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+ # claude-agent-skills
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+ Install and manage Pavi's Claude Code agent skills via an interactive CLI.
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+ ## Usage
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+ ```bash
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+ npx claude-agent-skills
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+ ```
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+ Or install globally for a persistent command:
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+ ```bash
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+ npm install -g claude-agent-skills
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+ claude-agent-skills
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+ ```
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+ ## What it does
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+ Launches an animated interactive menu to install, update, remove, and inspect Claude Code skills — the prompt files that teach Claude how to perform specialised tasks in your projects.
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+ Skills are installed into:
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+ | Scope | Path |
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+ | Global | `~/.claude/skills/` + `~/.agents/skills/` |
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+ | Project | `.claude/skills/` in current dir |
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+ A lockfile (`~/.claude/claude-agent-skills-lock.json` or `.claude/claude-agent-skills-lock.json`) tracks every installed skill with a SHA-256 hash so updates and drift can be detected.
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+ ## Menu options
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+ | Option | Description |
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+ |--------|-------------|
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+ | **Add Skill(s)** | Pick from 54 bundled skills. Dependencies are resolved and installed automatically. |
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+ | **Update Existing Skill(s)** | Detect and apply updates for skills that have a newer bundled version. |
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+ | **Remove Existing Skill(s)** | Uninstall skills from disk and remove them from the lockfile. |
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+ | **List Installed Skill(s)** | Show all installed skills with status, link type, and hash. |
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+ | **Sync/Restore Skills from Lockfile** | Re-materialize any missing or broken skills from the lockfile. |
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+ | **Check Skill(s)** | Health check — ok / update available / locally modified / missing / broken symlink. |
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+ | **Quit** | Exit. |
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+ Press **Escape** at any sub-prompt to go back to the main menu.
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+ ## CLI commands
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+ All menu options are also available as direct subcommands:
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+ ```bash
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+ claude-agent-skills add --global --all # install everything globally
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+ claude-agent-skills add --skill grilling tdd # install specific skills
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+ claude-agent-skills update --global # update all with new versions
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+ claude-agent-skills remove --project # interactive remove (project scope)
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+ claude-agent-skills list --global # show installed skills
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+ claude-agent-skills sync --global # restore from lockfile
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+ claude-agent-skills check --project # health check
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+ ```
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+ ## Included skills
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+ 54 skills spanning engineering, productivity, and personal workflows — including the full [mattpocock/skills](https://github.com/mattpocock/skills) set, [JuliusBrussee/caveman](https://github.com/JuliusBrussee/caveman) skills, [obra/superpowers](https://github.com/obra/superpowers) skills, and Pavi's personal additions (ponytail suite, council, etc.).
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+ ## Author
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+ Pavithran Francis — [github.com/Pavithran-Francis/skills](https://github.com/Pavithran-Francis/skills)
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+ name: ask-matt
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+ description: Ask which skill or flow fits your situation. A router over the user-invoked skills in this repo.
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+ disable-model-invocation: true
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+ ---
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+ # Ask Matt
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+ You don't remember every skill, so ask.
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+ A **flow** is a path through the skills. Most paths run along one **main flow**, and two **on-ramps** merge onto it. Everything else is standalone.
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+ ## The main flow: idea → ship
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+ The route most work travels. You have an idea and want it built.
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+ 1. **`/grill-with-docs`** — sharpen the idea by interview. Start here when you **have a codebase**: it's stateful, retaining what it learns in `CONTEXT.md` and ADRs. (No codebase? Use `/grill-me` — see Standalone.)
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+ 2. **Branch — can you settle every question in conversation?** If a question needs a runnable answer (state, business logic, a UI you have to see), detour through a prototype, bridged by **`/handoff`** in both directions (see Crossing sessions):
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+ - **`/handoff`** out, then open a fresh session against that file,
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+ - **`/prototype`** to answer the question with throwaway code,
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+ - **`/handoff`** back what you learned, and reference it from the original idea thread.
