Agent skill · luongnv89
idea-validator
Validate app/startup ideas with market, feasibility, commercial, and open-source competitor analysis. Use when asked to evaluate, validate, or score a product idea. Don't use for PRDs, go-to-market plans, or investor decks.
What it needs
About 8k tokens when loaded.
What this skill does
Idea Validator Critically evaluate ideas with honest feedback on market viability, technical feasibility, and actionable improvements. When to Use Trigger this skill when the user asks to: Evaluate, validate, or score an app idea or startup concept Get honest feedback on whether an idea is worth building Research what competitors already exist in a space, including commercial tools/services and open-source alternatives Turn a vague concept into a structured validation report Instructions Follow the 5-phase pipeline in order: Clarify → Technical Context → Competitive Landscape Research → Critical Evaluation → Improvements. Do not skip phases or reorder them. One conditional branch applies on top of the pipeline: if the working directory is the root of an ideas repo, also do the README Maintenance step below after each file update — see that section for the detection rule. Repo Sync Before Edits (mandatory) Before creating/updating/deleting files in an existing repository, sync the current branch with remote: If the working tree is not clean, stash first, sync, then restore: If origin is missing, pull is unavailable, or rebase/stash conflicts occur, stop and ask the user before continuing. Setup 0. Resolve storage location (tool-agnostic, ask once per environment) Prefer env var IDEASROOT if set. Else use shared marker file: ~/.config/ideas-root.txt. Backward compatibility: if shared marker is missing but legacy ~/.openclaw/ideas-root.txt exists, reuse its value and write it into ~/.config/ideas-root.txt. If no marker exists (new environment), ask user once where to store generated docs. Suggested default: ~/workspace/ideas. Save chosen root to ~/.config/ideas-root.txt. Only ask again if the user explicitly asks to change location. 1. Create project folder under resolved root: YYYYMMDD<shortsnakecasename>/ 2. Create idea.md: Document the idea and clarifications 3. Create validate.md: Document evaluation and recommendations 4. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
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