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Discover — PRD Pipeline Phase 1

Phase 1 of the prd-taskmaster pipeline: brainstorm-driven discovery that extracts constraints, classifies project scale, and hands off to spec generation.

AutomationAdvanced★ 607⑂ 59AI score 8/10Last updated: Aug 14, 2026

What it does

  • Owns the DISCOVER phase of the prd-taskmaster pipeline; invoked by the orchestrator, never directly by a user.
  • Interactive Mode: delegates to superpowers:brainstorming for one-question-at-a-time discovery, then intercepts before it chains to writing-plans so the pipeline keeps control of the handoff.
  • Autonomous Mode: in unattended sessions (ralph-loop, cron, --autonomous), self-brainstorms from a fixed template, writes session-context/discovery-{timestamp}.md, and commits it as an audit trail.
  • Forces a mandatory CONSTRAINTS CAPTURED block (stack, timeline, team, budget, integrations, regulatory, domain-specific).
  • Calibrates scale to Solo / Team / Enterprise with task caps and subtask depth, then calls advance_phase to move to GENERATE.

Who it's for

  • Teams already running the prd-taskmaster plugin for PRD → task decomposition.
  • Anyone automating planning inside unattended agent loops.
  • Teams whose specs keep losing constraints that were mentioned during discovery.

Examples

  1. "Build an internal time-tracking tool" → adaptive Q&A on audience, success metrics, and out-of-scope items, ending in a "Team, 12–20 tasks" classification.
  2. Overnight run: reads CLAUDE-soul-purpose.md, writes and commits a discovery doc with explicit assumptions for morning review.
  3. Turns "free tier only, must integrate existing Postgres, GDPR required" into a structured constraints block passed into the GENERATE phase.

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⚠ This is a third-party skill. Check the source repository before installing.

  1. Open a terminal.
  2. Clone the repo: git clone https://github.com/anombyte93/prd-taskmaster.git
  3. Create the skills folder: mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
  4. Copy the skills: cp -r prd-taskmaster/skills/* ~/.claude/skills/ — install the whole pipeline, not just discover.
  5. Follow the repo README to install the superpowers plugin and the prd-taskmaster MCP server; without them the gate calls and brainstorming delegation will fail.
  6. Restart Claude Code and run the prd-taskmaster orchestrator (do not call discover directly) — it routes into Phase 1 automatically.
View source on GitHub ↗License: MIT