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+ 3. **Branch — is this a multi-session build?**
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+ - **Yes** → **`/to-prd`** (turn the thread into a PRD) → **`/to-issues`** (split the PRD into independently-grabbable issues). Because the issues are independent, **clear context between each one**: start a fresh session per issue and kick off **`/implement`** by passing it the PRD and the single issue to work on.
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+ - **No** → **`/implement`** right here, in the same context window.
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+ ### Context hygiene
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+ Keep steps 1–3 in **one unbroken context window** — don't compact or clear until after `/to-issues` — so the grilling, PRD, and issues all build on the same thinking. Each `/implement` then starts fresh, working from the issue.
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+ The limit on this is the **[smart zone](https://www.aihero.dev/ai-coding-dictionary/smart-zone)**: the window (~120k tokens on state-of-the-art models) within which the model still reasons sharply. If a session approaches it before `/to-issues`, don't push on degraded — `/handoff` and continue in a fresh thread.
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+ ## On-ramps
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+ A starting situation that generates work, then merges onto the main flow.
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+ - **Bugs and requests piling up** → **`/triage`**. It moves issues through triage roles and produces agent-ready issues, which **`/implement`** later picks up.
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+ Triage is only for issues **you didn't create** — bug reports, incoming feature requests, anything that arrives raw. Issues that `/to-issues` produced are already agent-ready, so **don't triage them**.
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+ ## Codebase health
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+ Not feature work — upkeep.
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+ - **`/improve-codebase-architecture`** — run whenever you have a spare moment to keep the codebase good for agents to operate in. It surfaces deepening opportunities; picking one _generates an idea_ you can take into the main flow at `/grill-with-docs`.
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+ ## Crossing sessions
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+ - **`/handoff`** — when a thread is full or you need to branch off (e.g. into a `/prototype` session), this compacts the conversation into a markdown file. You don't continue in place — you **open a new session and reference that file** to carry the context across. It's the bridge between context windows, in either direction. Use it when you want a **fresh session** but need the **current conversation preserved**.
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+ - **`/compact`** (built-in) — stay in the **same conversation**, letting the earlier turns be summarized. Use it at **intentional breaks between phases**, when you don't mind losing the verbatim history. Don't compact mid-phase — the agent can lose its way. `/handoff` forks; `/compact` continues.
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+ ## Standalone
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+ Off the main flow entirely.
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+ - **`/grill-me`** — the same relentless interview as `/grill-with-docs`, but for when you have **no codebase**. Stateless: it saves nothing locally, builds no `CONTEXT.md`. Reach for it to sharpen any plan or design that doesn't live in a repo.
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+ - **`/teach`** — learn a concept over multiple sessions, using the current directory as a stateful workspace.
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+ - **`/writing-great-skills`** — reference for writing and editing skills well.
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+ ## Precondition
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+ **`/setup-matt-pocock-skills`** — run before your first engineering flow to configure the issue tracker, triage labels, and doc layout the other skills assume. Custom issue trackers also work.
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+ description: "You MUST use this before any creative work - creating features, building components, adding functionality, or modifying behavior. Explores user intent, requirements and design before implementation."
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+ # Brainstorming Ideas Into Designs
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+ Help turn ideas into fully formed designs and specs through natural collaborative dialogue.
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+ Start by understanding the current project context, then ask questions one at a time to refine the idea. Once you understand what you're building, present the design and get user approval.
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+ <HARD-GATE>
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+ Do NOT invoke any implementation skill, write any code, scaffold any project, or take any implementation action until you have presented a design and the user has approved it. This applies to EVERY project regardless of perceived simplicity.
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+ ## Anti-Pattern: "This Is Too Simple To Need A Design"
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+ Every project goes through this process. A todo list, a single-function utility, a config change — all of them. "Simple" projects are where unexamined assumptions cause the most wasted work. The design can be short (a few sentences for truly simple projects), but you MUST present it and get approval.
