# idea-pipeline

Audits execution gaps between your startup idea backlog and shipped projects. It picks the top 3 ideas to build next based on momentum and fit.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 783
- Author: aeonfun
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/aeonfun/aeon/tree/HEAD/skills/idea-pipeline/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-25
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/idea-pipeline

## What it does

The skill audits what you planned against what you actually built. It scans your backlog in `memory/topics/startup-ideas.md` alongside validated entries in `memory/topics/startup-ideas-screened.md`. Then it verifies execution. The audit inspects local folders in `skills/`, checks merged pull requests using the `gh` CLI across handles in `memory/topics/git-identities.md`, and reads prototypes tracked in `memory/topics/prototypes.md`.

Three ideas closest to execution surface based on timing, buildability, and persona rules from `soul/SOUL.md` or `soul/STYLE.md`. You can filter the scan with topic tags like "crypto" or "consumer". Passing `pick:<id|name>` appends a selection marker directly to the backlog table, while `offer:<repo>` checks push permissions using `gh api` before routing work to an engineer prompt.

Without `memory/topics/startup-ideas.md` present, the audit halts immediately because it has nothing to parse. The GitHub scans also depend on a functioning `gh` CLI with authenticated API access.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aeonfun/aeon --skill idea-pipeline -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/idea-pipeline/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/idea-pipeline/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aeonfun/aeon --skill idea-pipeline -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/idea-pipeline/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aeonfun/aeon --skill idea-pipeline -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/idea-pipeline/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install aeonfun/aeon idea-pipeline
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/idea-pipeline/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aeonfun/aeon --skill idea-pipeline -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/aeonfun/aeon --path skills/idea-pipeline
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/idea-pipeline/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aeonfun/aeon --skill idea-pipeline -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/aeonfun/aeon/tree/HEAD/skills/idea-pipeline/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- identify the top 3 buildable ideas from an existing backlog
- audit shipped skills and prototypes against logged concepts
- inspect merged GitHub pull requests to track execution
- mark chosen ideas in the backlog markdown table via pick parameter

## Example prompts
- Run the idea execution audit using idea-pipeline
- Filter the backlog for agent concepts: idea-pipeline AI agents
- Mark the second backlog entry as ready to build: idea-pipeline pick:2

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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````text
---
name: idea-pipeline
description: Execution-gap audit - cross-references the startup idea backlog against shipped skills, prototypes, and cross-repo PRs, surfacing the top 3 ideas to build next by narrative and operator fit.
metadata:
  category: productivity
  var: ""
  tags:
    - meta
    - creative
---
> **${var}** — Optional theme filter (e.g. "crypto", "AI agents", "consumer"). If empty, scans all ideas. A `pick:<id|name>` value (from the "build next?" force-reply — e.g. `pick:2` or `pick:Onchain reputation`) instead marks that idea as chosen-to-build in the backlog and ends, skipping the audit — see step 0. `offer:<owner/repo or issue-url>` directly offers a confirmed owned target through the same Telegram reply boundary, also ending before the audit.

Today is ${today}. Read `memory/MEMORY.md` before starting. If `soul/SOUL.md` + `soul/STYLE.md` exist and are populated, read them to ground "operator fit" scoring; otherwise score on the idea's general buildability and timing alone.

## Why this skill exists

`idea-forge validate` evaluates ideas. Nothing tracks execution. Backlogs of dozens of ideas accumulate — some validated, most unscreened — with zero visibility into which ones have been acted on vs which are rotting. This skill gives that view: pipeline size, execution rate, and the 3 ideas closest to being buildable right now.

## Steps

### 0. Force-reply interception — `pick:<idea>` / `offer:<target>` (run FIRST, before anything else)

If `${var}` starts with `offer:`, strip and trim the remainder. Accept only `owner/repo` or `https://github.com/owner/repo/issues/N`, normalize it to `owner/repo`, and require `gh api "repos/$repo" --jq '.permissions.push // false'` to return `true`. Invalid, inaccessible, or API-failed targets get a plain rejection notification and end without a force reply. For a confirmed target, execute this exact command with Bash. Describing or printing the command is not delivery:

```bash
./notify "Which owned repository or issue should Aeon Engineer use? Reply with ${target}." \
  --force-reply --placeholder "${target}" \
  --context "dev-loop::ship"
```
````
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