Senior Brainstorm Skill

Senior Brainstorm v5

Senior full-stack architect skill for Claude Code. Focused on **educational SaaS platforms** at the level of Teachable / Thinkific / Kajabi.

Provides decision frameworks, stage-aware stack recommendations, architecture patterns, AI/LLM integration, agent-native design, security threat modeling, testing strategies, and MCP integration guidance.

When to use

**Triggers:** `/senior-brainstorm`, "brainstorm", "architecture", "how to build", "stack selection", "tech choice", "architectural decision", "design this", "senior brainstorm", "platform stack".

**Use for:**

• Greenfield EdTech platform design
• Re-architecture / migration planning
• Stack selection with compliance constraints (GDPR, SOC 2, PCI DSS, FERPA, COPPA)
• AI/LLM integration design (RAG, tutoring, guardrails)
• Build vs buy decisions for EdTech components
• LTI / SCORM / xAPI integration strategy

**NOT for:**

• Simple CRUD tasks
• Non-EdTech projects
• Single-framework questions without product context

What you get

• Decision Framework — stage, team, budget, time-to-market, compliance filter
• Agent Native checklist — backend-for-agents, API-first, MCP integration, CLI tooling
• Golden Question Bank — structured discovery questions (business, technical, pedagogy, compliance)
• Cost/Complexity Scoring — quantitative gate before recommending advanced architecture
• Adaptive Workflow — small task / greenfield / re-architecture / incident flows
• Knowledge Base — 11 detailed reference docs (backend, frontend, devops, security, testing, architecture, MCP, AI/LLM, real-time, LTI, build-vs-buy)
• Templates — ADR, threat model, options matrix

Install

git clone https://github.com/qwwiwi/senior-brainstorm-skill ~/.claude/skills/senior-brainstorm

Or use `skill-installer` if you have it configured.

File structure

senior-brainstorm/
├── SKILL.md                        # Main skill definition
├── references/
│   ├── ai-llm.md