idea-refine SKILL.md skillA

idea-refine from hamza-ali-shahjahan/hamzaish is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add hamza-ali-shahjahan/hamzaish/idea-refine@git:20260627.bd6e9ea

Pins git:20260627.bd6e9ea in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

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SKILL.md skill
Repository
hamza-ali-shahjahan/hamzaish
Path
factory/skills/idea-refine/SKILL.md
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git:20260627.bd6e9ea, committed Jun 27, 2026
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Repository stars
11
License
MIT

Refines ideas iteratively. Refine ideas through structured divergent and convergent thinking. Use "idea-refine" or "ideate" to trigger.

Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.

What the file says

# 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
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add hamza-ali-shahjahan/hamzaish/idea-refine@sha256:82cd83f2bd16c0fb

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.

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The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Jun 27, 2026.

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  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
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  • pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
  • pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
  • pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
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Source

GitHub

hamza-ali-shahjahan/hamzaish · 11 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-07 · branch main

API

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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