aicofounder (aicofounder.com) platform help — an AI co-founder that guides solo founders through structured phases from idea to launch: multi-agent deep market research that scans Reddit and X for real demand signals, idea validation, competitive analysis, a visual product canvas, a planning agent that turns your biggest constraint into step-by-step tasks, a website builder, and a content calendar, with persistent project memory. Use when running an idea through aicofounder's research and validation phases, interpreting its Reddit/X demand signals, deciding between the free monthly credits and the paid plan, understanding its structured workflow vs a generic AI chat, or pairing its research with a real demand test. Note: primarily a web tool with no documented public API. Do NOT use for the tool-agnostic validate-before-building method or comparing validators across the market (use /sales-idea-validation), or growing a pre-launch waitlist (use /sales-audience-growth).
aicofounder (aicofounder.com) platform help — an AI co-founder that guides solo founders through structured phases from idea to launch: multi-agent deep market research that scans Reddit and X for real demand signals, idea validation, competitive analysis, a visual product canvas, a planning agent that turns your biggest constraint into step-by-step tasks, a website builder, and a content calendar, with persistent project memory. Use when running an idea through aicofounder's research and validation phases, interpreting its Reddit/X demand signals, deciding between the free monthly credits and the paid plan, understanding its structured workflow vs a generic AI chat, or pairing its research with a real demand test. Note: primarily a web tool with no documented public API. Do NOT use for the tool-agnostic validate-before-building method or comparing validators across the market (use /sales-idea-validation), or growing a pre-launch waitlist (use /sales-audience-growth).
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[describe what you need help with in aicofounder]
license
MIT
version
1.0.0
tags
["sales","validation","pre-launch","platform"]
github
https://github.com/aicofounder
aicofounder Platform Help
aicofounder (aicofounder.com) is an AI "co-founder" that walks solo founders through structured
phases from idea to launch — not a general chatbot. Its edge is multi-agent deep market research
that scans Reddit and X for real demand signals (grounding validation in actual discussions rather
than pure LLM opinion), plus idea validation, competitive analysis, a visual product canvas, a
planning agent (finds your biggest constraint → step-by-step tasks), a website builder, a content
calendar, and persistent project memory. Trusted by 90K+ founders. Because its research is grounded in
Reddit/X it's a stronger gut check than a pure-LLM validator — but still not a substitute for your
own demand test, and it has no documented public API (a UI tool).
Step 1 — Gather context
If references/learnings.md exists, read it first for accumulated platform knowledge.
Ask only what you can't infer:
What do you want from aicofounder?
A) Run the market-research / idea-validation phases and interpret the Reddit/X demand signals
B) Use the planning agent / visual canvas to turn research into an action plan
C) Understand the free monthly credits vs the paid plan
D) Get the most out of its structured workflow (how to frame your idea)
Do you have a specific idea + target customer in mind? The phased workflow needs a concrete starting point.
Skip-ahead: if the user wants the validate-before-building method or to compare validators, that's a
/sales-idea-validation question — route in Step 2.
Step 2 — Route or answer directly
If the user's question is about…
Route to
The validate-before-building method, or comparing idea validators/co-pilots across the market
/sales-idea-validation {question}
A dedicated AI idea validator (instant score/report) rather than a phased co-pilot
/sales-validator-ai {question}
Reddit-based real-demand discovery as a standalone signal
/sales-trendseeker {question}
Growing a pre-launch waitlist / capturing real demand
/sales-audience-growth {question}
When routing, give the exact command: "This is a {domain} question — run: /sales-idea-validation {original question}"
Otherwise, answer aicofounder-specific questions using Step 3.
Step 3 — aicofounder platform reference
Read references/platform-guide.md for the full reference — the phase/feature lineup (research,
validation, canvas, planning agent, website builder, content calendar), the free-credits vs paid
split and best-effort pricing, how to frame an idea for the most useful research, and the
no-public-API automation reality.
Answer using only the relevant section — don't dump the full reference.
Step 4 — Actionable guidance
Lean on the Reddit/X demand research — it's the strongest part — but still confirm with your own
test. aicofounder's edge over a pure-LLM validator is that it grounds validation in real Reddit/X
discussions, so treat those demand signals as genuinely useful evidence. Still tell the user that an
AI-synthesized research summary is not the same as a stranger taking an action — confirm the go/no-go
with a smoke test / pre-sale (route the method to /sales-idea-validation).
Frame a concrete idea + target customer before running the phases. The structured workflow and
research quality depend on a specific starting point (who it's for, the exact problem, and current
stage) — a vague idea yields a vague plan. Have the user fill the context richly, then let the phases build on it.
