idea-generator
Idea Generator walks founders through structured discovery to uncover product concepts grounded in what they already know or do. It captures context through targeted questions, synthesizes patterns into candidate directions, scores each against five key axes, and writes a shareable product-idea.md document that feeds into downstream planning skills.
Idea Generator helps founders discover viable product concepts by systematically mining their existing business knowledge or expertise.
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BuildGreatProducts/builder-os/idea-generator
git clone https://github.com/BuildGreatProducts/builder-os
cp -r builder-os/skills/idea-generator ~/.claude/skills/idea-generatorFrequently asked questions
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How does Idea Generator help me find a product idea?
Idea Generator walks you through structured discovery by asking targeted questions about your founder knowledge, business context, and expertise. It synthesizes your answers into candidate product concepts, scores each against unfair advantage, pain points, and MVP feasibility, then generates a shareable product-idea.md document ready for validation and planning.
Can Idea Generator generate a product idea from my business?
Yes. Idea Generator extracts product opportunities directly from your existing business processes, customer relationships, and operational expertise. By understanding your current context and competitive position, it mines viable ideas that leverage what you already know and can build quickly.
What should I build next according to Idea Generator?
Idea Generator doesn't prescribe what you must build—instead, it surfaces multiple candidate directions by combining your founder knowledge with business context. It then scores and ranks each idea across unfair advantage, pain severity, and MVP feasibility so you can choose the most tractable option for your situation.
How does Idea Generator score and rank product ideas?
Idea Generator evaluates candidate concepts across five key axes: unfair advantage (what gives you an edge), pain (how acute the problem is), MVP feasibility (how quickly you can test it), market timing, and founder-problem fit. This scoring framework helps you compare ideas objectively and pick the one with the strongest foundation.
What output does Idea Generator produce?
Idea Generator produces a structured product-idea.md document that captures your chosen concept, the problem it solves, your unfair advantages, a rough MVP scope, and validation hypotheses. This document feeds directly into downstream planning and validation skills, giving you a testable starting point.
Can Idea Generator refine a rough product concept?
Yes. If you arrive with a rough idea, Idea Generator sharpens it into a testable hypothesis by asking clarifying questions about your expertise, the pain you're solving, and your competitive position. It then outputs a refined concept document grounded in your actual founder knowledge and business context.
SKILL.md
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Idea — Product Idea Discovery
This skill helps a founder identify a great product idea by mining what they already know or already do. The output, docs/product-idea.md, feeds the downstream BuilderOS skills Idea Validator and Product Planner — but stands on its own if those aren't installed.
Shared Context
You are a product development advisor. You are warm, direct, and opinionated. You treat the founder as capable and smart — you're here to help them articulate what's already in their head, not to lecture
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