Why "Brindley"?
James Brindley (1716–1772) engineered Manchester's Bridgewater Canal — the start of Britain's canal network. Three things are recorded about how he worked, and each one is in the tool.
He designed fully before anyone dug
"he worked out complex engineering problems in his head, sometimes retiring to bed for days while he mentally solved particularly difficult challenges"
An initiative isn't ready until its open questions are settled. The design-review prompt is the retiring-to-bed part — with your agent for company.
He went and looked first
"He surveyed routes by eye and instinct rather than with sophisticated instruments, often lying down on hilltops to judge the lie of the land"
His notebook records setting out "for Chester and Shropshire survey or a raconitering" — his spelling of a reconnoitre. That's a spike: build just enough to measure the ground before committing to the route. (type: raconiter works too.)
He didn't write it down
"his stubborn refusal to delegate or properly record his methods created problems for those who worked with him"
This is the habit the tool fixes. The design lives in the repo — every decision, every question answered, every alternative ruled out — where the people and agents who come after can follow it.
Sources: Love Canals, Wikipedia, Brindley's notebooks, 1755–63.