feat(product-management): add brainstorming skill and /brainstorm command

product-management/README.md

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 - **User Research Synthesis** — Turn interview notes, survey data, and support tickets into structured insights. Identifies themes, builds personas, and surfaces opportunity areas with supporting evidence.
 - **Competitive Analysis** — Research competitors and generate briefs with feature comparisons, positioning analysis, and strategic implications.
 - **Metrics Review** — Analyze product metrics, identify trends, compare against targets, and surface actionable insights.
+- **Product Brainstorming** — Explore problem spaces, generate ideas, and stress-test product thinking with a sharp sparring partner. Supports divergent ideation, assumption testing, and strategy exploration using frameworks like How Might We, Jobs-to-be-Done, First Principles, and Opportunity Solution Trees.
 
 ## Commands
 
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 | `/synthesize-research` | Synthesize user research from interviews, surveys, and tickets |
 | `/competitive-brief` | Create a competitive analysis brief |
 | `/metrics-review` | Review and analyze product metrics |
+| `/brainstorm` | Brainstorm a product idea, problem space, or strategic question with a thinking partner |
 
 ## Skills
 
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 | `user-research-synthesis` | Thematic analysis, affinity mapping, persona development, opportunity sizing |
 | `competitive-analysis` | Feature comparison matrices, positioning analysis, win/loss analysis |
 | `metrics-tracking` | Product metrics hierarchy, goal setting (OKRs), dashboard design, review cadences |
+| `product-brainstorming` | Brainstorming modes (problem exploration, solution ideation, assumption testing, strategy), PM frameworks, session structure, thinking partner behaviors |
 
 ## Example Workflows
 
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 Claude: [Generates synthesis with key findings, personas, opportunity areas, and evidence]
 ```
 
+### Brainstorming a Product Idea
+
+```
+You: /brainstorm Should we add AI-powered search to our product?
+Claude: Before we jump to AI search — what problem are your users hitting with search today?
+You: They can't find things. Support tickets about "can't find X" are our #2 category.
+Claude: That's a discovery problem, not necessarily a search technology problem. Let me push on this...
+Claude: [Explores whether the issue is search quality, information architecture, or content discoverability]
+Claude: [Generates 5 distinct approaches ranging from better taxonomy to AI search to guided navigation]
+Claude: [Challenges assumptions, suggests cheapest experiment to test the riskiest one]
+```
+
 ### Competitive Analysis
 
