Modern Engineering Workflow (Brainstorm-Plan-Work-Review-Debug)
A five-step engineering process — brainstorm, plan, work, code review, debug — that turns any idea, technical or not, into a properly scoped, verified, shippable result instead of yoloing straight to output.
About this skill
name: modern-engineering-workflow description: Use when A five-step engineering process — brainstorm, plan, work, code review, debug — that turns any idea, technical or not, into a properly scoped, verified, shippable result instead of yoloing straight to output.
Modern Engineering Workflow (Brainstorm-Plan-Work-Review-Debug)
Applies the same disciplined process used in physical and software engineering to any Claude project: Brainstorm (generate and interview around multiple possible approaches instead of assuming the first idea is best), Plan (turn the chosen idea into a clear, simplicity-biased delivery plan), Work (execute the plan while explicitly verifying the result works before calling it done), Code Review (review the output as a senior reviewer would, flagging issues), and Debug (find and fix the root cause of any issue, including from a screenshot). Works whether you're writing code, a proposal, or planning a launch.
What you get
- Five-step structured process (brainstorm, plan, work, review, debug)
- verification built into the work step so nothing is marked done without being checked
- senior-level code/output review step
- root-cause debugging step that accepts screenshots as input.
Customize your output
- Which steps to invoke per project (can skip straight to plan/work for smaller tasks)
- how strict the verification requirement is
- can be paired with existing plugins like Compound Engineering or Superpowers that ship similar skills out of the box.
Example output
For a personal workout-logging app: brainstorm interviewed for feature ideas, plan produced a delivery plan biased toward the simplest solution, work built and verified the app, code review flagged and simplified issues, and debug fixed a bug from a pasted screenshot.
Best for
Anyone building anything with Claude — technical or non-technical — who wants a repeatable, quality-controlled build process instead of ad hoc prompting.
Source: Austin Marchese · https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfKoqFwC7Ew Category: Development Methodology · Priority: Standard
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name: modern-engineering-workflow
description: Use when A five-step engineering process — brainstorm, plan, work, code review, debug — that turns any idea, technical or not, into a properly scoped, verified, shippable result instead of yoloing straight to output.
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# Modern Engineering Workflow (Brainstorm-Plan-Work-Review-Debug)
Applies the same disciplined process used in physical and software engineering to any Claude project: Brainstorm (generate and interview around multiple possible approaches instead of assuming the first idea is best), Plan (turn the chosen idea into a clear, simplicity-biased delivery plan), Work (execute the plan while explicitly verifying the result works before calling it done), Code Review (review the output as a senior reviewer wou...