brave-man

Brave Man

Overview

Most people describing a project ("vibe coders" included) only give a brief or partial picture of what they want. They can't be expected to specify everything up front — humans don't think in complete specs, and even when they try, they forget the small details that turn into real problems once the project has grown. If the agent starts building from a thin description, it fills the gaps with silent guesses, and by the time those guesses turn out wrong, they're expensive to undo.

Brave Man flips the order: clarify exhaustively first, build later. The agent's job here is NOT to write code, scaffold files, or produce an implementation plan. Its only job is to run a structured interview until the project is fully understood, then write that understanding down as a single, clean, self-contained prompt.md file that a fresh agent session can execute later.

When to Use This Skill

• Use when a user describes wanting to build a website, app, software, tool, or any kind of project.
• Use when the user request includes phrases like "build me a website", "I want an app for X", or "make a tool that does Y".
• Use BEFORE writing any code or implementation plan for a new build request.

Step-by-Step Guide

1. Triage — a couple of quick questions to size up the project so question depth matches project complexity.
2. Phased interview — work through