| name | startup-validating |
| description | Orchestrate a 6-stage startup idea validation pipeline with decision gates, confidence scoring, and composable domain presets. Use when user runs /startup-validate command, wants to validate a startup idea, mentions "startup validation", "idea validation", "market validation", "feasibility analysis", or "go-to-market plan".
|
| argument-hint | "<idea>" | @<file> [--preset <name>]... [--fast] [--deep] [--from <N>] [--stage <N>] [--name <slug>] |
| allowed-tools | Read, Write, Glob, Grep, Agent, AskUserQuestion |
Startup Validation Pipeline
Orchestrate a 6-stage startup validation pipeline. Each stage is executed by a dedicated agent, produces a confidence-scored markdown report, and presents a decision gate.
Pipeline Stages
| # | Stage | Agent | Decision Gate |
|---|
| 1 | Problem & Market Validation | market-validator | Is this a real problem worth solving? |
| 2 | Feasibility Analysis | feasibility-analyst | Can this be built legally and operationally? |
| 3 | Product & Solution Design | product-designer | Can we design a differentiated product? |
| 4 | Business Model & Strategy | business-strategist | Can this become profitable and defensible? |
| 5 | Go-to-Market & Growth | growth-strategist | Can we acquire users sustainably? |
| 6 | Execution Roadmap | execution-planner | Can we build and launch realistically? |
Arguments
Parse from $ARGUMENTS:
| Flag | Effect |
|---|
"<idea>" | The startup idea to validate (required — or use @file) |
@<file> | Provide idea description or research brief from a file |
--preset <name> | Load preset from presets/ dir (composable) |
--fast | Skip decision gates, run all stages autonomously |
--deep | Spawn parallel sub-agents per stage + critic synthesis |
--from <N> | Resume from stage N (reads prior reports from disk) |
--stage <N> | Run only stage N in isolation |
--name <slug> | Override auto-generated run slug |
Orchestration
See WORKFLOW.md for the complete orchestration protocol including:
- Slug generation and output directory setup
- Preset loading and composition
- Stage execution (standard and deep modes)
- Decision gate interaction
- Summary scorecard generation
Output
Reports are saved to startup-validation/{slug}/ in the current project:
startup-validation/{slug}/
├── idea.md
├── pipeline-state.json ← created on PAUSE, consumed on resume
├── stage-1-market-validation.md
├── stage-2-feasibility.md
├── stage-3-product-design.md
├── stage-4-business-model.md
├── stage-5-go-to-market.md
├── stage-6-execution-roadmap.md
└── summary.md
Examples
See EXAMPLES.md for usage examples.
Troubleshooting
See TROUBLESHOOTING.md for common issues.