Use the planning agent's output as an editable plan, not gospel. The "biggest constraint → tasks"
output and the generated plan are AI drafts — have the user sanity-check the identified constraint
against their own reality and re-order tasks to fit; the value is the structure, not blind execution.
Budget around the free monthly credits, and flag pricing as best-effort. It's free to start
with ~15 credits/month, no credit card, and the first phases (idea discovery + market research) are
free; a paid plan unlocks advanced features — frame the buy decision around how many
projects/phases they'll run, not a monthly cost. Third-party quotes for the paid tier disagree
(~$25/mo vs ~$149) — tell the user to confirm current pricing at aicofounder.com and start on the
free credits.
There's no public API — don't plan an integration around it. If asked to automate, say plainly
there's no documented public API; it's a UI tool. For programmatic needs use a tool built for it, or
export/copy manually. Automate real signals (landing-page conversions), not an AI research summary.
If you discover a gotcha or tip not in references/learnings.md, append it there with today's date.
Gotchas
Best-effort from research (2026-07) — features/pricing move; verify at aicofounder.com.
Grounded, but still AI-synthesized. Reddit/X demand research is stronger than a pure-LLM score,
but it's an AI summary of discussions — not a stranger paying you. Confirm with a real demand test.
Output quality tracks input. A vague idea/target → a generic plan; frame a concrete customer + problem.
No documented public API. It's a web tool; don't plan integrations around it.
A generated plan is not validated demand — the planning agent will happily plan a launch for an
idea no one wants; the Reddit research is the check, and your own pre-sale is the proof.
Related skills
/sales-idea-validation — The tool-agnostic validate-before-building method + the full validator/co-pilot landscape (use this to actually decide build-or-not)
/sales-validator-ai — Validator AI platform help (a dedicated instant AI idea validator — the score-and-report sibling)
/sales-founderpal — FounderPal platform help (solopreneur AI marketing generators — persona/strategy sibling)
/sales-trendseeker — Trend Seeker platform help (Reddit-based demand discovery as a standalone real signal)
/sales-do — Not sure which skill to use? The router matches any sales objective to the right skill. Install: npx skills add sales-skills/sales --skill sales-do -a claude-code
Examples
Example 1: Run market research on an idea
User says: "I have an idea for a tool for freelance designers — can aicofounder tell me if there's demand?"
Skill does: Points to aicofounder's multi-agent research phase that scans Reddit/X for real
pain-point discussions among the target audience, frames a concrete customer + problem first for better
signal, and reads the output as genuine (grounded) evidence — while stressing the go/no-go still needs a
real demand test (smoke test / pre-sale via /sales-idea-validation), because a research summary isn't
a stranger paying.
Result: The founder gets grounded demand signal from aicofounder and a plan to confirm it for real.
Example 2: "It planned my whole launch — am I validated?"
User says: "aicofounder gave me a full plan from idea to launch. Does that mean it's validated?"
Skill does: Separates a generated plan from validated demand — the planning agent will map a
launch for an idea nobody wants — keeps the Reddit research + constraint analysis as useful input, and
routes the build-or-not decision to a real demand test via /sales-idea-validation.
Result: The founder executes the plan only after real demand signal, not because an agent produced steps.
Example 3: Can I automate aicofounder via API? (developer/automation)
User says: "I want to run 20 ideas through aicofounder's research automatically — what's the API?"
Skill does: States plainly there's no documented public API (it's a UI tool), so there's no
supported way to batch it; suggests running ideas manually or using a tool built for programmatic
research, and notes the thing worth automating is a real demand signal, not an AI research summary —
pointing to /sales-idea-validation.
Result: The user avoids building on a non-existent API and picks a workable path.
Troubleshooting
The plan/research feels generic
Symptom: aicofounder's output could apply to almost any product.
Cause: The idea/target was too vague — the phased workflow and research need a concrete starting point.
Solution: Re-run with a specific customer, the exact problem, and current stage; the research
(especially the Reddit/X pain-point scan) sharpens a lot with a precise audience.
Is the paid plan worth it over the free credits?
Symptom: Deciding whether to pay after the free credits.
Cause: Free tier is ~15 credits/month (first phases free); paid unlocks advanced features, and quotes vary.
Solution: Start on the free credits to see if the workflow fits; if you'll run many projects/phases,
weigh the paid plan — and confirm the current price at aicofounder.com (third-party quotes disagree).
"Is there an API?" / can't automate it
Symptom: Looking for API docs or a way to batch runs.
Cause: aicofounder has no documented public API; it's a web tool.
Solution: Don't build an integration around it — run ideas manually or use a tool intended for
programmatic use; automate real demand signals (landing-page analytics) instead. See /sales-idea-validation.
