How do I install the Idea Development Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/idea-development/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.

ClaudSkills / Product / prd-spec

Idea Development

Category: Product · Sub-category: prd-spec · Last updated: 2026-05-22

Use when a user needs to develop an idea through discovery, refinement, validation, specification, and execution readiness for a product, feature, workflow, SaaS, AI tool, internal tool, marketplace, or service. Produces a concise, decision-oriented PRD or readiness brief that narrows v1 scope, names user pain, documents assumptions and risks, defines success metrics, and leaves only intentionally deferred questions open.

What this skill does

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

When to invoke it: Use when a user needs to develop an idea through discovery, refinement, validation, specification, and execution readiness for a product, feature, workflow, SaaS, AI tool, internal tool, marketplace, or service. Produces a concise, decision-oriented PRD or readiness brief that narrows v1 scope, names user pain, documents assumptions and risks, defines success metrics, and leaves only intentionally deferred questions open.

Who uses this skill

The Idea Development Claude Code skill is built for product managers, product designers, and cross-functional teams planning, shipping, and measuring product features. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 69,000+ 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-development
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/idea-development/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/idea-development/SKILL.md

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

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/idea-development/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\idea-development\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/amritmalla/claude-full-stack-2.0/blob/HEAD/skills/architecture/idea-development/SKILL.md
License: MIT
Author: amritmalla

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Idea Development

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