How do I install the Idea Harness Claude Code skill?

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

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

Strict Socratic requirements controller — clarifies a non-programmer's vague small-app idea into a minimal requirements brief. Use when: user has a rough app/tool idea, asks to clarify requirements, 先别写代码, 问清楚需求, 澄清需求, 小应用想法, 模糊想法整理, 变成给 AI 执行的 prompt.

From the source SKILL.md

把非程序员一句模糊的小应用想法，一步一步澄清成 AI 可以安全执行、但绝不乱猜的需求。

What this skill does

Idea Harness 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-harness/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when: user has a rough app/tool idea, asks to clarify requirements, 先别写代码, 问清楚需求, 澄清需求, 小应用想法, 模糊想法整理, 变成给 AI 执行的 prompt.

Who uses this skill

The Idea Harness 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-harness
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/idea-harness/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/idea-harness/SKILL.md

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

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

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

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Attribution & license

Source: https://github.com/jasper0507/idea-harness/blob/HEAD/skills/idea-harness/SKILL.md
License: MIT
Author: jasper0507
Website: https://github.com/jasper0507/idea-harness#quick-start

Cite this skill

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

APA

jasper0507. (2026). Idea Harness [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/idea-harness/

BibTeX

@misc{idea-harness-2026,
  author    = {jasper0507},
  title     = {Idea Harness [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/idea-harness/}
}

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