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+ ## Checklist
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+ You MUST create a task for each of these items and complete them in order:
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+ 1. **Explore project context** — check files, docs, recent commits
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+ 2. **Offer the visual companion just-in-time** — NOT upfront. The first time a question would genuinely be clearer shown than described, offer it then (its own message); on approval its browser tab opens for you. If no visual question ever arises, never offer it. See the Visual Companion section below.
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+ 3. **Ask clarifying questions** — one at a time, understand purpose/constraints/success criteria
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+ 4. **Propose 2-3 approaches** — with trade-offs and your recommendation
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+ 5. **Present design** — in sections scaled to their complexity, get user approval after each section
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+ 6. **Write design doc** — save to `docs/superpowers/specs/YYYY-MM-DD-<topic>-design.md` and commit
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+ 7. **Spec self-review** — quick inline check for placeholders, contradictions, ambiguity, scope (see below)
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+ 8. **User reviews written spec** — ask user to review the spec file before proceeding
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+ 9. **Transition to implementation** — invoke writing-plans skill to create implementation plan
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+ ## Process Flow
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+ ```dot
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+ "Explore project context" [shape=box];
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+ "Ask clarifying questions" [shape=box];
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+ "Propose 2-3 approaches" [shape=box];
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+ "Present design sections" [shape=box];
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+ "User approves design?" [shape=diamond];
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+ "Write design doc" [shape=box];
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+ "Spec self-review\n(fix inline)" [shape=box];
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+ "User reviews spec?" [shape=diamond];
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+ "Invoke writing-plans skill" [shape=doublecircle];
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+ "Present design sections" -> "User approves design?";
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+ "User approves design?" -> "Present design sections" [label="no, revise"];
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+ "User approves design?" -> "Write design doc" [label="yes"];
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+ "User reviews spec?" -> "Write design doc" [label="changes requested"];
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+ "User reviews spec?" -> "Invoke writing-plans skill" [label="approved"];
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+ }
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+ ```
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+ **The terminal state is invoking writing-plans.** Do NOT invoke frontend-design, mcp-builder, or any other implementation skill. The ONLY skill you invoke after brainstorming is writing-plans.
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+ ## The Process
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+ - Before asking detailed questions, assess scope: if the request describes multiple independent subsystems (e.g., "build a platform with chat, file storage, billing, and analytics"), flag this immediately. Don't spend questions refining details of a project that needs to be decomposed first.
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+ - If the project is too large for a single spec, help the user decompose into sub-projects: what are the independent pieces, how do they relate, what order should they be built? Then brainstorm the first sub-project through the normal design flow. Each sub-project gets its own spec → plan → implementation cycle.
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+ - For appropriately-scoped projects, ask questions one at a time to refine the idea
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+ - Prefer multiple choice questions when possible, but open-ended is fine too
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+ - Only one question per message - if a topic needs more exploration, break it into multiple questions
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+ - Focus on understanding: purpose, constraints, success criteria
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+
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+ **Exploring approaches:**
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+
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+ - Propose 2-3 different approaches with trade-offs
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+ - Present options conversationally with your recommendation and reasoning
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+ - Lead with your recommended option and explain why
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+
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+ **Presenting the design:**
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+
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+ - Once you believe you understand what you're building, present the design
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+ - Scale each section to its complexity: a few sentences if straightforward, up to 200-300 words if nuanced
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+ - Ask after each section whether it looks right so far
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+ - Cover: architecture, components, data flow, error handling, testing
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+ - Be ready to go back and clarify if something doesn't make sense
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+
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+ **Design for isolation and clarity:**
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+
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+ - Break the system into smaller units that each have one clear purpose, communicate through well-defined interfaces, and can be understood and tested independently
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+ - For each unit, you should be able to answer: what does it do, how do you use it, and what does it depend on?
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+ - Can someone understand what a unit does without reading its internals? Can you change the internals without breaking consumers? If not, the boundaries need work.
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+ - Smaller, well-bounded units are also easier for you to work with - you reason better about code you can hold in context at once, and your edits are more reliable when files are focused. When a file grows large, that's often a signal that it's doing too much.
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+ **Working in existing codebases:**
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+
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+ - Explore the current structure before proposing changes. Follow existing patterns.
