Validate a Business Idea

Check the demand, write the idea down, then test the riskiest part first.

You start withA business idea and the market it is for

You end withA verdict on the idea, its riskiest assumptions and three cheap tests

Step 1

Use Perplexity

Finds who already pays for this and whether interest is rising, with a source for each claim.

Save it as demand-research.md. Ask who already pays for this and whether interest is rising, then click Export, choose Markdown and give it to your agent.

Step 2

Give your agent the Doc Coauthoring skill

Your agent asks you questions and writes the idea up as a brief, section by section.

npx skills add anthropics/skills --skill doc-coauthoring

Save it as idea-brief.md. Paste the idea from idea-brief.md into {{Your business idea}} and its evidence into {{Evidence you have so far}}.

Step 3

Run the Business Idea Validation prompt

A verdict, your riskiest assumptions and three cheap tests with pass and fail lines.

Your business ideaEvidence you have so farYour budget, time and skills

Any capable chat assistant gives a useful critique; ask for directness, since chat assistants lean toward encouragement.