fix(ce-brainstorm): enforce Interaction Rules in universal flow#669
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fix(ce-brainstorm): enforce Interaction Rules in universal flow#669
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Phase 0.1b routed non-software brainstorms to universal-brainstorming.md with "do not follow the phases below," which was ambiguous about whether the parent skill's Interaction Rules still applied. Combined with the "facilitate naturally" framing in the reference file, this let the agent drop the blocking question tool and stack multiple questions in one turn during universal brainstorms. - Clarify Phase 0.1b: skip Phases 0.2-4 but keep Core Principles and Interaction Rules in force. - Tighten Rule 1 to forbid stacked sub-questions even when related. - Rework Rule 4 into a default-to-tool rule and add Rule 5 with the narrow prose exceptions (narrative / diagnostic-introspective / can't-write-4-distinct-options). The free-text fallback in the blocking tools means options scaffold without confining. - Update universal-brainstorming.md intro and add an "Asking questions" section that restates the directive at the point of effect and calls out the specific elicitation questions that got misrouted to prose.
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Summary
ce-brainstorm's universal (non-software) flow was silently dropping the parent skill's Interaction Rules. Phase 0.1b said "do not follow the software brainstorming phases below," which was ambiguous about whether the Core Principles and Interaction Rules (which sit above the phases) still applied. Combined with "facilitate the brainstorm naturally" insideuniversal-brainstorming.md, this let the agent skip the blocking question tool (AskUserQuestion) and stack multiple questions per turn during universal brainstorms.The fix binds one Interaction Rule set to both flows, tightens the rules where the loopholes were, and adds a concrete test for when prose is justified over the blocking tool.
What changed
universal-brainstorming.mddrops the biasing "facilitate naturally" phrase and adds an## Asking questionssection that restates the discipline at the point of effect.Why not a separate rule set for the universal flow
Conversational tone is a content property; it does not require conversational prose as the question mechanism. The free-text escape valve in
AskUserQuestionlets one discipline cover both flows without forcing the universal agent into a picklist feel. A separate, softer rule set for universal brainstorms was exactly what let this bug happen in the first place.