brainstorm

Team Brainstorm

Multi-perspective brainstorming using Agent Teams.

When to use team brainstorming

• Complex design decisions with multiple valid approaches
• When you want perspectives you wouldn't naturally consider
• Architecture that spans multiple domains (frontend + backend + infra)
• When 1:1 brainstorming would take too long to explore all angles

When to use dm-work:brainstorming instead

• Simple feature design
• When human wants direct interactive dialogue
• When the design space is small (2-3 obvious approaches)
• Token budget is a concern

Default perspectives

Role	Analytical frame	Model
User Advocate	Focuses on UX, simplicity, user goals	opus
Technical Skeptic	Finds complexity, maintenance burden, failure modes	opus
Creative Explorer	Proposes unconventional approaches, challenges assumptions	opus

Lead adds/replaces perspectives based on the specific domain.

Protocol

Phase 1 — Context (lead)

• Review project context (files, docs, commits)
• Frame the design question for teammates
• Assign perspectives

Phase 2 — Parallel exploration (teammates, simultaneous)

• Each teammate explores the design space from their angle
• They share early findings with each other
• Cross-pollination encouraged — build on each other's ideas

Phase 3 — Convergence (lead + human)

• Lead summarizes perspectives for the human
• Human steers: "I like the skeptic's point about X, but the explorer's idea about Y"
• Iterate until design crystallizes

Phase 4 — Design document (lead)

• Write validated design to docs/plans/YYYY-MM-DD-<topic>-design.md
• Include which perspectives informed which decisions

Comparison with dm-work:brainstorming

Aspect	dm-work:brainstorming	dm-team:brainstorm
Interaction	1:1 dialogue	Multi-perspective team
Speed	Faster for simple designs	Faster for complex designs
Token cost	Lower	Higher
Perspectives	Sequential (one at a time)	Simultaneous
Best for	Simple features, quick decisions	Complex architecture, trade-off heavy

Related

• dm-work:brainstorming — 1:1 alternative
• dm-team:council — for decisions, not designs
• dm-team:compositions — brainstorm team template