Can I use this for existing products?

Yes, it is highly effective for validating new feature sets or determining if a product pivot aligns with actual user needs and market gaps.

How does this skill prevent wasted development time?

By forcing a rigorous assessment of problem frequency and severity before coding begins, it identifies 'nice-to-have' ideas that lack a sustainable market, saving months of effort.

What is the PCV methodology used by this skill?

PCV stands for Perceived Created Value. It is a scoring system that rates how much better your solution is compared to current alternatives across four key dimensions: Price, Quality, Performance, and Convenience.

When does the Idea Validator skill activate?

It activates automatically whenever you mention a new startup idea, ask if a concept is worth pursuing, or state that you want to 'build X' without prior validation.

Idea Validator

Name: Idea Validator
Author: shipshitdev

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Productivity & Workflow

Validates startup concepts using the Hexa Opportunity Memo framework and Perceived Created Value (PCV) scoring to determine market viability.

The Idea Validator skill transforms Claude into a rigorous startup strategist, helping founders and developers assess the viability of new business concepts before writing a single line of code. By applying the Hexa Opportunity Memo framework and calculating a Perceived Created Value (PCV) score across dimensions like price, quality, performance, and convenience, it identifies high-potential opportunities while filtering out weak ideas. This skill is essential for minimizing risk, defining the Ideal Customer Profile (ICP), and ensuring that resources are focused on solving critical, high-frequency problems that users are actively seeking to solve.

Key Features

01Targeted ICP discovery questions to identify buyer roles and triggers.

02Perceived Created Value (PCV) scoring to quantify competitive advantages.

0310 GitHub stars

04Automatic activation when discussing new builds or startup concepts.

05Hexa Opportunity Memo Assessment for structured problem-solution analysis.

06Problem Assessment Matrix evaluating frequency, severity, awareness, and budget.

Use Cases

01Evaluating whether a specific pain point is severe enough to justify a paid solution.

02Vetting a new SaaS idea before starting the technical development phase.

03Refining a product-market fit strategy for an existing side project.

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add shipshitdev/library idea-validator

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

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