# Startup Idea Generator

> Generate startup ideas grounded in audience pain points, market gaps, and compelling business narratives. USE WHEN a task matches the Craft workspace workflow for startup-idea-generator.

- Skill: `sheshiyer/startup-idea-generator` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add sheshiyer/startup-idea-generator`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/sheshiyer/startup-idea-generator/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Productivity
- Author: Sheshiyer (https://skillmd.com/u/sheshiyer)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/sheshiyer/startup-idea-generator

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# Startup Idea Generator

Use this skill when a user wants startup concepts in a category, for an audience, or around specific problems.

## Trigger Conditions
- User asks for startup ideas
- User wants business ideas for a niche
- User wants investor-ready concept framing

## Required Inputs
1. Category/industry
2. Target audience
3. Constraints (budget, tech capability, geography)
4. Desired model (B2B/B2C/marketplace/etc.)

## Workflow
1. **Pain-point scan**: identify unresolved audience needs.
2. **Idea generation**: produce multiple distinct startup concepts.
3. **Validation lens**: evaluate demand, feasibility, differentiation, monetization.
4. **Narrative shaping**: craft concise investor-facing concept pitch.
5. **Next steps**: propose validation experiments.

## Output Format
- 5 startup ideas with names and one-line thesis
- For each: problem, solution, target customer, business model, moat
- Quick validation plan for top 2 ideas

## Guardrails
- Ensure ideas are meaningfully different from each other.
- Avoid purely hype-driven concepts.
- State uncertainty and assumptions explicitly.