Skills for Real Engineers. Straight from my .agents directory.
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business-brainstorm
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When you want to pressure-test a potential new business, product, or side project against the serial-founder filter. Not \"marketing ideas for a product\" (that's marketing-skills:marketing-ideas) — this is \"should this business exist + can you win it.\" Runs the idea through a structured framework (problem, audience, wedge, monetization, moat, portfolio fit, distribution, energy fit, opportunity cost), checks domain availability via /domain, optionally triggers /deep-research for market validation, and outputs a viability brief: build / sleep on it / pass. Archives every idea to ~/.config/makerskills/business-brainstorm/archive/ so past work is searchable. Triggers on \"/business-brainstorm,\" \"/brainstorm,\" \"new business idea,\" \"should I build X,\" \"pressure test this idea,\" \"validate this idea,\" \"is X a good business,\" \"what about a [type] for [audience].\"
How to install business-brainstorm
install business-brainstorm
# install the makerskills pack with the skills CLI
npx skills add coreyhaines31/makerskills# or add only this skill to Claude Code: copy the folder
skills/business-brainstorm/
# into
~/.claude/skills/business-brainstorm/ (all projects)
.claude/skills/business-brainstorm/ (one project)
1# /business-brainstorm — Pressure-test a business idea23Takes a vague idea, runs it through the user's filter, and outputs a structured viability brief. Composes with `deep-research` (for market) and `/domain` (for naming).45## Step 1 — Capture the idea67Get from the user:8- The idea in 1–2 sentences (the *what*)9- The reason it's on their mind (the *why now*)10- Any starting context (a chat where this came up, a tweet that inspired it, a problem they've hit)1112**Resume first.** Look in the archive dir (Step 7) for files whose first line starts with `<!-- in-progress`. If one matches this idea, offer to pick it up: read it, keep every settled score, and continue from the next unscored dimension.1314If they point at a past chat / doc, load it first. Memory has `project_*.md` files for in-flight projects — check there before assuming the idea is brand-new.1516If the idea is too vague to score, ask 1–2 clarifying questions and stop. Don't pad the brief with assumptions.1718Two more cases where scoring would be theater:19- **Validation-seeking** ("just tell me it's good," "hype me up") — name it kindly: *"I'll run it, but a brief that can't say Pass is worthless. Still in?"* Proceed only on those terms.20- **Already committed** (built, launched, money spent) — this isn't "should it exist" anymore. Offer `decide` for the next call (keep going / pivot / stop) instead.2122## Step 2 — Load the framework + personal overlay23…
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