idea
Skill2 starsChanged 45 days agoMITView on GitHub
Captures a new idea as a markdown note in ~/notes/ideas, from the idea template. Use when the user runs /idea, or asks to capture, save or jot down an idea for later.
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- Acnologia7021/codex-skillstheir own version, first seen Nov 4, 2026
- bas1l/claude-skillstheir own version, first seen Nov 3, 2026
- matiinchauspe/arsenaltheir own version, first seen Nov 1, 2026
- jayden-dang/skillstheir own version, first seen Nov 1, 2026
- szweibel/claude-skillstheir own version, first seen Nov 1, 2026
- 0xUrsanomics/utopia-ostheir own version, first seen Nov 1, 2026
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- me2resh/apexyard★ 542same name
- serejaris/personal-corp-os★ 243same name
- serejaris/ris-claude-code★ 243same name
- tance-mang/chinese-webnovel-skills★ 97same name
- baekenough/oh-my-customcode★ 42same name
- iamneilroberts/claude-skills★ 26same name
- tercel/spec-forge★ 8same name
- froster02/mini-Brain_skills★ 4same name
- merchsage/workflow-skills★ 4same name
- 0xUrsanomics/utopia-os★ 2same name
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How matches are found. Word for word: the exact same text. Edited: shares passages with this file (“99% same” means 99% of its five-word phrases also appear here; 10% or more counts). Their own version: similar meaning, or, weakest, the same name. We can’t tell which project had it first. Projects are counted among the 200 most-starred candidates, and mentions are links to the repository we found, up to 50 per site, so both counts are a floor.
In this repository5 other files it gives its agents.
- CLAUDE.mdCLAUDE.md
- cold-reviewSkill
- implementSkill
- researchSkill
- specSkill
The file
We split this skill into the rules it gives an agent
2 rules. 0 are common, 1 is distinctive, and 1 is very specific to this project.
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Common
Most of the 22 edited versions we read keep these.
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Distinctive
This author's own choices. Worth a look.
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Very specific
Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.
- Common
- Distinctive
- Very specific
- Distinctive: line 16
Get the idea: If nothing was passed above, use the idea just discussed in the conversation.
- Very specific: line 25
Commit: only that note: git -C ~/notes add <path>, then git -C ~/notes commit -m 'idea: <title>' -- <path>, naming the path again so …
“Common” is measured: kept by at least 6 in 10 of the 22 edited versions of this file we could read. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.
Files
Capture an idea
The idea: $ARGUMENTS
Capture should be fast. File the note, don't interrogate the user or start developing the idea unless they ask.
~/notes must be set up first: if ~/notes/templates/idea.md doesn't exist, say so, point to "Set up ~/notes" in ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/README.md, and stop. Don't create it.
- Get the idea. If nothing was passed above, use the idea just discussed in the conversation. If there is none, ask for it in one line.
- Check for duplicates. Search
~/notes/ideas/with the Grep tool for notes with similar titles or key terms. If there is a close match, ask whether to add to that note instead of creating a new one. If the user says yes, add their words under that note's "The idea", dated, and commit it as step 5 says, with the messageidea: <title> (added to); skip steps 3 and 4. - Create the note at
~/notes/ideas/YYYY-MM-DD-short-slug.md(today's date, 3–6 word lowercase hyphenated slug), starting from~/notes/templates/idea.md. - Fill it in:
title,created(today),status: seed.tagsfollowing the conventions in~/notes/CLAUDE.md.related: if the current working directory is a repo under~/code, add its path (e.g.~/code/github.com/org/repo).- "The idea": the user's own words, tidied but not reinterpreted.
- Other sections: fill only with what the user said or the conversation established. Leave the rest as the template's prompts. Never invent content.
- Commit only that note:
git -C ~/notes add <path>, thengit -C ~/notes commit -m 'idea: <title>' -- <path>, naming the path again so nothing another session staged comes with it, following this session's commit attribution rules. Don't push. - Report the file path in one line. Optionally add one sharp open question worth thinking about, and mention that
/research <path>will dig into it.
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