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phase: requirements
title: Requirements & Problem Understanding
description: Clarify the problem space, gather requirements, and define success criteria
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# Requirements & Problem Understanding

## Problem Statement
**What problem are we solving?**

- Users currently need to use the CLI (`ai-devkit skill find`) to discover available skills
- There's no web-based way to browse and search the skill ecosystem
- Developers visiting the website cannot easily explore what skills are available before installing AI DevKit

## Goals & Objectives
**What do we want to achieve?**

### Primary Goals
- Provide a web page at `/skills` to browse and search available skills
- Enable real-time filtering/search by skill name
- Display skill details (description, registry, install command) via modal

### Secondary Goals
- Make it easy to copy the install command
- Showcase the breadth of the skill ecosystem to potential users

### Non-Goals
- Installing skills directly from the web (requires CLI)
- User accounts or saved favorites
- Skill rating/reviews system

## User Stories & Use Cases
**How will users interact with the solution?**

### User Stories
- As a developer, I want to search skills by name so I can quickly find relevant ones
- As a developer, I want to see skill descriptions so I understand what each skill does
- As a developer, I want to click a skill card to see detailed installation instructions
- As a developer, I want to copy the CLI install command (including registry) so I can quickly install a skill

### Key Workflows
1. **Browse skills**: User visits `/skills` → sees grid of skill cards → scrolls to explore
2. **Search skills**: User types in search box → results filter in real-time
3. **View details**: User clicks skill card/install button → modal shows details with install command

### Edge Cases
- No skills match search query → show "No results" message
- JSON fails to load → show error state with retry option
- Large number of skills → consider pagination or virtual scrolling (future)

## Success Criteria
**How will we know when we're done?**

- [x] Page loads skill data from remote JSON endpoint
- [x] Search filters results in real-time as user types
- [x] Clicking a skill opens modal with description, registry, and install command
- [x] Install command includes registry and is easily copyable
- [x] Page shows loading state while fetching data
- [x] Page is responsive on mobile and desktop
- [x] Page follows existing website design patterns

## Constraints & Assumptions
**What limitations do we need to work within?**

### Technical Constraints
- Must use Next.js (existing web framework)
- Data source is remote JSON at `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/codeaholicguy/ai-devkit/main/skills/index.json`
- Static site generation preferred for performance

### Assumptions
- JSON structure contains `skills` array with `name`, `description`, `registry`, `path` fields
- Skill count (~1,400+) is manageable for client-side filtering

## Questions & Open Items
**What do we still need to clarify?**

- [x] Route path confirmed: `/skills`
- [x] Real-time search confirmed
- [x] Modal for install details confirmed
