Setup & Installation
Or with the ClawHub CLI, for registry-managed skill folders outside a full OpenClaw workspace:
Version History
Universalize: remove project-specific references, add SearXNG recommendation
What This Skill Does
Validates startup ideas through a structured multi-stage pipeline: S.E.E.D. niche scoring, a mandatory Devil's Advocate inversion that actively searches for reasons to kill the idea, and a STREAM 6-layer analysis. Outputs a scored recommendation (go/kill/pivot) and generates a PRD with acceptance criteria and both optimistic and pessimistic unit economics.
Combines niche viability checks, dead startup research, and unit economics stress-testing in one automated pass instead of three separate manual steps.
When to use it
- Deciding whether to build a SaaS tool before writing a single line of code
- Comparing two competing ideas to pick which one to pursue
- Getting a ready-to-hand-off PRD before bringing in a developer
- Stress-testing a friend's startup pitch with honest scoring instead of encouragement
- Validating a pivot direction after an early product fails to gain traction
Example Workflow
Here's how your AI assistant might use this skill in practice.
User asks: validate my idea for an AI resume screener for small HR teams
- 1Searches knowledge base and web for related prior work and failed competitors
- 2Runs S.E.E.D. check to score searchability, evidence of real pain, MVP ease, and demand
- 3Runs Devil's Advocate step: lists 5 specific failure scenarios and searches for startups that shut down in this space
- 4Runs STREAM 6-layer analysis with both optimistic and pessimistic unit economics
- 5Auto-detects stack as nextjs-supabase based on product type, then writes PRD to docs/prd.md
S.E.E.D. scores, manifest alignment summary, optimistic score 7/10, realistic score 5/10, top kill risk identified as funded ATS incumbents already adding AI screening, PRD written with acceptance criteria and kill/iterate/scale thresholds