idea-pipeline

${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.

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-validator 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> (run FIRST, before anything else)

Before any other work, inspect ${var}. If it starts with pick:, this run is the operator answering the "which idea to build next?" force-reply — do not run the normal audit. Handle it and end:

1. Strip the prefix: sel="${var#pick:}", then trim surrounding whitespace. The remainder may contain colons/spaces — keep them.
2. If sel is empty, send a plain re-ask (no force-reply) and end: ./notify "Which idea should I mark as next to build? Reply with its name or backlog number."
3. Read the shared backlog memory/topics/startup-ideas.md. If it's missing or has no idea rows, ./notify "No idea backlog yet — nothing to mark. Run idea-forge generate to fill it first." and end.
4. Resolve sel to exactly one idea row in the table (columns | date | name | one-liner | fit | T+F+E |):
   • By name (preferred): case-insensitive exact match on the name cell; else fuzzy — the row whose name shares the most significant words with sel, or where sel is a substring of the name (or vice-versa). Require one clear best match.
   • By number: if sel is a bare integer N and no name matches, take the Nth data row (1-based, in file order).
   • If nothing matches, or two rows tie with no clear winner, send a plain re-ask listing 3–5 candidate names and end: ./notify "Couldn't find an idea matching \"<sel>\". Reply with the exact name or backlog number. Candidates: <name1>, <name2>, <name3>."
5. Mark it chosen-to-build — the shared marking convention (identical in idea-forge): append ✓ selected ${today} to the end of that row's name cell, keeping the table pipes intact. If the cell already carries a ✓ selected marker, leave it (idempotent) — it's already queued.
6. Confirm with a short ./notify (keep it clean — no test/trace/ping/debug substrings): ./notify "Marked \"<idea name>\" as next to build — flagged in the backlog. Run /feature or /deploy-prototype on it when you're ready." Do not auto-dispatch any skill — marking chosen is the safe action.
7. Log to memory/logs/${today}.md under a ### idea-pipeline heading: - IDEA_PIPELINE_PICK: marked "<idea name>" as chosen-to-build (from a pick: reply).
8. End the run. Do not proceed to step 1 or run the audit.