incubate

name	incubate
description	Mad House project lifecycle manager. Create, list, stage, promote, ship, and archive projects in ~/dev/mad-house/lab. Every project has a stage (concept → prototype → building → shipped → maintained → archived) and a type (code, game, creative, tool, experiment, content, bot). Use when managing lab projects, moving a project between stages, promoting from lab to a GitHub org, marking something as shipped, or archiving a project.
argument-hint	<command> [args] - e.g. "new my-idea --type experiment --desc '...'" or "list" or "stage my-idea prototype" or "ship my-idea"
license	MIT
compatibility	Designed for Claude Code at Mad House. Requires ~/dev/mad-house/lab/ directory, Python 3, and the gh CLI for GitHub operations (promote command).
allowed-tools	Bash Read
disable_model_invocation	true

Incubate

Mad House project lifecycle manager. Every project in the lab has a stage and a type - no rigid gates, just honest tracking of where something is.

Arguments

The user wants to: $ARGUMENTS

Commands

Command	What it does
new <name> [--type TYPE] [--desc "..."]	Create a new lab project
list [--all]	Show active incubations (--all includes archived)
stage <name> <stage>	Move to: concept, prototype, building, shipped, maintained, archived
promote <name> [--org ORG] [--public]	Create GitHub repo from lab project
ship <name>	Mark shipped + print type-specific ship checklist
archive <name> [--reason "..."]	Retire gracefully
info <name>	Show full metadata JSON

Step 1 - Run

~/.claude/commands/incubate/scripts/incubate.sh $ARGUMENTS

Step 2 - Report

For list: present the table cleanly. For new / stage / ship / archive: echo the script output, then add context if helpful (e.g. suggest the next stage or next command). For promote: confirm the repo was created and show the next step (push). For info: show the JSON.

If the user's intent is ambiguous (e.g. "I want to start a new idea"), ask for the name and type before running.