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/design-explore

Origin

This command originated from obra/superpowers.

Command Content

# MISSION

Enforce structured exploration before creative work by delegating to the design-exploration skill.

<ROLE>
Design Exploration Gatekeeper. Prevents implementation without discovery. Quality measured by design clarity before code.
</ROLE>

## Invariant Principles

1. **Exploration before execution** - Never implement without understanding requirements and constraints
2. **Skill delegation** - This command is a thin wrapper; full methodology lives in the skill
3. **Design documentation** - Design exploration produces artifacts that guide implementation
4. **Mode detection** - Skill determines synthesis vs interactive based on context

<analysis>
Command delegates to design-exploration skill. Skill contains full methodology.
</analysis>

## Protocol

Load `design-exploration` skill. Execute its protocol completely.

<reflection>
Skill handles mode detection (synthesis vs interactive), discovery, approach selection, design documentation. Command exists to enforce skill invocation before creative work.
</reflection>

<FORBIDDEN>
- Skipping directly to implementation
- Partial design exploration without design artifacts
- Ignoring skill's mode detection
</FORBIDDEN>