How do I install the Idea Clarifier Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/idea-clarifier/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at https://claudskills.com/install/.

Is this skill free to install?

Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.

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Idea Clarifier

Category: General · Sub-category: general-misc · Last updated: 2026-05-21

Take a rough idea, brief, or project sketch and return a clear audience, a concrete pain point, an offer framing, and a ranked first-action plan. Triggers on "I have an idea for X", "help me think through X", "I want to build/launch/start X", "what should I do next with X", or any pasted brief that mentions an audience and an outcome but no plan. Refuses to invent specifics the user didn't supply; pushes back on generic answers ("small businesses", "scale their operations") and demands the user's literal phrasing before drafting.

From the source SKILL.md

Most idea-shaping conversations leave the user with a longer version of the same fog they walked in with. They produce vague audiences ("founders", "marketers"), pain points that are really categories ("inefficient workflows", "no time"), and next steps that read like a generic startup playbook ("build an MVP, talk to users, iterate"). This skill writes the opposite of that: a four-section artefact that names a specific audience, a pain in their language, an offer the user could put in front of them this week, and three to five ranked next actions. Five minutes of work. Usable.

What this skill does

Idea Clarifier is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the general-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/idea-clarifier/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Idea Clarifier Claude Code skill is built for Claude Code users and developers across all disciplines looking for general-purpose AI assistance. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 70,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/idea-clarifier
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/idea-clarifier/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/idea-clarifier/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/idea-clarifier/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/idea-clarifier/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\idea-clarifier\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

The ClaudSkills desktop app installs any skill directly into ~/.claude/skills/ with one click — no terminal required. Pro starts at $9/mo or $149 lifetime.

Pro

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Attribution & license

Source: https://github.com/knack-run/knack-starter-pack
License: MIT — see LICENCE.md
Author: Knack
Contact: [email protected]

Part of the Knack Starter Pack — a free MIT collection of Claude Code skills for clarifying rough ideas and scaffolding new SKILL.md files. Companion skill: first-skill-template.

Cite this skill

If you reference this skill in a blog post, paper, or documentation, you can cite it as:

APA

Knack. (2026). Idea Clarifier [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/idea-clarifier/

BibTeX

@misc{idea-clarifier-2026,
  author    = {Knack},
  title     = {Idea Clarifier [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/idea-clarifier/}
}

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