Idea Forge

Problem to Solve

Many ideas are not missing ambition but missing clarity: the goal may be obvious while the path remains vague. Pain points, constraints, assumptions, and failure modes are often never separated. Giving generic advice can turn into agreement, leaving the plan as a set of slogans. idea-forge works more like a solution stress test than a content generator.

How It Works

The skill acts as a thinking sparring partner and runs a challenge-and-alignment loop:

• Probe and decompose: confirm the purpose, boundaries, and hard constraints, then split the idea into 5-8 core assumptions and track status with ⬜, 🟡, ✅, and ❌.
• Challenge item by item: probe demand reality, market timing, competition, business model, product experience, execution capacity, risk, and exit paths, pushing vague answers toward numbers, scenarios, and evidence.
• Converge globally: when core assumptions are confirmed or rejected, major disagreements settle, or the user asks for a summary, produce a solution overview.
• Generate a practice plan: turn validated assumptions into executable steps, key decisions, kill criteria, and next actions.

Boundaries and Notes

It fits early-stage idea shaping, solution review, MVP validation, and cross-team alignment. It is not intended to produce code, marketing copy, or formal legal drafts directly. A one-line idea must first be expanded to a discussable granularity; a detailed existing plan can skip to assumption decomposition. The output depends on the user supplying constraints, examples, and evidence rather than only asking for a plausible answer.