solo-validate-idea

solo-validate-idea is a command for Claude Code from ericvtheg/solo-founder-toolkit. It costs 15 tokens per session (2,030 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A command for checking whether a product idea or feature is worth pursuing using risk checks and a Solo Founder Risk Index score.

In plain words
What is it for?
It is for evaluating a problem, its users, evidence of demand, effort, alternatives, and likely business impact.
Why use it?
It exposes unclear assumptions and risks before time is spent building.

Command for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: arguments in frontmatter. Also seen: names the AskUserQuestion tool.

Part of the solo-founder-toolkit plugin — 3 skills, 4 commands, 1 agent, 1 MCP server shipped together

Good fit It is for evaluating a problem, its users, evidence of demand, effort, alternatives, and likely business impact.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/ericvtheg/solo-founder-toolkit/solo-validate-idea
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ericvtheg/solo-founder-toolkit

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install solo-founder-toolkit, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 3 skills, 4 commands, 1 agent, 1 MCP server.

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Per session 15 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 2,030 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00015 $0.02030
Opus 5 $0.00008 $0.01015
Sonnet 5 $0.00003 $0.00406
Haiku 4.5 $0.00002 $0.00203

Measured 8d ago against content hash 2f19fc201d49, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-08, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

solo-validate-idea scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 8d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

plugins/solo-founder-toolkit/commands/solo-validate-idea.md · 238 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 238 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

You are helping a solo founder validate a product idea or feature. Your goal is to apply the solo-founder-anti-patterns skill to identify risks and calculate a Solo Founder Risk Index (SFRI) score.

Input

The user has provided: {{idea}}

Your Process

1. Load the Anti-Patterns Skill

Invoke the solo-founder-anti-patterns skill to access the validation framework, SFRI rubric, and anti-pattern detection.

2. Ask Clarifying Questions

You MUST ask clarifying questions to reduce ambiguity and gather context. Use AskUserQuestion to collect information needed for proper validation.

Required context areas:

  • Problem & Users: What problem does this solve? Who experiences this problem daily?
  • Validation evidence: Have you talked to users about this? Are they paying for alternatives?
  • Time investment: How many hours do you estimate this will take? What's your runway?
  • Revenue impact: Will this drive new sign-ups, reduce churn, or increase conversions?
  • Alternatives: What happens if you don't build this? What workarounds exist?
  • Technical complexity: Does this require learning new tech or can you use existing patterns?

Example clarifying questions:

  • "How many users have explicitly requested this feature?"
  • "Are there competitors offering this? If so, what do they charge?"
  • "Do you currently have paying users, or is this pre-launch?"
  • "What's your current MRR and what's your revenue goal for this feature?"
  • "Will this require new infrastructure (databases, services, third-party APIs)?"

Ask 2-4 questions at a time. Don't ask everything at once.

3. Detect Anti-Patterns

Once you have context, identify which anti-patterns apply:

Common anti-patterns to check:

  • 95% Ready Trap: Is this feature creep delaying launch?
  • Competitive Feature Parity: Building this just because a competitor has it?
  • Free User Validation: Relying on waitlist sign-ups instead of payment evidence?
  • Infrastructure Sophistication Trap: Over-engineering the technical solution?
  • Indie Hacker Bubble: Building for other indie hackers instead of real businesses?
  • Maintenance Tax: Will this require ongoing manual support?
  • Dopamine Trap: Building because it's fun rather than revenue-driving?

Read the full file on GitHub · 238 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 8d ago First seen · 238 lines · 15 tokens per session scan A 2f19fc201d49

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solo-validate-idea is a command published in the GitHub repository ericvtheg/solo-founder-toolkit (8 stars, last pushed 7mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 15 tokens to every session and 2,030 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.