DEPRECATED — this skill was superseded by `hemlock` on 2026-07-04 because the two were competing for the same triggers ("should I build X", "validate this idea", "is this worth building"). Do NOT trigger this skill. If you see this description matching a user request, use `hemlock` instead — it now covers everything that lived here: the incumbent-first gate, the risk ÷ cost-to-test assumption ranking, the real-vs-differentiated split (real-but-commodity is a NO), pre-registered kill criteria, the GO / NO-GO / CONDITIONAL-GO verdict with scorecard, the anti-pattern taxes, the honesty rules, and the worked examples (moved to hemlock/references/) — plus a bundled linter that mechanically enforces the honesty rules this skill only stated. This tombstone exists to preserve graph integrity; treat it as a no-op redirect.
scoobydrew83 npx skillmds@latest add scoobydrew83/idea-validator This skill was superseded by hemlock on 2026-07-04.
hemlock covers everything that lived here — the incumbent gate, the ranked
assumptions, the pre-registered kill bar, the verdict + scorecard, the taxes,
the honesty rules, and the worked examples (now at
hemlock/references/worked-examples.md) — and adds the mechanical linter
this skill lacked.
If you reached this file: use hemlock instead.
Next steps: Route to hemlock.
scoobydrew83/skills/tree/main/.agents/skills/idea-validator commit a781568027