brainstorming-hard-gate-conflicts-with-stop-hook-pure-qa-exemption

The stop hook’s ‘pure Q&A / research / planning with no file modifications → APPROVE stop’ exemption conflicts with the brainstorming skill’s hard-gate when brainstorming is in progress but no files have been written yet. The stop hook repeatedly approved stopping (no file changes) while the brainstorming skill’s hard-gate explicitly forbids it before design presentation and writing-plans invocation. Sessions that start brainstorming must be treated as ‘in-progress workflow’ by the stop hook even when no files are modified, not as ‘pure Q&A’.