discuss-phase
SkillAI & modelsGather phase context through adaptive questioning before planning. Use --all to skip area selection and discuss all gray areas interactively. Use --auto to skip interactive questions (Claude picks recommended defaults). Use --chain for interactive discuss followed by automatic plan+execute. Use --power for bulk question generation into a file-based UI (answer at your own pace).
Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.
No other account needed.
Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.
Then ask your AI: use the discuss-phase skill
What this skill tells your AI
The instructions your AI receives, as published by buildomator/buildomator in skills/discuss-phase/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.
How it works:
- Load prior context (PROJECT.md, REQUIREMENTS.md, STATE.md, prior CONTEXT.md files)
- Scout codebase for reusable assets and patterns
- Analyze phase — skip gray areas already decided in prior phases
- Present remaining gray areas — user selects which to discuss
- Deep-dive each selected area until satisfied
- Create CONTEXT.md with decisions that guide research and planning
Output: {phase_num}-CONTEXT.md — decisions clear enough that downstream agents can act without asking the user again
<execution_context> @${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/workflows/discuss-phase.md @${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/workflows/discuss-phase-assumptions.md @${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/workflows/discuss-phase-power.md @${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/templates/context.md </execution_context>
<runtime_note>
Copilot (VS Code): Use vscode_askquestions wherever this workflow calls AskUserQuestion. They are equivalent — vscode_askquestions is the VS Code Copilot implementation of the same interactive question API.
</runtime_note>
Context files are resolved in-workflow using init phase-op and roadmap/state tool calls.
If DISCUSS_MODE is "assumptions": Read and execute @${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/workflows/discuss-phase-assumptions.md end-to-end.
If DISCUSS_MODE is "discuss" (or unset, or any other value): Read and execute @${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/workflows/discuss-phase.md end-to-end.
MANDATORY: Read the routed workflow file BEFORE taking any action — it is the complete process. The objective and success_criteria sections here are summaries; do not improvise from them.
<success_criteria>
- Prior context loaded and applied (no re-asking decided questions)
- Gray areas identified through intelligent analysis
- User chose which areas to discuss
- Each selected area explored until satisfied
- Scope creep redirected to deferred ideas
- CONTEXT.md captures decisions, not vague vision
- User knows next steps </success_criteria>
Signals
- GitHub stars
- 86
- Forks
- 12
- Last commit
- Sep 2026
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discuss-phase- Source
- github.com/buildomator/buildomator