Overview
idea-discovery is an open-source workflow skill for Claude Code and compatible agents, published by wanshuiyin. Its author describes it as: “Workflow 1: Full idea discovery pipeline to go from a broad research direction to validated, pilot-tested ideas. Use when user says "找idea全流程", "idea discovery pipeline", "从零开始找方向", or wants the complete idea explorat…”. 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-discovery`.
What idea-discovery does
Orchestrate a complete idea discovery workflow for: **$ARGUMENTS**
What’s inside
The SKILL.md for idea-discovery is organised into these sections:
- Overview
- Constants
- Per-stage evidence gate (RESUMABLE = true)
- Pipeline
- Phase 0: Load Research Brief (if available)
- Phase 0.5: Reference Paper Summary (when REFPAPER is set)
- Phase 1: Literature Survey
- Phase 2: Idea Generation + Filtering + Pilots
- Phase 3: Deep Novelty Verification
- Phase 4: External Critical Review
- Phase 4.5: Method Refinement + Experiment Planning
- Phase 5: Final Report
Installation
Add idea-discovery to your agent with:
git clone https://github.com/wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep ~/.claude/skills/idea-discoveryReview 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-discovery 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-discovery do?
- Workflow 1: Full idea discovery pipeline to go from a broad research direction to validated, pilot-tested ideas. Use when user says "找idea全流程", "idea discovery pipeline", "从零开始找方向", or wants the complete idea exploration workflow.
- How do I install idea-discovery?
- Run git clone https://github.com/wanshuiyin/Auto-claude-code-research-in-sleep ~/.claude/skills/idea-discovery 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-discovery free to use?
- Yes. idea-discovery 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-discovery work with?
- idea-discovery 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-discovery come from?
- idea-discovery 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.