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+ - Where existing code has problems that affect the work (e.g., a file that's grown too large, unclear boundaries, tangled responsibilities), include targeted improvements as part of the design - the way a good developer improves code they're working in.
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+ - Don't propose unrelated refactoring. Stay focused on what serves the current goal.
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+
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+ ## After the Design
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+
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+ **Documentation:**
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+ - Write the validated design (spec) to `docs/superpowers/specs/YYYY-MM-DD-<topic>-design.md`
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+ - (User preferences for spec location override this default)
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+ - Use elements-of-style:writing-clearly-and-concisely skill if available
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+ - Commit the design document to git
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+
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+ **Spec Self-Review:**
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+ After writing the spec document, look at it with fresh eyes:
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+
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+ 1. **Placeholder scan:** Any "TBD", "TODO", incomplete sections, or vague requirements? Fix them.
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+ 2. **Internal consistency:** Do any sections contradict each other? Does the architecture match the feature descriptions?
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+ 3. **Scope check:** Is this focused enough for a single implementation plan, or does it need decomposition?
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+ 4. **Ambiguity check:** Could any requirement be interpreted two different ways? If so, pick one and make it explicit.
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+ Fix any issues inline. No need to re-review — just fix and move on.
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+
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+ **User Review Gate:**
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+ After the spec review loop passes, ask the user to review the written spec before proceeding:
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+
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+ > "Spec written and committed to `<path>`. Please review it and let me know if you want to make any changes before we start writing out the implementation plan."
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+ Wait for the user's response. If they request changes, make them and re-run the spec review loop. Only proceed once the user approves.
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+ **Implementation:**
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+ - Invoke the writing-plans skill to create a detailed implementation plan
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+ - Do NOT invoke any other skill. writing-plans is the next step.
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+
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+ ## Key Principles
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+
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+ - **One question at a time** - Don't overwhelm with multiple questions
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+ - **Multiple choice preferred** - Easier to answer than open-ended when possible
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+ - **YAGNI ruthlessly** - Remove unnecessary features from all designs
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+ - **Explore alternatives** - Always propose 2-3 approaches before settling
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+ - **Incremental validation** - Present design, get approval before moving on
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+ - **Be flexible** - Go back and clarify when something doesn't make sense
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+
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+ ## Visual Companion
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+
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+ A browser-based companion for showing mockups, diagrams, and visual options during brainstorming. Available as a tool — not a mode. Accepting the companion means it's available for questions that benefit from visual treatment; it does NOT mean every question goes through the browser.
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+
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+ **Offering the companion (just-in-time):** Do NOT offer it upfront. Wait until a question would genuinely be clearer shown than told — a real mockup / layout / diagram question, not merely a UI *topic*. The first time that happens, offer it then, as its own message:
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+ > "This next part might be easier if I show you — I can put together mockups, diagrams, and comparisons in a browser tab as we go. It's still new and can be token-intensive. Want me to? I'll open it for you."
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+ **This offer MUST be its own message.** Only the offer — no clarifying question, summary, or other content. Wait for the user's response. If they accept, start the server with `--open` so their browser opens to the first screen automatically. If they decline, continue text-only and don't offer again unless they raise it.
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+ **Per-question decision:** Even after the user accepts, decide FOR EACH QUESTION whether to use the browser or the terminal. The test: **would the user understand this better by seeing it than reading it?**
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+
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+ - **Use the browser** for content that IS visual — mockups, wireframes, layout comparisons, architecture diagrams, side-by-side visual designs
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+ - **Use the terminal** for content that is text — requirements questions, conceptual choices, tradeoff lists, A/B/C/D text options, scope decisions
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+
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+ A question about a UI topic is not automatically a visual question. "What does personality mean in this context?" is a conceptual question — use the terminal. "Which wizard layout works better?" is a visual question — use the browser.
