business-brainstorm
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/ma
npx skills add coreyhaines31/makerskills --skill business-brainstorm --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# /business-brainstorm — Pressure-test a business idea Takes 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). ## Step 1 — Capture the idea Get from the user: - The idea in 1–2 sentences (the *what*) - The reason it's on their mind (the *why now*) - Any starting context (a chat where this came up, a tweet that inspired it, a problem they've hit) If 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. If the idea is too vague to score, ask 1–2 clarifying questions and stop. Don't pad the brief with assumptions. ## Step 2 — Load the framework + personal overlay Read `references/framework.md` — the user's filter. Apply each dimension in order. Also try to load `${MAKERSKILLS_CONFIG:-$HOME/.config/makerskills}/business-brainstorm/portfolio.local.md` if it exists — this is where the user lists their real in-flight businesses, properties, audiences, and partners. When present, use it for the "portfolio fit," "distribution," and "opportunity cost" dimensions instead of asking t
- Step 1 — Capture the idea
- Step 2 — Load the framework + personal overlay
- Step 3 — Score each dimension
- Step 4 — Trigger research where needed (optional)
- Step 5 — Check the .com
- Step 6 — Output the brief
- Step 7 — Archive
- Step 8 — Surface
- Composes with
- Notes on quality
What does the business-brainstorm skill do?
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/ma
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add coreyhaines31/makerskills --skill business-brainstorm --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From coreyhaines31/makerskills, a repository with 500 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.