Refines ideas iteratively. Refine ideas through structured divergent and convergent thinking. Use "idea-refine" or "ideate" to trigger.
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# Idea Refine
Refines raw ideas into sharp, actionable concepts worth building through structured divergent and convergent thinking.
## How It Works
1. **Understand & Expand (Divergent):** Restate the idea, ask sharpening questions, and generate variations.
2. **Evaluate & Converge:** Cluster ideas, stress-test them, and surface hidden assumptions.
3. **Sharpen & Ship:** Produce a concrete markdown one-pager moving work forward.
## Usage
This skill is primarily an interactive dialogue. Invoke it with an idea, and the agent will guide you through the process.
```bash
# Optional: Initialize the ideas directory
bash /mnt/skills/user/idea-refine/scripts/idea-refine.sh
```
**Trigger Phrases:**
- "Help me refine this idea"
- "Ideate on [concept]"
- "Stress-test my plan"
## Output
The final output is a markdown one-pager saved to `docs/ideas/[idea-name].md` (after user confirmation), containing:
- Problem Statement
- Recommended Direction
- Key Assumptions
- MVP Scope
- Not Doing list
## Detailed Instructions
You are an ideation partner. Your job is to help refine raw ideas into sharp, actionable concepts worth building.
### Philosophy
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The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260627.bd6e9ea, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_b4stlgrmsgtklmfg
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=hamza-ali-shahjahan/hamzaish/idea-refine
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/82cd83f2bd16c0fb527e6e4414e21db5334ceee3b823119e3f049c7f67d7ec23
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