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+ If they agree to the companion, read the detailed guide before proceeding:
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+ `skills/brainstorming/visual-companion.md`
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+ <!DOCTYPE html>
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+ <html>
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+ <head>
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+ <meta charset="utf-8">
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+ <title>Superpowers Brainstorming</title>
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+ <style>
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+ /*
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+ * BRAINSTORM COMPANION FRAME TEMPLATE
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+ *
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+ * This template provides a consistent frame with:
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+ * - OS-aware light/dark theming
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+ * - Header branding and connection status
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+ * - Scrollable main content area
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+ * - CSS helpers for common UI patterns
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+ *
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+ * Content is injected via placeholder comment in #frame-content.
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+ */
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+
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+ * { box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0; padding: 0; }
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+ html, body { height: 100%; overflow: hidden; }
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+
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+ /* ===== THEME VARIABLES ===== */
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+ :root {
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+ --bg-primary: #f5f5f7;
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+ --bg-secondary: #ffffff;
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+ --bg-tertiary: #e5e5e7;
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+ --border: #d1d1d6;
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+ --text-primary: #1d1d1f;
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+ --text-secondary: #86868b;
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+ --text-tertiary: #aeaeb2;
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+ --accent: #0071e3;
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+ --accent-hover: #0077ed;
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+ --success: #34c759;
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+ --warning: #ff9f0a;
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+ --error: #ff3b30;
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+ --selected-bg: #e8f4fd;
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+ --selected-border: #0071e3;
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+ }
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+
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+ @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
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+ :root {
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+ --bg-primary: #1d1d1f;
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+ --bg-secondary: #2d2d2f;
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+ --bg-tertiary: #3d3d3f;
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+ --border: #424245;
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+ --text-primary: #f5f5f7;
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+ --text-secondary: #86868b;
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+ --text-tertiary: #636366;
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+ --accent: #0a84ff;
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+ --accent-hover: #409cff;
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+ --selected-bg: rgba(10, 132, 255, 0.15);
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+ --selected-border: #0a84ff;
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+ }
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+ }
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+
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+ body {
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+ font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif;
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+ background: var(--bg-primary);
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+ color: var(--text-primary);
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+ display: flex;
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+ flex-direction: column;
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+ line-height: 1.5;
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+ }
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+
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+ /* ===== FRAME STRUCTURE ===== */
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+ .brand { display: flex; align-items: center; min-width: 0; overflow: hidden; color: var(--text-secondary); line-height: 1; }
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+ .brand a { color: inherit; text-decoration: none; display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 0.5rem; min-width: 0; max-width: 100%; line-height: 1; }
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+ .brand-copy { display: block; min-width: 0; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; line-height: 1; transform: translateY(-1px); }
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+ .brand-logo { display: block; height: 1em; width: auto; max-width: 180px; flex-shrink: 0; filter: invert(1); }
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+ @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
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+ .brand-logo { filter: none; }
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+ }
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+ .status { font-size: 0.7rem; color: var(--status-color, var(--success)); display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 0.4rem; justify-self: end; white-space: nowrap; line-height: 1; }
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+ .status::before { content: ''; width: 6px; height: 6px; background: var(--status-color, var(--success)); border-radius: 50%; }
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+
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+ .main { flex: 1; overflow-y: auto; }
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+ #frame-content { padding: 2rem; min-height: 100%; }
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+
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+ .header {
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+ background: var(--bg-secondary);
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+ border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border);
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+ padding: 0.5rem 1.5rem;
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+ flex-shrink: 0;
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+ display: grid;
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+ grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) auto;
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+ align-items: center;
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+ gap: 1rem;
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+ min-height: 42px;
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+ }
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+ .header .brand { justify-self: start; width: 100%; font-size: 0.75rem; line-height: 1; }
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+ .header .status { grid-column: 2; line-height: 1; }
