Overview
idea-creator is an open-source data skill for Claude Code and compatible agents, published by wanshuiyin. Its author describes it as: “Generate and rank research ideas given a broad direction. Use when user says "找idea", "brainstorm ideas", "generate research ideas", "what can we work on", or wants to explore a research area for publishable directions.”. The project has 15k stars on GitHub and is available under the MIT license. Add it to your setup with `git clone https://github.com/wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep ~/.claude/skills/idea-creator`.
What idea-creator does
Generate publishable research ideas for: $ARGUMENTS
What’s inside
The SKILL.md for idea-creator is organised into these sections:
- Overview
- Constants
- Reviewer Calling Convention
- Workflow
- Phase 0: Load Research Wiki (if active)
- Phase 1: Landscape Survey (5-10 min)
- Phase 1.5: Parallel lens fan-out (Tier-aware) — breadth, not verdict
- Phase 2: Idea Generation (brainstorm with external LLM)
- Phase 3: Mechanical consolidation + objective feasibility gate
- Phase 4: Deep Validation (the cross-model jury)
- Phase 5: Parallel Pilot Experiments (for top 2-3 ideas)
- Phase 6: Output — Ranked Idea Report
Installation
Add idea-creator to your agent with:
git clone https://github.com/wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep ~/.claude/skills/idea-creatorReview a skill’s source before installing it — skills can instruct your agent to run commands. This command comes from the skill’s public repository, which is the source of truth for setup steps. New to skills? Read how to install Claude Code skills.
Supported agents
- Claude Code — declared in the repository topics
- Codex — declared in the repository topics
License
idea-creator is published under the MIT license.
Strengths
- Clear MIT license — safe to read and adapt within its terms
- Ships in wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep, an established project with 14,858 GitHub stars
- Works with Claude Code, Codex
- Actively maintained — repository updated in the last 90 days
Author
Topics
Frequently asked questions
- What does idea-creator do?
- Generate and rank research ideas given a broad direction. Use when user says "找idea", "brainstorm ideas", "generate research ideas", "what can we work on", or wants to explore a research area for publishable directions.
- How do I install idea-creator?
- Run git clone https://github.com/wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep ~/.claude/skills/idea-creator in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep before installing.
- Is idea-creator free to use?
- Yes. idea-creator is free and open source under the MIT license, so you can read, run, and adapt it within that license's terms.
- Which agents does idea-creator work with?
- idea-creator lists Claude Code and Codex — named in its SKILL.md, its plugin marketplace or its repository topics. Skills use the portable SKILL.md format, so other agents that read that format may load it too.
- Where does idea-creator come from?
- idea-creator ships inside wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep, a repository that contains 41 catalogued skills in total. The repository's 14,858 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.