Idea Exploration Skill

Launch autonomous Claude Code sessions to explore business ideas in depth. Get market research, technical analysis, GTM strategy, and actionable recommendations.

Quick Start

Trigger phrase: Say Idea: [description] and the assistant will:

Spin up a Claude Code session in tmux
Research and analyze the idea comprehensively
Save results to ~/clawd/ideas/<slug>/research.md
Send file to your Telegram Saved Messages
Notify you via cron when complete

How It Works

User: "Idea: AI calendar assistant"
       ↓
┌─────────────────────────────────┐
│  1. explore-idea.sh starts      │
│  2. Creates tmux session        │
│  3. Runs Claude Code            │
│  4. Claude analyzes & writes    │
│  5. notify-research-complete.sh │
│     → Sends file to "me"        │
│     → Queues notification       │
│  6. Cron checks queue (1 min)   │
│  7. Notifies user in chat       │
└─────────────────────────────────┘

Setup

Prerequisites

claude CLI (Claude Code)
tmux
telegram CLI (supertelegram)
Clawdbot with cron enabled

1. Create Scripts

See ~/clawd/scripts/explore-idea.sh for the full implementation.

Key components:

Creates idea directory with prompt and runner script
Unsets OAuth env vars to use Claude Max
Runs claude with --dangerously-skip-permissions
Calls notify script on completion

2. Set Up Cron Job

# Cron job to check notification queue every minute
{
  name: "Check notification queue",
  sessionTarget: "isolated",
  wakeMode: "now",
  payload: {
    kind: "agentTurn",
    message: "Check ~/.clawdbot/notify-queue/ for .json files...",
    deliver: true,
    channel: "telegram",
    to: "YOUR_CHAT_ID"
  },
  schedule: { kind: "every", everyMs: 60000 }
}

3. Add AGENTS.md Instructions

**When user says "Idea: [description]":**
1. Extract the idea description
2. Execute: `CLAWD_SESSION_KEY="main" ~/clawd/scripts/explore-idea.sh "[idea]"`
3. Confirm: "Idea exploration started. You'll be notified when complete."

Analysis Framework

The exploration covers:

Core Concept Analysis - Problem, assumptions, uniqueness
Market Research - Users, TAM/SAM/SOM, competitors
Technical Implementation - Stack, MVP scope, challenges
Business Model - Revenue, pricing, unit economics
Go-to-Market Strategy - Launch, acquisition, partnerships
Risks & Challenges - Technical, competitive, regulatory
Verdict & Recommendations - Clear yes/no with action plan

Verdict Types

🟢 STRONG YES - Clear opportunity, pursue aggressively
🟡 CONDITIONAL YES - Promising but needs validation
🟠 PIVOT RECOMMENDED - Core insight good, execution needs work
🔴 PASS - Too many red flags

Example Output

~/clawd/ideas/ai-calendar-assistant/
├── metadata.txt
├── prompt.txt
├── run-claude.sh
└── research.md    # 400-500 line comprehensive analysis

Tips

Ideas typically take 3-5 minutes to analyze
Monitor progress: tmux attach -t idea-<slug>-<timestamp>
File goes to Saved Messages even if notification fails
Check ~/.clawdbot/notify-queue/ for stuck notifications