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+ .header span {
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+ font-size: 0.75rem;
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+ color: var(--text-secondary);
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+ }
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+ .header .selected-text {
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+ color: var(--accent);
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+ font-weight: 500;
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+ }
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+
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+ /* ===== TYPOGRAPHY ===== */
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+ h2 { font-size: 1.5rem; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 0.5rem; }
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+ h3 { font-size: 1.1rem; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 0.25rem; }
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+ .subtitle { color: var(--text-secondary); margin-bottom: 1.5rem; }
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+ .section { margin-bottom: 2rem; }
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+ .label { font-size: 0.7rem; color: var(--text-secondary); text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.05em; margin-bottom: 0.5rem; }
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+
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+ /* ===== OPTIONS (for A/B/C choices) ===== */
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+ .options { display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 0.75rem; }
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+ .option {
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+ background: var(--bg-secondary);
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+ border: 2px solid var(--border);
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+ border-radius: 12px;
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+ padding: 1rem 1.25rem;
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+ cursor: pointer;
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+ transition: all 0.15s ease;
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+ display: flex;
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+ align-items: flex-start;
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+ gap: 1rem;
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+ }
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+ .option:hover { border-color: var(--accent); }
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+ .option.selected { background: var(--selected-bg); border-color: var(--selected-border); }
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+ .option .letter {
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+ background: var(--bg-tertiary);
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+ color: var(--text-secondary);
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+ width: 1.75rem; height: 1.75rem;
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+ border-radius: 6px;
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+ display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center;
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+ font-weight: 600; font-size: 0.85rem; flex-shrink: 0;
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+ }
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+ .option.selected .letter { background: var(--accent); color: white; }
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+ .option .content { flex: 1; }
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+ .option .content h3 { font-size: 0.95rem; margin-bottom: 0.15rem; }
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+ .option .content p { color: var(--text-secondary); font-size: 0.85rem; margin: 0; }
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+
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+ /* ===== CARDS (for showing designs/mockups) ===== */
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+ .cards { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(280px, 1fr)); gap: 1rem; }
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+ .card {
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+ background: var(--bg-secondary);
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+ border: 1px solid var(--border);
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+ border-radius: 12px;
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+ overflow: hidden;
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+ cursor: pointer;
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+ transition: all 0.15s ease;
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+ }
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+ .card:hover { border-color: var(--accent); transform: translateY(-2px); box-shadow: 0 4px 12px rgba(0,0,0,0.1); }
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+ .card.selected { border-color: var(--selected-border); border-width: 2px; }
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+ .card-image { background: var(--bg-tertiary); aspect-ratio: 16/10; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; }
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+ .card-body { padding: 1rem; }
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+ .card-body h3 { margin-bottom: 0.25rem; }
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+ .card-body p { color: var(--text-secondary); font-size: 0.85rem; }
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+
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+ /* ===== MOCKUP CONTAINER ===== */
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+ .mockup {
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+ background: var(--bg-secondary);
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+ border: 1px solid var(--border);
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+ border-radius: 12px;
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+ overflow: hidden;
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+ margin-bottom: 1.5rem;
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+ }
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+ .mockup-header {
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+ background: var(--bg-tertiary);
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+ padding: 0.5rem 1rem;
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+ font-size: 0.75rem;
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+ color: var(--text-secondary);
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+ border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border);
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+ }
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+ .mockup-body { padding: 1.5rem; }
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+
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+ /* ===== SPLIT VIEW (side-by-side comparison) ===== */
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+ .split { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; gap: 1.5rem; }
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+ @media (max-width: 700px) { .split { grid-template-columns: 1fr; } }
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+
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+ /* ===== PROS/CONS ===== */
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+ .pros-cons { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; gap: 1rem; margin: 1rem 0; }
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+ .pros, .cons { background: var(--bg-secondary); border-radius: 8px; padding: 1rem; }
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+ .pros h4 { color: var(--success); font-size: 0.85rem; margin-bottom: 0.5rem; }
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+ .cons h4 { color: var(--error); font-size: 0.85rem; margin-bottom: 0.5rem; }
