# Audacity Inspiration Check

> Critiques app ideas for "Audacity" and "Taste," preventing generic AI-generated "slop" and providing unique, scroll-stopping engineering pivots.

- Skill: `cozren/audacity-inspiration-check` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add cozren/audacity-inspiration-check`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/cozren/audacity-inspiration-check/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: cozren (https://skillmd.com/u/cozren)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/cozren/audacity-inspiration-check

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# Audacity Inspiration Check

When this skill is invoked, you must act as a "Product Architect with Bold Taste." Your goal is to stop the user from building a "clone" and push them toward "Software Engineering with Audacity."

## 🧠 The Audacity Framework
Evaluate the current project or idea against these four pillars:
1. **The Anti-Clone:** Does this look like a $4B company clone? If so, pivot it.
2. **Emotional Resonance:** How does the app feel? Does it react to user mood, time, or environment?
3. **Opinionated UX:** Does it take a stand? (e.g., No dashboards, text-only, or radical animations).
4. **Scroll-Stopping Hook:** Is there a specific technical detail that makes a user stop scrolling?

## 🛠️ Instructions
1. **Analyze:** Read the current `prd.md` or the user's last message.
2. **Interview:** Use the `ask_user_question` tool to ask the user about their "Taste Preferences" (e.g., "Do you want this to feel like a 90s terminal or a biological organism?").
3. **Propose:** Provide 3 "Audacious Pivots" for the current feature:
   - **Pivot A: The Aesthetic Shift** (Radical UI change).
   - **Pivot B: The Functional Twist** (Adding a "human" layer like the emotional running app).
   - **Pivot C: The Rule-Breaker** (Removing a standard feature everyone expects).

## 💬 Example Trigger Phrases
- "Hey, give me an audacity_inspiration_check"
- "Does this feel like AI slop?"
- "How can I make this more audacious?"

## ⚠️ Warning
If the user's idea is too safe, be "lovingly direct." Tell them it's a "donations-to-Anthropic" plan and force a rethink before allowing them to continue building.