Three-agent brainstorming panel. Spawns Scientist, Mother, and Woman teammates with competing value lenses to explore a question in parallel, then consolidates their proposals for the user.
Checklist
Follow these steps in order.
Clarify the question
Set up agent team
Parallel exploration
Consolidate and present options
Wait for user decision (implement, debate, or done)
Tear down agent team
Workflow
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setup
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explore
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present
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decide
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debate
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handoff
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"Handoff to writing-plans"
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clarify
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setup
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setup
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explore
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consolidate
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The Process
User Question
$ARGUMENTS
Clarify
Before spawning teammates, the lead asks via
AskUserQuestion
to understand the idea or topic:
Ask questions one at a time to refine the idea
Prefer multiple choice questions when possible, but open-ended is fine too
Only one question per message - if a topic needs more exploration, break it into multiple questions
Focus on understanding: purpose, constraints, success criteria
Skip if the question is already clear and actionable. Include all clarified context in teammate spawn prompts.
Setup
Read all 3 template files:
MAGI-1.md
,
MAGI-2.md
,
MAGI-3.md
TeamCreate
with a descriptive team name
magi-{topic}
(e.g.,
magi-auth-strategy
)
Spawn all 3 teammates in a
single message
(3 parallel
Task
calls):
subagent_type
:
general-purpose
team_name
team name from above
name
:
scientist
/
mother
/
woman
prompt
template content + user's question + clarified context from Clarify step + Teammate Checklist (below)
Teammates don't inherit the lead's conversation history -- include all context in the spawn prompt.
Explore in Parallel
Teammates begin working immediately upon spawning. The lead's role is
coordination only
:
Wait for teammates to send their proposals via
SendMessage
Forward teammate clarifying questions to the user via
AskUserQuestion
— note which teammate asked. Only the user answers these questions
Your role is to wait and coordinate — teammates produce all proposals
Teammate Checklist
Each teammate MUST create a task for each step and complete them in order:
Explore project state
-- check files, docs, recent commits
Ask clarifying questions
-- if anything is unclear, ask the lead to ask the user. The lead should note which teammate asked
Search online
-- find relevant prior art, docs, discussions
Evaluate/generate options
-- if user is open-ended, generate from scratch; if user supplies options, evaluate those AND propose alternatives. Surface non-obvious ideas -- discover what's missing, don't just analyze what's given.
Propose 2-3 approaches
-- with trade-offs from your persona's lens
Tag top pick
-- one-line rationale for your recommended option
Report to lead
-- send your proposals and top pick to the lead via
SendMessage
Consolidate + Present
Lead collects all proposals from the 3 teammates, then:
Deduplicates similar proposals (attributing to all teammates who proposed it)
Groups by theme if there are many proposals
Presents each option with:
Which teammate(s) proposed it
Trade-off analysis from each perspective
Who tagged it as their top pick and why
Asks the user via
AskUserQuestion
to
select an option
(one option per choice)
Asks the user via
AskUserQuestion
what to do next:
Implement
— triggers teardown + handoff to
writing-plans
with the selected option
Debate
— teammates critique each other's proposals (triggers debate round below)
Done
— shut down the agent team, no further action
Optional Debate (user-triggered)
Only runs if the user requests it. When triggered:
Send the consolidated option list to all teammates
Each teammate sends direct messages to each other teammate critiquing their proposals
Each teammate gets one response to defend or concede
Lead collects updated stances and re-presents
Teardown
When to tear down
User selects
Implement
User selects
Done
Keep teammates alive during the debate loop
Tear down only after the user selects
Implement
or
Done
.
Shutdown sequence
shutdown_request
to each teammate (Scientist, Mother, Woman)
Wait for all shutdown approvals
TeamDelete
(fails if teammates are still active)
Handoff (implement path only)
After teardown, invoke
writing-plans
skill with the chosen option(s) as context.