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+ .pros ul, .cons ul { margin-left: 1.25rem; font-size: 0.85rem; color: var(--text-secondary); }
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+ .pros li, .cons li { margin-bottom: 0.25rem; }
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+
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+ /* ===== PLACEHOLDER (for mockup areas) ===== */
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+ .placeholder {
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+ background: var(--bg-tertiary);
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+ border: 2px dashed var(--border);
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+ border-radius: 8px;
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+ padding: 2rem;
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+ text-align: center;
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+ color: var(--text-tertiary);
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+ }
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+
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+ /* ===== INLINE MOCKUP ELEMENTS ===== */
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+ .mock-nav { background: var(--accent); color: white; padding: 0.75rem 1rem; display: flex; gap: 1.5rem; font-size: 0.9rem; }
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+ .mock-sidebar { background: var(--bg-tertiary); padding: 1rem; min-width: 180px; }
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+ .mock-content { padding: 1.5rem; flex: 1; }
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+ .mock-button { background: var(--accent); color: white; border: none; padding: 0.5rem 1rem; border-radius: 6px; font-size: 0.85rem; }
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+ .mock-input { background: var(--bg-primary); border: 1px solid var(--border); border-radius: 6px; padding: 0.5rem; width: 100%; }
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+ </style>
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+ </head>
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+ <body>
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+ <div class="header">
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+ <!-- BRANDING -->
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+ <div class="status">Connecting…</div>
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+ </div>
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+
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+ <div class="main">
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+ <div id="frame-content">
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+ <!-- CONTENT -->
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+ </div>
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+ </div>
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+
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+ </body>
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+ </html>
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+ (function() {
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+ const MIN_RECONNECT_MS = 500;
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+ const MAX_RECONNECT_MS = 30000;
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+ const TOMBSTONE_AFTER_MS = 15000; // show the "paused" overlay after this long disconnected
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+
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+ // Pure: next backoff delay (doubles, capped). Exported for unit tests.
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+ function nextReconnectDelay(current, max) {
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+ return Math.min(current * 2, max);
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+ }
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+ if (typeof module !== 'undefined' && module.exports) {
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+ module.exports = { nextReconnectDelay, MIN_RECONNECT_MS, MAX_RECONNECT_MS, TOMBSTONE_AFTER_MS };
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+ }
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+
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+ // Everything below is browser-only; bail out when loaded in Node (tests).
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+ if (typeof window === 'undefined') return;
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+
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+ let ws = null;
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+ let eventQueue = [];
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+ let reconnectDelay = MIN_RECONNECT_MS;
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+ let reconnectTimer = null;
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+ let disconnectedSince = null;
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+ let everConnected = false;
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+ let tombstoneShown = false;
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+
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+ function sessionKey() {
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+ try {
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+ return window.sessionStorage && window.sessionStorage.getItem('brainstorm-session-key');
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+ } catch (e) {}
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+ return null;
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+ }
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+
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+ function websocketUrl() {
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+ const key = sessionKey();
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+ return 'ws://' + window.location.host + (key ? '/?key=' + encodeURIComponent(key) : '');
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+ }
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+
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+ function reloadAfterRecovery() {
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+ const key = sessionKey();
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+ if (key) {
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+ window.location.replace('/?key=' + encodeURIComponent(key));
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+ } else {
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+ window.location.reload();
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+ }
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+ }
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+
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+ // Reflect connection state in the frame's status pill (absent on full-doc screens).
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+ function setStatus(state) {
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+ const el = document.querySelector('.status');
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+ if (!el) return;
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+ const map = {
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+ connecting: ['Connecting…', 'var(--text-tertiary)'],
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+ connected: ['Connected', 'var(--success)'],
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+ reconnecting: ['Reconnecting…', 'var(--warning)'],
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+ disconnected: ['Disconnected', 'var(--error)']
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+ };
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+ const [text, color] = map[state] || map.disconnected;
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+ el.textContent = text;
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+ el.style.setProperty('--status-color', color);
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+ }
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+
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+ // Self-styled so it works on framed and full-document screens alike.
