An AI-powered startup advisor that structurally evaluates business concepts, scores market feasibility across five key dimensions, and provides actionable risk-mitigation roadmaps.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install startup-idea-evaluator
2. Manual Installation
Copy the skill folder to one of these locations
~/.openclaw/skills/ <project>/skills/ Priority: Workspace > Local > Bundled
3. Prompt Installation
Copy this prompt to OpenClaw to install it automatically.
Help me install startup-idea-evaluator using Clawhub. If Clawhub is not installed, install it first (npm i -g clawhub).
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Get the raw skill files in a ZIP archive.
What is Startup Idea Evaluator?
The Startup Idea Evaluator is an advanced AI assistant designed to act as an on-demand venture consultant. Instead of merely telling you whether an idea is "good" or "bad," this tool provides a rigorous, objective framework to show you how your idea can succeed. It parses raw, unstructured business thoughts and organizes them into a lean canvas model, saving founders weeks of manual analysis and guesswork.
By leveraging this capability among your Openclaw Skills, you gain access to a standardized 5-dimensional scoring algorithm (evaluating market size, competitive intensity, resource alignment, time windows, and founder-idea fit). The evaluator generates a detailed markdown report complete with SWOT analysis, risk prioritization matrices, and chronological step-by-step next actions, helping you make data-driven decisions before committing capital.
Startup Idea Evaluator Use Cases
- Initial Concept Validation: You have a fresh startup idea but are unsure if the market fundamentals are viable.
- Decision Dilemmas: You are hesitating between multiple business directions and need a quantitative, objective comparison.
- Pre-seed Pitch Preparation: You want to pressure-test your assumptions against typical investor questions and risk frameworks.
- Risk & Bottleneck Discovery: You are ready to launch but want to uncover blind spots, policy threats, or resource gaps before spending capital.
How Startup Idea Evaluator Works
- Structured Intake & Clarification: The agent collects the core business description, target market, personal background, and resources. If crucial variables are missing, it initiates an interactive questioning phase based on a prioritized template.
- Lean Canvas Parsing: Unstructured inputs are dissected and mapped into critical dimensions including core problem, user personas, unique value proposition (UVP), and revenue models.
- Five-Dimensional Scoring: The agent runs its proprietary scoring algorithm (1-20 points per dimension) comparing the concept against industry benchmarks to establish relative opportunity costs.
- SWOT and Market Synthesis: Performs a localized SWOT analysis and highlights the most viable market entry strategies.
- Risk Priority Matrix Mapping: Categorizes potential threats into high, medium, and low tiers based on probability and impact.
- Actionable Roadmap Generation: Formulates immediate, short-term (1 month), and mid-term (3 months) milestones for MVP validation.
- Upsell & Referral Loop: Recommends advanced next-step skills (like market deep dives or MVP design templates) and routes high-complexity projects to human enterprise consulting.
Startup Idea Evaluator Setup
To deploy this skill as part of your Openclaw Skills workspace, follow these configuration steps:
- Save the skill configuration file to your active agent directory:
# Create a directory for the skill if not exists
mkdir -p ~/.openclaw/skills/startup-idea-evaluator
# Clone or download the skill markdown config
curl -o ~/.openclaw/skills/startup-idea-evaluator/SKILL.md https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openclaw/skills/main/startup-idea-evaluator/SKILL.md
- Register the skill inside your agent's system profile or
config.tomlfile:
[[skills]]
name = "startup-idea-evaluator"
path = "~/.openclaw/skills/startup-idea-evaluator/SKILL.md"
enabled = true
- Initialize the agent to load the evaluation workflow and verify startup-consulting agent triggers.
Startup Idea Evaluator Data Schema & Taxonomy
The skill processes structured inputs to output a comprehensive valuation payload. Below is the metadata specification and the generated report schema.
Input Parameter Schema
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
idea_description |
string | Yes | Detailed concept overview (>=100 chars) | "A SaaS platform tracking carbon emissions..." |
target_market |
string | No | Targeted geographic or demographic segment | "US SMBs, particularly manufacturing" |
personal_background |
string | No | Founder experience or unique domain advantages | "5 years in supply chain compliance" |
available_resources |
string | No | Starting budget, team size, and key assets | "$50,000 bootstrap capital, 2 engineers" |
Evaluation Output Structures
The generated evaluation report is structured as a Markdown payload with the following taxonomy:
- Overview: Original description alongside parsed lean-canvas dimensions.
- Scorecard Table: Points (0-20) for Market Size, Competitive Intensity, Resource Alignment, Timing, and Founder Fit, compiled into a 100-point total.
- Opportunity SWOT: Matrix detailing internal strengths/weaknesses and external opportunities/threats.
- Risk Matrix: Actionable P1 to P9 priority table matching risk probability against business impact.
- Phased Roadmap: Chronological tasks spanning immediate actions (this week), 1-month MVP validation, and 3-month milestones.
Startup Idea Evaluator Advanced Features
- Adaptive Follow-up Triggers: Automatically recognizes missing or weak data points in user proposals and prompts for targeted inputs using multi-tier fallback templates.
- Quantified Viability Scoring: Uses a non-average, opportunity-cost-adjusted mathematical logic to assign weighted grades to business concepts.
- Hierarchical Risk Prioritization: Maps recognized risks into a standardized impact-versus-likelihood 3x3 matrix to filter noise from existential threats.
- Cross-Skill Upsell Integration: Programmatically evaluates validation scores to pitch highly relevant downstream Openclaw Skills, such as S-02 (Market Track Analysis), S-03 (Business Model Canvas), or S-06 (MVP Design Specifications).
SKILL.md
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