 ```

product-management/commands/brainstorm.md

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+---
+description: Brainstorm a product idea, problem space, or strategic question with a sharp thinking partner
+argument-hint: "<topic, problem, or idea to explore>"
+---
+
+# /brainstorm
+
+> If you see unfamiliar placeholders or need to check which tools are connected, see [CONNECTORS.md](../CONNECTORS.md).
+
+Brainstorm a product topic with a sharp, opinionated thinking partner. This is a conversation, not a deliverable — the goal is to push thinking further than the PM would get alone.
+
+## Usage
+
+```
+/brainstorm $ARGUMENTS
+```
+
+## How It Works
+
+```
+┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
+│                      BRAINSTORM                                │
+├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
+│  STANDALONE (always works)                                     │
+│  ✓ Explore problem spaces and opportunity areas                │
+│  ✓ Generate and challenge product ideas                        │
+│  ✓ Stress-test assumptions and strategies                      │
+│  ✓ Apply PM frameworks (HMW, JTBD, First Principles, etc.)    │
+│  ✓ Capture key ideas, next steps, and open questions           │
+├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
+│  SUPERCHARGED (when you connect your tools)                    │
+│  + Knowledge base: Pull prior research, specs, and decisions   │
+│  + Analytics: Ground ideas in actual usage data                │
+│  + Project tracker: Check what has been tried before           │
+│  + Chat: Review recent team discussions for context            │
+└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
+```
+
+## Workflow
+
+### 1. Understand the Starting Point
+
+The PM might bring any of these — identify which one and adapt:
+
+- **A problem**: "Our users drop off during onboarding" — start in problem exploration mode
+- **A half-formed idea**: "What if we added a marketplace?" — start in assumption testing mode
+- **A broad question**: "How should we think about AI in our product?" — start in strategy exploration mode
+- **A constraint to work around**: "We need to grow without adding headcount" — start in solution ideation mode
+- **A vague instinct**: "Something feels off about our pricing" — start in problem exploration mode
+
+Ask one clarifying question to frame the session, then dive in. Do not front-load a list of questions. The conversation should feel like two PMs at a whiteboard, not an intake form.
+
+### 2. Pull Context (if available)
+
+If **~~knowledge base** is connected:
+- Search for prior research, specs, or decision documents related to the topic
+- Surface relevant user research findings or customer feedback
+- Find previous brainstorming notes or exploration documents
+
+If **~~product analytics** is connected:
+- Pull relevant usage data, adoption metrics, or behavioral patterns
+- Ground the brainstorm in real numbers rather than assumptions
+
+If **~~project tracker** is connected:
+- Check if similar ideas have been explored, attempted, or shelved before
+- Look for related tickets, epics, or strategic themes
+
+If **~~chat** is connected:
+- Search for recent team discussions on the topic
+- Surface relevant customer conversations or feedback threads
+
+If these tools are not connected, work entirely from what the PM provides. Do not ask them to connect tools.
+
+### 3. Run the Session
+
+See the **product-brainstorming** skill for detailed guidance on brainstorming modes, frameworks, and session structure.
+
+**Key behaviors:**
+- Be a sparring partner, not a scribe. React to ideas. Push back. Build on them. Suggest alternatives.
+- Match the PM's energy. If they are excited about a direction, explore it before challenging it.
+- Use frameworks when they help, not as a checklist. If "How Might We" unlocks new thinking, use it. If the conversation is already flowing, do not interrupt with a framework.
+- Push past the first idea. If the PM anchors on a solution early, acknowledge it, then ask for 3 more.
+- Name what you see. If the PM is solutioning before defining the problem, say so. If they are stuck in feature parity thinking, call it out.
+- Shift between divergent and convergent thinking. Open up when exploring. Narrow down when the PM has enough options on the table.
+- Keep the conversation moving. Do not let it stall on one idea. If a thread is exhausted, prompt a new angle.
+
+**Session rhythm:**
+1. **Frame** — What are we exploring? What do we already know? What would a good outcome look like?
+2. **Diverge** — Generate ideas. Follow tangents. No judgment yet.
+3. **Provoke** — Challenge assumptions. Bring in unexpected perspectives. Play devil's advocate.
+4. **Converge** — What are the strongest 2-3 ideas? What makes them interesting?
+5. **Capture** — Document what emerged and what to do next.
+
+### 4. Close the Session
+
+When the conversation reaches a natural stopping point, offer a concise summary:
+
+- **Key ideas** that emerged (2-5 ideas, each in 1-2 sentences)
+- **Strongest direction** and why you think so — take a position
+- **Riskiest assumption** for the strongest direction
+- **Suggested next step**: the single most useful thing to do next (research, prototype, talk to users, write a one-pager, run an experiment)
+- **Parked ideas**: interesting ideas that are worth revisiting but not right now
+
+Do not generate the summary unprompted mid-conversation. Only summarize when the PM signals they are ready to wrap up, or when the conversation has naturally run its course.
+
+### 5. Follow Up
+
+After the session, offer:
+- "Want me to turn the top idea into a one-pager?" → `/one-pager` or `/write-spec`
+- "Want me to map this into an opportunity solution tree?"
+- "Want me to draft a research plan to test the riskiest assumption?" → `/synthesize-research`
+- "Want me to check how competitors approach this?" → `/competitive-brief`
+
+## Tips
+
+1. **This is a conversation, not a report.** Do not generate a 20-item idea list and hand it over. Engage with each idea. React. Build. Challenge.
+2. **One good question beats five mediocre suggestions.** The right provocative question unlocks more than a list of options.
+3. **Take positions.** "I think approach B is stronger because..." is more useful than presenting all options neutrally.
+4. **Name the traps.** If you see the PM falling into feature parity thinking, solutioning before framing, or anchoring on constraints — say so directly.
+5. **Know when to stop.** A brainstorm that goes too long produces fatigue, not ideas. If the PM has 2-3 strong directions and a clear next step, the session is done.