calibrates scale (Solo / Team / Enterprise), and advances the pipeline to GENERATE.
npx skills add anombyte93/prd-taskmaster --skill discover --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Phase 1: Discover Declarative phase skill. Invoked by the prd-taskmaster orchestrator when `current_phase` is `DISCOVER`. Never called directly by a user. The one rule: **invoke `superpowers:brainstorming` for discovery, intercept before it chains to `writing-plans` — we control the exit, not the brainstorm skill.** ## Entry gate 1. Call `mcp__plugin_prd_go__check_gate(phase="DISCOVER", evidence={})` for diagnostics. `check_gate` is an EXIT gate: it verifies the evidence to *advance*, not to *enter*. On first DISCOVER entry you have no evidence yet (the User Approval / Self-Approval Gate below produces `user_approved=true` OR `auto_classification=CLEAR with assumptions_documented`), so a `gate_passed: false` here is EXPECTED — the state machine's legal transitions already guarantee only legal entry. - **First entry** (no evidence yet): note the result and continue with the Procedure. - **Re-entry**: if the gate reports violations, report them and stop — it protects against re-running a completed phase or skipping ahead from SETUP. 2. Detect execution context. If any of the following signals are present, switch to Autonomous Mode: - `.claude/ralph-loop.local.md` exists in the proj
- Entry gate
- Discovery checklist
- Interactive Mode (default — user present)
- Autonomous Mode (no user present)
- User Approval Gate (Interactive Mode)
- Self-Approval Gate (Autonomous Mode)
- Smart Defaults
- Constraint Extraction (MANDATORY before advancing)
- Scope Calibration
- Exit gate
- Red flags (stop and report, do not paper over)
- Non-exits
What does the discover skill do?
Phase 1 of the prd-taskmaster pipeline: brainstorm-driven discovery. Delegates to superpowers:brainstorming in Interactive Mode (one adaptive question at a time), or self-brainstorms in Autonomous Mode when no user is present. Intercepts before the brainstorming chain hands off to writing-plans — this skill owns the exit. Extracts constraints, calibrates scale (Solo / Team / Enterprise), and advances the pipeline to GENERATE.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add anombyte93/prd-taskmaster --skill discover --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From anombyte93/prd-taskmaster, a repository with 586 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.