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+ function showTombstone() {
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+ if (tombstoneShown) return;
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+ tombstoneShown = true;
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+ const el = document.createElement('div');
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+ el.id = 'bs-tombstone';
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+ el.style.cssText = 'position:fixed;inset:0;z-index:99999;display:flex;' +
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+ 'align-items:center;justify-content:center;padding:2rem;text-align:center;' +
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+ 'background:rgba(20,20,22,0.92);color:#f5f5f7;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif';
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+ el.innerHTML = '<div style="max-width:480px">' +
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+ '<h2 style="margin:0 0 .5rem;font-weight:600">Companion paused</h2>' +
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+ '<p style="margin:0;opacity:.85">This brainstorm companion has stopped. ' +
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+ 'Ask your coding agent to bring it back — this page reconnects automatically.</p></div>';
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+ if (document.body) document.body.appendChild(el);
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+ }
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+
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+ function connect() {
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+ if (reconnectTimer) { clearTimeout(reconnectTimer); reconnectTimer = null; }
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+ setStatus(everConnected ? 'reconnecting' : 'connecting');
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+ ws = new WebSocket(websocketUrl());
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+
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+ ws.onopen = () => {
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+ const recovered = tombstoneShown;
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+ everConnected = true;
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+ disconnectedSince = null;
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+ reconnectDelay = MIN_RECONNECT_MS;
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+ tombstoneShown = false;
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+ setStatus('connected');
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+ eventQueue.forEach(e => ws.send(JSON.stringify(e)));
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+ eventQueue = [];
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+ // Recovered from a tombstoned outage (e.g. the server restarted on the same
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+ // port) — reload through the keyed bootstrap when possible so the cookie is
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+ // refreshed before the visible URL returns to bare /.
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+ if (recovered) reloadAfterRecovery();
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+ };
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+
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+ ws.onmessage = (msg) => {
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+ let data;
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+ try { data = JSON.parse(msg.data); } catch (e) { return; }
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+ if (data.type === 'reload') window.location.reload();
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+ };
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+
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+ ws.onclose = () => {
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+ ws = null;
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+ if (disconnectedSince === null) disconnectedSince = Date.now();
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+ if (Date.now() - disconnectedSince >= TOMBSTONE_AFTER_MS) {
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+ setStatus('disconnected');
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+ showTombstone();
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+ } else {
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+ setStatus('reconnecting');
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+ }
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+ reconnectTimer = setTimeout(connect, reconnectDelay);
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+ reconnectDelay = nextReconnectDelay(reconnectDelay, MAX_RECONNECT_MS);
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+ };
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+
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+ // Let onclose own reconnection so we don't schedule it twice.
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+ ws.onerror = () => { try { ws.close(); } catch (e) {} };
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+ }
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+
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+ function sendEvent(event) {
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+ event.timestamp = Date.now();
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+ if (ws && ws.readyState === WebSocket.OPEN) {
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+ ws.send(JSON.stringify(event));
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+ } else {
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+ eventQueue.push(event);
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+ }
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+ }
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+
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+ // Capture clicks on choice elements
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+ document.addEventListener('click', (e) => {
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+ const target = e.target.closest('[data-choice]');
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+ if (!target) return;
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+
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+ sendEvent({
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+ type: 'click',
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+ text: target.textContent.trim(),
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+ choice: target.dataset.choice,
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+ id: target.id || null
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+ });
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+
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+ });
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+
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+ // Frame UI: selection tracking
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+ window.selectedChoice = null;
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+
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+ window.toggleSelect = function(el) {
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+ const container = el.closest('.options') || el.closest('.cards');
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+ const multi = container && container.dataset.multiselect !== undefined;
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+ if (container && !multi) {
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+ container.querySelectorAll('.option, .card').forEach(o => o.classList.remove('selected'));
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+ }
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+ if (multi) {
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+ el.classList.toggle('selected');
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+ } else {
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+ el.classList.add('selected');
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+ }
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+ window.selectedChoice = el.dataset.choice;
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+ };
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+
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+ // Expose API for explicit use
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+ window.brainstorm = {
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+ send: sendEvent,
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+ choice: (value, metadata = {}) => sendEvent({ type: 'choice', value, ...metadata })
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+ };
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+
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+ connect();
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+ })();