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nelsonwerd/idea-to-ship-skills — explained in plain English

Analysis updated 2026-05-18

54ShellAudience · vibe coderComplexity · 3/5Setup · moderate

tl;dr

A set of five composable Claude and Codex agent skills that take an idea from fuzzy through validated, planned, and shipped.

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    What it does
      Validates ideas
      Plans and ships builds
    Skills
      Ideate
      Deep dive
      Prompt pack
      Build loop
      Autopilot
    Use cases
      Idea validation
      Autonomous build runs
    Tech stack
      Claude
      OpenAI Codex
    Audience
      Solo builders

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what do people make with this?

VIBE 1

Pressure-test a vague idea before writing any code, with a defined kill criterion

VIBE 2

Run an adversarial multi-agent investigation on a strategy or design question

VIBE 3

Turn a validated concept into a sequence of self-contained build prompts

VIBE 4

Let autopilot run the full idea-to-shipped pipeline unattended overnight

what's the stack?

ClaudeOpenAI CodexAgent SkillsShell

how it stacks up fr

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Stars545454
LanguageShellShellShell
Setup difficultymoderateeasyeasy
Complexity3/53/53/5
Audiencevibe coderdeveloperdeveloper

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how do i run it?

Difficulty · moderate time til it works · 30min

Skills run inside Claude or OpenAI Codex, autopilot mode can run for hours unattended.

in plain english

idea-to-ship is a collection of reusable agent skills for Claude and OpenAI Codex that help solo builders and small teams work through the parts of building software that come before and after writing code. The skills are designed for people who tend to start coding on a new idea and later find the idea was not worth building, or that a build got partway and stalled. The collection has five skills. The first, ideate, takes a vague idea and turns it into a written concept document that includes a success metric and a kill criterion, meaning the condition under which you would stop working on it. It refuses to produce a build plan until the idea survives an honest pressure test. The second, deep-dive, is an investigative analysis tool: it runs parallel specialist agents on a question, synthesizes the findings, puts them through an adversarial review, and produces a plain-English verdict with a confidence score. It works on code audits, strategy questions, and design reviews, not just new ideas. The third skill, prompt-pack, converts a settled concept into a sequence of self-contained build prompts. Each prompt covers one unit of work, specifies what to verify when done, and is designed to leave the app working before the next prompt runs. The fourth, build-loop, drives a build past the point where it compiles by taking screenshots of the running app, critiquing the output, rebuilding, and repeating until defined acceptance criteria pass or a stop condition fires to prevent infinite retries. The fifth, autopilot, chains the other four skills and runs the full pipeline from idea to first-draft shipped app, operating autonomously and handing back a ledger of what still needs human judgment or market validation. The skills are composable: you can run any one on its own, run them in sequence yourself, or let autopilot fly the whole pipeline. The README includes a worked example showing excerpts of real output from each skill.

prompts (copy fr)

prompt 1
Run the ideate skill on my idea for a new app and give me a kill criterion
prompt 2
Use deep-dive to investigate whether this architecture choice is a good idea
prompt 3
Turn this concept document into a prompt-pack of buildable steps
prompt 4
Run autopilot on this project and hand back a ledger of what still needs my judgment

Frequently asked questions

what is idea-to-ship-skills fr?

A set of five composable Claude and Codex agent skills that take an idea from fuzzy through validated, planned, and shipped.

What language is idea-to-ship-skills written in?

Mainly Shell. The stack also includes Claude, OpenAI Codex, Agent Skills.

How hard is idea-to-ship-skills to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated moderate, with roughly 30min to a first successful run.

Who is idea-to-ship-skills for?

Mainly vibe coder.

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